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Additional bitwise arithmetic
The
math
.
bits
vocabulary implements words that represent a positive integer as a virtual sequence of bits in order of ascending significance, e.g.
{ f f f t }
is
8
.
bits
<bits>
( number length -- bits )
make-bits
( number -- bits )
bits>number
( seq -- number )
If you need binary digits instead of
boolean
, then you can use these:
binary-bits
<binary-bits>
( number length -- binary-bits )
make-binary-bits
( number -- binary-bits )