Bitwise AND

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daniel_dlds
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Bitwise AND

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Hi,
I am trying to convert a 16 bit integer to two 8bit numbers.
I tried : LET vh=65280 AND value : LET vl=255 AND value

I am getting it wrong I think. I checked the ZX BASIC manual and seems like AND is not for this purpose.
vh is giving me 2 when I use 2 as the value variable.

How do I do this ? Are there any bitwise and operators ?

Thanks
zx-heinz
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Re: Bitwise AND

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daniel_dlds wrote: Sat Sep 25, 2021 12:46 am Hi,
I am trying to convert a 16 bit integer to two 8bit numbers.
I tried : LET vh=65280 AND value : LET vl=255 AND value

I am getting it wrong I think. I checked the ZX BASIC manual and seems like AND is not for this purpose.
vh is giving me 2 when I use 2 as the value variable.

How do I do this ? Are there any bitwise and operators ?

Thanks
EDIT Sept,29th: Sorry for mistake!! Here is the correction:
Hi,
you should use:
LET vh=INT( value/256): LET vl=value-256*vh
The Sinclair BASIC doesn't contain any bitwise AND. There is only a possibility to convert binary numbers into decimal ones by LET x=BIN 0111 e.g., but even for the inverse oparation decimal->binary there is no predefined command.
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Re: Bitwise AND

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On a ZX Spectrum the logical operators AND, OR and NOT treat any non zero number as true. They are not bitewise.

Note that these logical operators don’t necessarily return 1 for true, sometimes they return one of the arguments.

Here is a ZX81 program showing how they work. It’s similar for the ZX Spectrum.
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