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| author | Tim Kuester <tpkuester@gmail.com> | 2014-04-15 16:59:53 -0400 |
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| committer | Tim Kuester <tpkuester@gmail.com> | 2014-04-15 17:02:02 -0400 |
| commit | 850d5ca30cd10a3cf1edaf46234690c5dca3e5c4 (patch) | |
| tree | 91d1134b67a3691db7718b180d6809f63634e1e4 /gr-blocks/include/gnuradio/blocks/short_to_char.h | |
| parent | 76970d54f3a6551751d481c63ea54c0794fc2591 (diff) | |
documentation: Bit handling gotchas explained
Diffstat (limited to 'gr-blocks/include/gnuradio/blocks/short_to_char.h')
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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/gr-blocks/include/gnuradio/blocks/short_to_char.h b/gr-blocks/include/gnuradio/blocks/short_to_char.h index de4df623a1..22a157d341 100644 --- a/gr-blocks/include/gnuradio/blocks/short_to_char.h +++ b/gr-blocks/include/gnuradio/blocks/short_to_char.h @@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ namespace gr { /*! * \brief Convert stream of shorts to a stream of chars. + * + * This block strips off the least significant byte from the + * short value. + * + * [0x00ff, 0x0ff0, 0xff00] => [0x00, 0x0f, 0xff] + * * \ingroup type_converters_blk */ class BLOCKS_API short_to_char : virtual public sync_block |