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Old 04-09-2008
Number of Bits in the Byte
Char BYTE=0XFE... How can we find the number of Bits in this Byte?


Thanks,
Harika
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Old 04-09-2008
On a modern machine, all bytes have eight bits.

Do you mean the number of set (one) bits? Convert the number to binary and it should be obvious (if it is not already). Hint: printf(1) (or if you don't have that as a shell command, the corresponding function in awk or perl or C or ...)
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Old 04-09-2008
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Originally Posted by harikamamidala
Char BYTE=0XFE... How can we find the number of Bits in this Byte?


Thanks,
Harika
Hi,
I googled a bit for ya Smilie, hope you have bc
Code:
 echo "ibase=16;obase=2; FE" | bc | tr -cd 1 | wc -c

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Old 04-09-2008
This question looks suspiciously like homework.

Read the rules!
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Old 04-09-2008
Oopsie, he was lucky, i will be more careful next time Smilie
 
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