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Notice that in the binary representation of the mask value, line zero’s mask has bit number zero set, and line one’s mask has bit number one set, etc. So, instead of retrieving the mask value from a table, the value is calculated by shifting 00000001b (1 decimal, 01 hexadecimal) right the same number of times as the desired line number. Once the mask value is calculated, it is bitwise ANDed with Input_Byte. If the resulting value is non-zero, the line is ON and a boolean TRUE is returned, otherwise a boolean FALSE is returned.

For example:
Line_Number = 3
Status Register Value =	01010101b
Control Register Value =	10101010b
		01010101b (Status Register)
	AND	11110000b (F0h mask)
		01010000b
10101010b (Control Register)
AND 00001111b (0Fh mask)
00001010b ——>	OR	00001010b
		01011010b
00000001b (1 decimal)
shift-right 3 (Line_Number) = AND		00001000b (bit mask)
		00001000b

The function, Output_Bit(), returns the status of the selected output line. The function is defined as:

boolean Output_Bit(unsigned char Line_Number)

{

return (((Output_Byte & (1 << Line_Number)) != 0));

}

As with the function, In_Byte(), the mask value is calculated by shifting 00000001b right the same number of times as the desired line number. Once the mask value is calculated, it is bitwise ANDed with Output_Byte. If the resulting value is non-zero, the line is ON and a boolean TRUE is returned, otherwise a boolean FALSE is returned. Notice that this function gets its value from Output_Byte that is set when we use the function, Set_Output_Bit(). The value is not read from the port.

For example:

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