Hex And Bitmasking question

For some strange reason, I get 16 for jack2. I am bitmasking the integer using the hex &HFC (11111100) which would give me the binary 00 which is zero.


<code>
Dim byteit(2) As Byte
Dim jack1 As Integer
Dim jack2 As Integer
Dim jack3 As Integer

byteit(0) = 16
byteit(1) = 32
jack1 = byteit(0) >> 2 ' returns 4 which is correct
jack2 = (byteit(0) And &HFC)
jack3 = jack2 + byteit(1) 'ocuff
TextBox4.Text = jack1 & " " & jack2 & " " & jack3


</code>

returns: 4 16 48

Any thoughts???

I used the opposite hex code. Instead of HFC (11111100), I needed to use the opposite H0c or just HC (00000011).

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