C++ Bitwise Operator shifting
#include <iostream> #include <iomanip> int main()// www. j a v a2 s . c om { unsigned int packed {}; unsigned char ch {}; std::cout << std::left << std::setw(26) << "Enter a character: "; std::cin >> ch; packed |= ch; std::cout << std::setw(26) << "Enter a second character: "; std::cin >> ch; packed <<= 8; // Shift left 1 byte packed |= ch; std::cout << std::setw(26) << "Enter a third character: "; std::cin >> ch; packed <<= 8; // Shift left 1 byte packed |= ch; std::cout << std::setw(26) << "Enter a fourth character: "; std::cin >> ch; packed <<= 8; // Shift left 1 byte packed |= ch; std::cout << "The word containing 4 packed characters is " << std::right << std::hex << std::showbase << std::internal << std::setfill('0') << packed << std::endl; // Unpacking packed... unsigned int mask {0x000000FF}; // Keep low order byte ch = mask & packed; // Low order byte std::cout << std::setfill(' ') << std::setw(4) << ch; ch = mask & (packed >> 8); // 2nd byte std::cout << std::setw(4) << ch; ch = mask & (packed >> 16); std::cout << std::setw(4) << ch; ch = mask & (packed >> 24); // 4th byte std::cout << std::setw(4) << ch << std::endl; }