Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!lll-crg!nike!ucbcad!ucbvax!ROCHESTER.ARPA!ken From: ken@ROCHESTER.ARPA (Comfy chair) Newsgroups: net.lang.mod2 Subject: Re: Bit stripping Message-ID: <8608050209.23982@ur-seneca.rochester.arpa> Date: Tue, 5-Aug-86 06:47:59 EDT Article-I.D.: ur-senec.8608050209.23982 Posted: Tue Aug 5 06:47:59 1986 Date-Received: Tue, 5-Aug-86 23:21:30 EDT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 16 This is just an idea and probably should only be practiced by expert programmers under supervision :-), but how about using BITSETs and conversion operators? Something like: s := BITSET(ch) * {0,1,2,3,4,5,6}; ch := CHAR(s); Forgive me if I forgot the right syntax. Anyway this is also an excuse to try to weed out bad mail addresses with a test message. Thank you for your patience. I hope you enjoy the forum as much as I enjoy administering it. Cheers, Ken Info-Modula-2-request As always, meta-mail should go to info-modula-2-request.