Split Number and Rotate

[SercoSteveB]

What is Numeric Value Out following execution of the VI?

a) 0x41236785

b) 0x23416785

c) 0x23418567

d) 0x41238567

[LordNobady]

I think C

[nmpundlik]

Answer is C.

[sumapatil]

anyone please explain

[crossrulz]

C

sumapatil, what are you stuck?  Try probing around and looking at the context help for these functions to figure them out.  If you are still stuck, tell us where you are stuck and then we can better help.

[TejaskumarPatel]

Can you please Explain ..

I am stuck at Rotate function...

[crossrulz]

TejaskumarPatel wrote:

I am stuck at Rotate function...

                   

The Rotate function is a BIT shift.  The shift is to the left (to MSb).  So if the number of bits to shift is negative, it is really a shift to the right (to LSb).  Since we are using the Rotate (and not the plain old shift), the bits that fall off get put back at the end.

Now since we are rotating by 4 bits (ie 1 hexidecimal character), a single hex character is just moved to the other end of the number.

[2verb]

C

Does anyone use rotate? If so, for what?

[TejaskumarPatel]

Danke Got it

[crossrulz]

2verb wrote:

Does anyone use rotate? If so, for what?

                   

Can't say I've actually used rotate.  I use shift all the time though with various protocols I have had to use.  I'm sure there's algorithms out there that use rotate.

[JGmitter]

C.  Interesting question.  I learned something again!  I'm not sure if I can think of a use case for this but I'm sure there is. 

[MrStevenUND]

C.  I have had to use rotate, but I don't recall why at the moment.

[Musale]

Please expalin how a Rotate function works???

[LordNobady]

Musale wrote:

                       

Please expalin how a Rotate function works???

                   

A rotate function rotates the bits the specified number of times to the left.

In this case the bits that fall of at the left end up at the right.

say you start with

1011(2) and you rotate it 2 times

after the first time ( iteration ) you end up with 0111 and after the secont with 1110.

PS. I don't think you can do a bit rotate with 4 bits in labview. if you can please tel me how.

[RAMESHB]

Answer is C.

[Asha_Nagaraj]

C.

[SercoSteveB]

Answer: C.  Nice one LordNobady, nmpundlik, crossrulz, 2verb, J-MACK, MrStevenUND, RAMESHB & Asha_Nagaraj

Nice explanantions crossrulz & LordNobady thanks.

We do alot of bit manipulation (spliting, joining, rotating, shifting, etc. etc.) in the FPGA world, I think the only time we do similar at Windows or RT level is when processing the data coming back from FPGA.

[mini09]

Agreed C.... Steve that is an nice application area we can use as i never used it so far.

[skian]

Thanks crosseulz , I was struggling to figure out how think about this in a CLAD exam context. Shifting a hex character is the way to think about this question.