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BitNot Function (Binary)

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Performs a bitwise NOT operation on a value of Numeric, Varbinary, or Blob type and returns the bitwise complement on the specified value. There is a numeric and a binary version of the syntax. If the specified expression is not an integer, it is converted to an integer before performing the operation.

Namespace:  XSharp.VFP
Assembly:  XSharp.VFP (in XSharp.VFP.dll) Version: 2.21
Syntax
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 FUNCTION BitNot(
	BinString AS BINARY
) AS BINARY
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Parameters

BinString
Type: Binary
Specifies a Varbinary or Blob value to perform the bitwise NOT operation.

Return Value

Type: Binary
Numeric, Varbinary, or Blob. BitNot( ) returns the bitwise complement of the specified expression. In other words, the return value represents the specified expression with each 0 bit changed to 1 and each 1 bit changed to 0.
Examples
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1x = 5  // 0101 binary
2? BitNot(x) // Returns -6
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