Re: Bit twiddling in Java

• To: "Wilson, Andrew, J" <andrew.wilson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Subject: Re: Bit twiddling in Java
• From: "Stephen C. Upton" <upton@xxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 10:17:44 -0400

Not sure it's quite what you're looking for, but check out the colt
package: http://tilde-hoschek.home.cern.ch/~hoschek/colt/index.htm
It has some classes for manipulating BitVectors.

steve

"Wilson, Andrew, J" wrote:

> I need to convert some IBM formatted floating point data from
> a binary file so I can read into VisAd. This uses a different
> number of bits for the exponent and mantissa than is used by
> the IEEE representation. Can anyone point me at code or a
> tutorial on bit-twiddling in Java?
>
> Andrew

• References:
  • Bit twiddling in Java
    • From: Wilson, Andrew, J