Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 08:58:12 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: anarko <anarko AT flashback DOT net>
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Subject: Re: can i do bit rotation in C?
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On Mon, 1 Feb 1999, anarko wrote:

> one thing i want to do is rotate a char value's bits, like
> the x86 assembly instruction ROR/ROL does.
> is this possible with an operator, or do i have to use inline
> assembly for that?

There's no built-in bitwise rotation operator in C to do this.  But
you don't have to go to assembly, just use other bitwise operators,
like shift, and, or, etc.