I am curious as to how to set bitflags. I want to set bitflags in an 8-bit char. Like, how would I be be able to change a certain bit in the char? I want to use bitflags to create a flag system in my game. For example, taking a treasure chest would set the 2nd bit in the variable, then with that flag set, the player can''t open the same treasure chest twice. If any of you know how to do this, please let me know. Thank you very much.

OR, AND and XOR operators will come in handy.

unsigned char flag1 = 1<<0;unsigned char flag2 = 1<<1;unsigned char flag3 = 1<<2;unsigned char flag4 = 1<<3;unsigned char bitter = 0;bitter |= flag2; //set flag 2bitter |= flag4; //set flag 4if (bitter & flag2) {} //is flag2 set? yesif (bitter & flag3) {} //is flag3 set? nobitter ^= flag2; //toggle flag2. since it was on, it''ll be turned off 

Learn more from google by typing ''boolean operators tutorial'' or something similar.

You'd probably be better off looking up "bit-wise" operators. "Boolean operators" will probably get you "&&", "||", or "!" instead of "&", "|", "~", "^"

[edited by - GrinningGator on August 5, 2003 6:49:06 PM]

Its done using bitwise operators.... and the ''flag'' or ''mask'' is what you use to get the specific value out. Now before I continue I must say that this method of storing data can save a GREAT deal of memory (use only 1 bit per bool value rather than a whole 8bit byte). But it takes many more calculations as you have to get the values out. The difficult part is that you can''t write values in binary (I don''t know how to anyway), so this is how I do it with an 8 bit data object (a char, or bool).

Binary Hex
00000000 0x00
00000001 0x10
00000010 0x20
00000100 0x40
00001000 0x80
00010000 0x10
00100000 0x20
01000000 0x40
10000000 0x80

Now, I''m not a big fan of hexadecimal and never have been (too lazy to learn it really) so I can''t explain exactly why that works but that is how I handle my return value objects. Now to the useful part, how to get the data.... Here is an example

if(Value & 0x10) //00000001
//The value of the bit is 1
else
//The value of the bit is 0

Here is how that if statment works
Value(in binary) Return value
00000000 0/false
00000001 1/true
00000010 0/false
01000000 0/false
00010000 0/false
00000000 0/false
00100001 1/true

I''m sure I''ve typed alot more than needed.... if you would like more or even the code for my return value object (uses two 4byte data objects to allow for 1024 possible unque return values (8bits*4bytes) * (8bits * 4Bytes).

Pat - Ex nihilo nihilus

Thank you all for your help.