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What are bit fields? What is their use?

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What are bit fields? What is their use?..

Answer / ravi joshi

Bit fields can only be declared inside a structure or a
union, and allow you to specify some very small objects of a
given number of bits in length. Their usefulness is limited
and they aren't seen in many programs, but we'll deal with
them anyway.

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What are bit fields? What is their use?..

Answer / vadivel t

Bit fields main intention is to reduce the memory
consumption.

Syntax:
------

struct
{
int a:1;
/*whatever may be the size of the int(compiler dependent),
only one bit shall be allocated for variable 'a'*/
}BITFIELDS;

Restictions:
------------
1. Accessing or printing address of bitfield variable is
not possible.
2.Array of bit fields, not possible.
3.A function cannot return a bit field variable.

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