Mask, how it work

Using Arduino Programming Questions
#1

Hello!!

I got a code with mask

#define SCAN_PIN 9
uint32_t mask = ((uint32_t)0b1 << SCAN_PIN);

I’ve never seen the second line, specilly

((uint32_t)0b1 << SCAN_PIN);

What will be the value of mask?
What’s ‘0b1’ and ‘<<’ ?

Interrupt code

Many thanks

#2

What will be the value of mask?

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#3

0b1 is the value 1 in binary.
(uint32_t) is a ‘cast’ operation that tells the compiler to treat the 1 as an unsigned long integer *32 bit number).
<< is the ‘shift bits left’ operator
SCAN_PIN is how far to shift.

A shorter version that means the same is: 1UL << SCAN_PIN
The ‘UL’ tells the compiler that the 1 is an unsigned long constant.

#4

“uint32_t” is an unsigned 32 bit integer, “0b” means binary notation (like “0x” means hexadecimal), “<<” means left shift, so:
“(uint32_t)0b1” is binary 00000000000000000000000000000001
and left shifted 9 times is: 00000000000000000000001000000000
= decimal 512.

#5