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34.\"     @(#)bitstring.3	8.1 (Berkeley) 7/19/93
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37.Dd July 19, 1993
38.Dt BITSTRING 3
39.Os
40.Sh NAME
41.Nm bit_alloc ,
42.Nm bit_clear ,
43.Nm bit_decl ,
44.Nm bit_ffs ,
45.Nm bit_nclear ,
46.Nm bit_nset ,
47.Nm bit_set ,
48.Nm bitstr_size ,
49.Nm bit_test
50.Nd bit-string manipulation macros
51.Sh SYNOPSIS
52.In bitstring.h
53.Ft bitstr_t *
54.Fn bit_alloc "int nbits"
55.Ft void
56.Fn bit_decl "bitstr_t *name" "int nbits"
57.Ft void
58.Fn bit_clear "bitstr_t *name" "int bit"
59.Ft void
60.Fn bit_ffc "bitstr_t *name" "int nbits" "int *value"
61.Ft void
62.Fn bit_ffs "bitstr_t *name" "int nbits" "int *value"
63.Ft void
64.Fn bit_nclear "bitstr_t *name" "int start" "int stop"
65.Ft void
66.Fn bit_nset "bitstr_t *name" "int start" "int stop"
67.Ft void
68.Fn bit_set "bitstr_t *name" "int bit"
69.Ft int
70.Fn bitstr_size "int nbits"
71.Ft int
72.Fn bit_test "bitstr_t *name" "int bit"
73.Sh DESCRIPTION
74These macros operate on strings of bits.
75.Pp
76The macro
77.Fn bit_alloc
78returns a pointer of type
79.Dq Fa "bitstr_t *"
80to sufficient space to store
81.Fa nbits
82bits, or
83.Dv NULL
84if no space is available.
85.Pp
86The macro
87.Fn bit_decl
88allocates sufficient space to store
89.Fa nbits
90bits on the stack.
91.Pp
92The macro
93.Fn bitstr_size
94returns the number of elements of type
95.Fa bitstr_t
96necessary to store
97.Fa nbits
98bits.
99This is useful for copying bit strings.
100.Pp
101The macros
102.Fn bit_clear
103and
104.Fn bit_set
105clear or set the zero-based numbered bit
106.Fa bit ,
107in the bit string
108.Ar name .
109.Pp
110The
111.Fn bit_nset
112and
113.Fn bit_nclear
114macros
115set or clear the zero-based numbered bits from
116.Fa start
117through
118.Fa stop
119in the bit string
120.Ar name .
121.Pp
122The
123.Fn bit_test
124macro
125evaluates to non-zero if the zero-based numbered bit
126.Fa bit
127of bit string
128.Fa name
129is set, and zero otherwise.
130.Pp
131The
132.Fn bit_ffs
133macro
134stores in the location referenced by
135.Fa value
136the zero-based number of the first bit set in the array of
137.Fa nbits
138bits referenced by
139.Fa name .
140If no bits are set, the location referenced by
141.Fa value
142is set to \-1.
143.Pp
144The macro
145.Fn bit_ffc
146stores in the location referenced by
147.Fa value
148the zero-based number of the first bit not set in the array of
149.Fa nbits
150bits referenced by
151.Fa name .
152If all bits are set, the location referenced by
153.Fa value
154is set to \-1.
155.Pp
156The arguments to these macros are evaluated only once and may safely
157have side effects.
158.Sh EXAMPLES
159.Bd -literal -offset indent
160#include <limits.h>
161#include <bitstring.h>
162
163\&...
164#define	LPR_BUSY_BIT		0
165#define	LPR_FORMAT_BIT		1
166#define	LPR_DOWNLOAD_BIT	2
167\&...
168#define	LPR_AVAILABLE_BIT	9
169#define	LPR_MAX_BITS		10
170
171make_lpr_available()
172{
173	bitstr_t bit_decl(bitlist, LPR_MAX_BITS);
174	...
175	bit_nclear(bitlist, 0, LPR_MAX_BITS - 1);
176	...
177	if (!bit_test(bitlist, LPR_BUSY_BIT)) {
178		bit_clear(bitlist, LPR_FORMAT_BIT);
179		bit_clear(bitlist, LPR_DOWNLOAD_BIT);
180		bit_set(bitlist, LPR_AVAILABLE_BIT);
181	}
182}
183.Ed
184.Sh SEE ALSO
185.Xr malloc 3
186.Sh HISTORY
187The
188.Nm bitstring
189functions first appeared in
190.Bx 4.4 .
191