extracting a particular bit from bytes

[VivekM]

Hi

Is there any inbulit VI that extracts a particular bit from  bytes ???

 i have acquired data using pattern generation method in which the port is read as a whole(i.e. 8 bits data at a time) , but i need data  from a particular bit only and then i want that data to be again converted into byte format...

can anyone help....

thanx and regards

vivek modgil  

[ian_fung]

This could be one of many ways to index specific bit from a byte data

[Jörn]

You could convert your byte to an array of boolean, extract the desired bit using logical AND and convert the array of boolean back to a number.

Regards

Jörn

[sture]

Why convert to boolean array ? You can do an and operation directly on the U8.

[shoneill]

I'm with Sture on this one.

a simple "AND" will do nicely.  Just add a ">0" after the AND and you have your Boolean.

Shane.