Re: some bit math help

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Just habit

"Michael C" <mculley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Hal Rosser" <hmrosser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > OOPS I screwed up on some of those line - see below
> >
> >> > Thanks
> >>
> >> If you want to store bits as bits and turn on specific bits as
> > indicators..
> >> dim dblX as double ' *****The number with all the bits
>
> Why have you used a double here?
>
> Michael

Just habit - mighta shoulda used a long ah rekon
just needs to be a numeric data type
why are you asking? what type would you recommend ?
But short of the nitpikin about type - do you agree in principle on the
procedure I outlined ?


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