Change the dir structure slightly

source_code/bitwise/update_bit.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+__author__ = "bt3"
+
+''' This method merges set bit and clean bit:
+    1) first clear the bit at i using a mask such as 1110111
+    2) then shift the intended value v by i bits
+    3) this will create a number with bit i to v and all other to 0
+    4) finally update the ith bit with or
+'''
+
+
+
+def  update_bit(num, i, v):
+    mask = ~ (1 << i)
+    return bin( (num & mask) | (v << i) )
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    num = int('10010000', 2)
+    print update_bit(num, 2, 1)   # '0b10010100'
+