From:	"John Bodfish" <bodfish AT als DOT ameritech DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Bit-wise compare
Date:	22 Jul 1997 15:32:41 GMT
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Isaac Waldron <waldroni AT lr DOT net> wrote in article <33D36DA3 DOT 7EB2 AT lr DOT net>...
> I am working on an RPG computer game, and I was wondering if it is
> possible to do the following:

Yes it's possible, and you're almost there. Your problem is a common one:
confusion of logical AND/OR (&&/||) operators with bitwise AND/OR (&/|).

Make these changes to your program:

[snip]
> int has_item(int a, int b)
> {
> 	if (a & b)	// Changed '&&' to '&'
[snip]
> 	a = a | WEAPON_SWORD_1;	// Changed '||' to '|'
> 	b = b | WEAPON_SWORD_2;	// Changed '||' to '|'

That should do it.
-- 
John Bodfish
bodfish AT als DOT ameritech DOT com

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