Apropos

bit-and, bit-andc1, bit-andc2, bit-eqv, bit-ior, bit-nand, bit-nor, bit-not, bit-orc1, bit-orc2, bit-xorFunction

    Syntax
    bit-and bit-array1 bit-array2 &optional opt-arg resulting-bit-array
    bit-andc1 bit-array1 bit-array2 &optional opt-arg resulting-bit-array
    bit-andc2 bit-array1 bit-array2 &optional opt-arg resulting-bit-array
    bit-eqv bit-array1 bit-array2 &optional opt-arg resulting-bit-array
    bit-ior bit-array1 bit-array2 &optional opt-arg resulting-bit-array
    bit-nand bit-array1 bit-array2 &optional opt-arg resulting-bit-array
    bit-nor bit-array1 bit-array2 &optional opt-arg resulting-bit-array
    bit-orc1 bit-array1 bit-array2 &optional opt-arg resulting-bit-array
    bit-orc2 bit-array1 bit-array2 &optional opt-arg resulting-bit-array
    bit-xor bit-array1 bit-array2 &optional opt-arg resulting-bit-array

    bit-not bit-array &optional opt-arg resulting-bit-array

    Arguments and Values

    bit-array, bit-array1, bit-array2 — a bit array.

    Opt-arg — a bit array, or t, or nil. The default is nil.

    Bit-array, bit-array1, bit-array2, and opt-arg (if an array) must all be of the same rank and dimensions.

    resulting-bit-array — a bit array.

    Description

    These functions perform bit-wise logical operations on bit-array1 and bit-array2 and return an array of matching rank and dimensions, such that any given bit of the result is produced by operating on corresponding bits from each of the arguments.

    In the case of bit-not, an array of rank and dimensions matching bit-array is returned that contains a copy of bit-array with all the bits inverted.

    If opt-arg is of type (array bit) the contents of the result are destructively placed into opt-arg. If opt-arg is the symbol t, bit-array or bit-array1 is replaced with the result; if opt-arg is nil or omitted, a new array is created to contain the result.

    Figure 15–4 indicates the logical operation performed by each of the functions.

    Function Operation
    bit-and and
    bit-eqv equivalence (exclusive nor)
    bit-not complement
    bit-ior inclusive or
    bit-xor exclusive or
    bit-nand complement of bit-array1 and bit-array2
    bit-nor complement of bit-array1 or bit-array2
    bit-andc1 and complement of bit-array1 with bit-array2
    bit-andc2 and bit-array1 with complement of bit-array2
    bit-orc1 or complement of bit-array1 with bit-array2
    bit-orc2 or bit-array1 with complement of bit-array2
    Figure 15–4. Bit-wise Logical Operations on Bit Arrays
    Examples
     (bit-and (setq ba #*11101010) #*01101011)  #*01101010 
     (bit-and #*1100 #*1010)  #*1000 
     (bit-andc1 #*1100 #*1010)  #*0010 
     (setq rba (bit-andc2 ba #*00110011 t))  #*11001000 
     (eq rba ba)  true 
     (bit-not (setq ba #*11101010))  #*00010101 
     (setq rba (bit-not ba 
                         (setq tba (make-array 8 
                                               :element-type 'bit)))) 
     #*00010101 
     (equal rba tba)  true 
     (bit-xor #*1100 #*1010)  #*0110
    See Also

    lognot, logand