what is the use of bitfields & where do we use them?
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Answer / naveen shukla
Bit field is an idiom used in the computer programming
language to store a value as a short series of bits .
It is most commanly used when we know the fix width of int
type variable to be used .
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Answer / rams
Bit fields are used to restrict the size of a structure member. we can reduce the size of a structure member as a result no wastage of bits. suppose if i want to store date generally it is between 1 to 31 we can store it in 5 bits only.
bit fields can be used only with in structure.
ex:struct st
{
char date:5;
};
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