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Class to store collections of bits (binary values that can be 0 or 1)
Source position: classesh.inc line 383
type TBits = class(TObject) |
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public |
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constructor Create(); virtual; |
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Creates a new bits collection. |
destructor Destroy; override; |
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Destroys a bit collection |
function GetFSize; |
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Returns the number of records used to store the bits. |
procedure SetOn(); |
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Turn a particular bit on. |
procedure Clear(); |
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Clears a particular bit. |
procedure Clearall; |
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Clears all bits in the array. |
procedure CopyBits(); |
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Copy bits from one bits set to another |
procedure AndBits(); |
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Performs an and operation on the bits. |
procedure OrBits(); |
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Performs an or operation on the bits. |
procedure XorBits(); |
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Performs a xor operation on the bits. |
procedure NotBits(); |
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Performs a not operation on the bits. |
function Get(); |
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Retrieve the value of a particular bit |
procedure Grow(); |
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Expands the bits array to the requested size. |
function Equals(); |
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Determines whether the bits of 2 arrays are equal. |
procedure SetIndex(); |
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Sets the start position for FindNextBit and FindPrevBit |
function FindFirstBit(); |
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Find first bit with a particular value |
function FindNextBit; |
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Searches the next bit with a particular value. |
function FindPrevBit; |
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Searches the previous bit with a particular value. |
function OpenBit; |
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Returns the position of the first bit that is set to False. |
property Bits []: Boolean; default; [rw] |
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Access to all bits in the array. |
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Current size of the array of bits. |
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end; |
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Class to store collections of bits (binary values that can be 0 or 1) |
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Base class of all classes. |
TBits can be used to store collections of bits in an indexed array. This is especially useful for storing collections of booleans: Normally the size of a boolean is the size of the smallest enumerated type, i.e. 1 byte. Since a bit can take 2 values it can be used to store a boolean as well. Since TBits can store 8 bits in a byte, it takes 8 times less space to store an array of booleans in a TBits class then it would take to store them in a conventional array.
TBits introduces methods to store and retrieve bit values, apply masks, and search for bits.