How to check a bit is Set or Not in Embedded C ??

In Embedded programming we may need to identify a particular bit is Set or Not in many places like Interrupt Service Routine. Let us See how we can do it in the C programming Language.

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#include <stdio.h>

int main()

{

int a,b;

a = 118;/*1110110*/

b = 8;/*1000*/

if(a & b)

{

printf("3rd bit is set");

}

else

{

printf("3rd bit is not set");

}

return 0;

}

here a = 11110110 and b = 1000 

11110110

00001000  &

-----------------

00000000

So it(a &b) will return 0 (False)

#include <stdio.h>

int main()

{

int a,b;

a = 118;/*1110110*/

b = 2;/*10*/

if(a & b)

{

printf("2nd bit is set");

}

else

{

printf("2nd bit is not set");

}

return 0;

}

here a = 11110110 and b = 10 

11110110

00000010  &

-----------------

0 0000010

So it (a&b) will return 2. In C anything which is not equal to 0 is considered as True so the above program will return in "2nd bit is set"

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