Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 12/02/07 03:57

Rob Wilkerson wrote:
> On Dec 1, 10:15 pm, Rob Wilkerson <r.d.wilker...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Dec 1, 9:54 pm, ZeldorBlat <zeldorb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I may have to follow up on this thread, but I have to do my own due
>> diligence even to know what question to ask.
>
> Okay, I figured out what I was doing wrong and have both functions
> behaving exactly the same. Almost. The difference is that when the
> function is called, the constants are available to it and the bitwise
> expression is passed in as just that - a bitwise expression (is it
> properly called an "expression"?). The method, though, is forced to
> pass the expression in as a string for evaluation within the method
> itself.
>
> So the function gets FLAG_1|FLAG_6|FLAG_4 (evaluating to 41), while
> the method gets 'FLAG_1|FLAG_6|FLAG_4' (no evaluation done). In the
> method, I split the string, apply the constant values and get the
> correct output (1|32|8), but it's still a string. How can I evaluate
> that string to get 41?
>
> Thanks again for the help.

Rob,

Your method should be getting the bitwise expression, also. Just
because it's a method in a class doesn't make any difference as to
what's being called.

How about some code?


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