Mia von Steinkirch 0d5e21b867 bitwise
2019-05-12 18:00:11 -07:00

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#!/usr/bin/python
''' 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'