BitMaskRead()

Performs a bitwise mask read operation.

Returns an integer, created from length bits of number, beginning at start.


	BitMaskRead( number=number, start=number, length=number );

Returns: Number

Argument	Description
number _{number, required}	an integer to mask
start _{number, required}	Integer, in the range 0-31, inclusive; start bit for read
length _{number, required}	Integer, in the range 0-31, inclusive; length of mask

The following code example will output an example numbers returned from the bitMaskRead() function.

writeOutput(bitMaskRead(255, 5, 5))
    writeOutput("<br>")
    writeOutput(bitMaskRead(255, 0, 4))