Lua bit manipulation functions
Bit manipulation functions The Lua language does not contain native support for bit-wise manipulation of numbers (and, or, exclusive or etc.) MUSHclient has a few simple extensions that permit that. They are in the library (table) "bit". See Also ... Topics Lua base functions Lua bc (big number) functions Lua coroutine functions Lua debug functions Lua io functions Lua math functions Lua os functions Lua package functions Lua PCRE regular expression functions Lua script extensions Lua string functions Lua table functions Lua utilities Scripting Lua functions bit.ashr (Shifts a number right, preserving sign) bit.band (Bitwise 'and') bit.bor (Bitwise 'or') bit.mod (Bitwise 'modulus' (remainder after integer divide)) bit.neg (Bitwise negate (ones complement)) bit.shl (Shifts a number left) bit.shr (Shifts a number right) bit.tonumber (Convert a string into a number) bit.tostring (Convert a number into a string) bit.xor (Bitwise 'exclusive or') (Help topic: general=lua_bit) Documentation contents page