Interprets one or more consecutive bits in
an integer variable or field as an ABL integer value and returns
that value.
Syntax
GET-BITS( source , position , numbits )
source
An ABL integer variable.
position
A variable or expression that returns an integer. This parameter designates
the position of the lowest-order bit of the bits that are to be interpreted
as an integer. Bits are numbered from 1 through the length of an
integer; with 1 being the low-order bit. If position is
greater than the length of an integer, the AVM returns the Unknown value (?).
If position is less than 1, the AVM generates
a run-time error.
numbits
The number of bits to examine when generating the return value.
If position plus numbits is greater
than the length of an integer plus 1, the AVM generates a run-time error.
Note
This function
can return a value greater than 32 bits if source is
an INT64.
