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33.Dd July 19, 1993
34.Dt BITSTRING 3
35.Os
36.Sh NAME
37.Nm bit_alloc ,
38.Nm bit_clear ,
39.Nm bit_decl ,
40.Nm bit_ffs ,
41.Nm bit_nclear ,
42.Nm bit_nset ,
43.Nm bit_set ,
44.Nm bitstr_size ,
45.Nm bit_test
46.Nd bit-string manipulation macros
47.Sh SYNOPSIS
48.In bitstring.h
49.Ft bitstr_t *
50.Fn bit_alloc "int nbits"
51.Ft void
52.Fn bit_decl "bitstr_t *name" "int nbits"
53.Ft void
54.Fn bit_clear "bitstr_t *name" "int bit"
55.Ft void
56.Fn bit_ffc "bitstr_t *name" "int nbits" "int *value"
57.Ft void
58.Fn bit_ffs "bitstr_t *name" "int nbits" "int *value"
59.Ft void
60.Fn bit_nclear "bitstr_t *name" "int start" "int stop"
61.Ft void
62.Fn bit_nset "bitstr_t *name" "int start" "int stop"
63.Ft void
64.Fn bit_set "bitstr_t *name" "int bit"
65.Ft int
66.Fn bitstr_size "int nbits"
67.Ft int
68.Fn bit_test "bitstr_t *name" "int bit"
69.Sh DESCRIPTION
70These macros operate on strings of bits.
71.Pp
72The macro
73.Fn bit_alloc
74returns a pointer of type
75.Dq Fa "bitstr_t *"
76to sufficient space to store
77.Fa nbits
78bits, or
79.Dv NULL
80if no space is available.
81.Pp
82The macro
83.Fn bit_decl
84allocates sufficient space to store
85.Fa nbits
86bits on the stack.
87.Pp
88The macro
89.Fn bitstr_size
90returns the number of elements of type
91.Fa bitstr_t
92necessary to store
93.Fa nbits
94bits.
95This is useful for copying bit strings.
96.Pp
97The macros
98.Fn bit_clear
99and
100.Fn bit_set
101clear or set the zero-based numbered bit
102.Fa bit ,
103in the bit string
104.Ar name .
105.Pp
106The
107.Fn bit_nset
108and
109.Fn bit_nclear
110macros
111set or clear the zero-based numbered bits from
112.Fa start
113through
114.Fa stop
115in the bit string
116.Ar name .
117.Pp
118The
119.Fn bit_test
120macro
121evaluates to non-zero if the zero-based numbered bit
122.Fa bit
123of bit string
124.Fa name
125is set, and zero otherwise.
126.Pp
127The
128.Fn bit_ffs
129macro
130stores in the location referenced by
131.Fa value
132the zero-based number of the first bit set in the array of
133.Fa nbits
134bits referenced by
135.Fa name .
136If no bits are set, the location referenced by
137.Fa value
138is set to \-1.
139.Pp
140The macro
141.Fn bit_ffc
142stores in the location referenced by
143.Fa value
144the zero-based number of the first bit not set in the array of
145.Fa nbits
146bits referenced by
147.Fa name .
148If all bits are set, the location referenced by
149.Fa value
150is set to \-1.
151.Pp
152The arguments to these macros are evaluated only once and may safely
153have side effects.
154.Sh EXAMPLES
155.Bd -literal -offset indent
156#include <limits.h>
157#include <bitstring.h>
158
159\&...
160#define	LPR_BUSY_BIT		0
161#define	LPR_FORMAT_BIT		1
162#define	LPR_DOWNLOAD_BIT	2
163\&...
164#define	LPR_AVAILABLE_BIT	9
165#define	LPR_MAX_BITS		10
166
167make_lpr_available()
168{
169	bitstr_t bit_decl(bitlist, LPR_MAX_BITS);
170	...
171	bit_nclear(bitlist, 0, LPR_MAX_BITS - 1);
172	...
173	if (!bit_test(bitlist, LPR_BUSY_BIT)) {
174		bit_clear(bitlist, LPR_FORMAT_BIT);
175		bit_clear(bitlist, LPR_DOWNLOAD_BIT);
176		bit_set(bitlist, LPR_AVAILABLE_BIT);
177	}
178}
179.Ed
180.Sh SEE ALSO
181.Xr malloc 3
182.Sh HISTORY
183The
184.Nm bitstring
185functions first appeared in
186.Bx 4.4 .
187