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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {@var{X} =} bitget (@var{a},@var{n})
## Return the status of bit(s) @var{n} of unsigned integers in @var{a}
## the lowest significant bit is @var{n} = 1.
##
## @example
## bitget (100, 8:-1:1)
## @result{} 0  1  1  0  0  1  0  0 
## @end example
## @seealso{bitand, bitor, bitxor, bitset, bitcmp, bitshift, bitmax}
## @end deftypefn

## Liberally based of the version by Kai Habel from octave-forge

function X = bitget (A, n)

  if (nargin != 2)
    print_usage ();
  endif

  if (isa (A, "double"))
    Amax = log2 (bitmax) + 1;
    _conv = @double;
  else
    if (isa (A, "uint8"))
      Amax = 8;
      _conv = @uint8;
    elseif (isa (A, "uint16"))
      Amax = 16;
      _conv = @uint16;
    elseif (isa (A, "uint32"))
      Amax = 32;
      _conv = @uint32;
    elseif (isa (A, "uint64"))
      Amax = 64;
      _conv = @uint64;
    elseif (isa (A, "int8"))
      Amax = 8;
      _conv = @int8;
    elseif (isa (A, "int16"))
      Amax = 16;
      _conv = @int16;
    elseif (isa (A, "int32"))
      Amax = 32;
      _conv = @int32;
    elseif (isa (A, "int64"))
      Amax = 64;
      _conv = @int64;
    else
      error ("invalid class %s", class (A));
    endif
  endif

  m = double (n(:));
  if (any (m < 1) || any (m > Amax))
    error ("n must be in the range [1,%d]", Amax);
  endif

  X = bitand (A, bitshift (_conv (1), uint8 (n) - uint8 (1))) != _conv (0);
endfunction
