bit command

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I understand bit(n) returns the value of the bit at position n but don't understand what variable it is looking at for extracting the bit????

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It does not look at a variable, rather it stands alone and always returns fixed values for a given value of n

From the reference page

Computes the value of the specified bit (bit 0 is 1, bit 1 is 2, bit 2 is 4, etc.

4

Delta_G:
All it is doing is raising the n to the power of two.

two to the power of n?

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Suppose you needed to know if int variable "num" was positive or negative:

bool sign = num & 32768;

or

bool sign = num & 1 << 15;

or,

bool sign = num & bit(15);

If "sign" is true (1) num is a negative number.