Bitwise Operations ???

[<ABX]

Dim decValue as Decimal = cDec(2^3+2^4+2^2+2^0)
 
If DecValue = (decValue And 2^4) Then
      'Fifth bit set
      Msgbox "Bit 5 is set"
End if

This gives me a conversion error with Option Strict On

Do bitwise operators only work with Longs??

[pax]

Hi.

If DecValue = (decValue And 2^4) Then

This is just a guess. I have not tried this, but I think That should propably be If DecValue = (decValue And cDec(2^4)) Then

[trisuglow]

What is it that you're trying to do? It's very unusual to be doing bitwise operations on decimals. If you think about the way that decimals are stored in memory you'll see what I mean. Using the correct casting you should be able to get rid of your Option Strict errors, but I'm still not sure that your code is going to make a lot of sense.