Java Bit Unset unsetBit(byte[] b, int index)

Description

Sets the bit at the specified index of b to 0.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
b	the byte array
index	the index of the bit to set to 0

Exception

Parameter	Description
IndexOutOfBoundsException	an exception

Return

the byte array with the bit at the specified index set to 0

Declaration

public static byte[] unsetBit(byte[] b, int index) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*  w  w w. j a  v  a 2 s .c  o m*/
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 * Copyright 2013 Georgios Migdos <cyberpython@gmail.com>.
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public class Main {
    /**
     * Sets the bit at the specified index of b to 0. The index is calculated
     * from right to left - i.e. the least significant bit is considered to be
     * the rightmost (index = 0), while the most significant bit is considered
     * to be the leftmost (index = b.length*8 -1) if the whole array is treated
     * as a series of consecutive bits.
     *
     * @param b the byte array
     * @param index the index of the bit to set to 0
     *
     * @return the byte array with the bit at the specified index set to 0
     *
     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException
     */
    public static byte[] unsetBit(byte[] b, int index) {
        int maxIndex = b.length * 8 - 1;
        if ((index < 0) || (index > maxIndex)) {
            throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException(
                    "Invalid bit index: " + index + " for " + b.length + "-byte array.");
        }
        int byteOffset = b.length - (index / 8) - 1;
        int bitOffset = index % 8;
        byte mask = (byte) ~(0xFF & (1 << bitOffset));
        b[byteOffset] = (byte) (0xFF & (b[byteOffset] & mask));
        return b;
    }
}

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