SYNOPSIS

int

last_bit

(

string str

)

DESCRIPTION

Return the number of the last set bit in bitstring str.

Each character contains 6 bits. So you can store a value between 0 and 63 in one character (2^6=64). Starting character is the blank char: (U+00020 SPACE) which has the value 0. The first character in the string is the one with the lowest bits (0-5).

USAGE

string s;

s = set_bit("", 4);
s = set_bit(s, 2);

last_bit(s) // returns 4

SEE ALSO

set_bit(E), clear_bit(E), next_bit(E), test_bit(E), count_bits(E), and_bits(E), or_bits(E), xor_bits(E), invert_bits(E), copy_bits(E)