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From: "Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET)" <salvador AT inti DOT gov DOT ar>
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To: "Johan Henriksson" <johan DOT henriksson AT borlange DOT mail DOT telia DOT com>,
        djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1998 10:23:43 +0000
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Subject: Re: short int and unsigned char
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"Johan Henriksson" <johan DOT henriksson AT borlange DOT mail DOT telia DOT com> wrote:

> I wonder how big a short int is (in bits) 

DJGPP: 16.

> and if there are anything smaller then an unsigned char (1, 2, 4 bits).

No and yes. You can use bitfields to break an integer in bits. The result is 
similar to an structure but inside a variable.

>  I also wonder if there is any command
> to read and write a single bit in a variable.

You can use bitfields again or bit masks:

if (a & 0x80) ....
means: bit 7 of a is != 0 (b7 counting from b0).

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