FT_BYTEOR() Perform bit-wise OR on two ASCII characters (bytes) ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Syntax
FT_BYTEOR( <cByte1>, <cByte2> ) -> cNewByte
Arguments
<cByte1> and <cByte2> are characters from CHR(0) TO CHR(255). May be passed in CHR() form, as character literals, or as expressions evaluating to CHR() values.
Returns
Returns resulting byte, in CHR() form. If parameters are faulty, returns NIL.
Description
Can be used for bit-wise byte manipulation. In effect, this is a bit-by-bit OR operation. Equivalent to OR assembler instruction.
This function is presented to illustrate that bit-wise operations are possible with Clipper code. For greater speed, write .C or .ASM versions and use the Clipper Extend system.
Examples
This code performs a bit-wise OR on two bytes represented by CHR(20) and CHR(10):