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11<H1 align="left">MATH_GetMostSignificantBit <img src="../../image/NTR.gif"align="middle"><img src="../../image/TWL.gif" align="middle"></H1>
12<H2>Syntax</H2>
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15  <PRE><CODE>#include &lt;nitro/math.h&gt;</CODE></PRE>
16  <PRE><CODE>u32 MATH_GetMostSignificantBit( u32 x );
17u32 MATH_MSB( u32 x );
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21<H2>Arguments</H2>
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25      <TD><B><I>x</I></B></TD>
26      <TD>The value to scan</TD>
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30<H2>Return Values</H2>
31<P>Returns the highest order bit set to 1.</P>
32<H2>Description</H2>
33<P>This function looks for the highest order bit that is set to 1 when x is expressed as a binary 32-bit value. 10(01010b) is 8(01000b), and 0 is 0.</P>
34<P><CODE>MATH_MSB</CODE> is another name for the <CODE>MATH_GetMostSignificantBit</CODE> function.</P>
35<P>The lowest-order bit set to 1 can be found with the <CODE><a href="MATH_GetLeastSignificantBit.html">MATH_GetLeastSignificantBit</a></CODE> function.</P>
36<H2>See Also</H2>
37<P><CODE><A href="../bit/MATH_GetLeastSignificantBit.html">MATH_GetLeastSignificantBit</A>, <A href="../int/MATH_ILog2.html">MATH_ILog2</A><BR></CODE></P>
38<H2>Revision History</H2>
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402005/12/22 Initial version.
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