excel-vba long integer to bits code example

Example 1: excel vba make a short integer from two bytes

Public Function MakeInteger%(LoByte As Byte, HiByte As Byte)
  If HiByte And &H80 Then
    MakeInteger = ((HiByte * &H100&) Or LoByte) Or &HFFFF0000
  Else
    MakeInteger = (HiByte * &H100) Or LoByte
  End If
End Function

Example 2: excel vba long integer to bits

Function LongToBits$(ByVal n&)
    Dim i&
    LongToBits = "00000000000000000000000000000000"
    If n And &H80000000 Then
        Mid$(LongToBits, 1, 1) = "1"
        n = n And Not &H80000000
    End If
    For i = 32 To 2 Step -1
        If n And 1 Then Mid$(LongToBits, i, 1) = "1"
        n = n \ 2
    Next
End Function

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MsgBox LongToBits(0)			'<--displays: 00000000000000000000000000000000
MsgBox LongToBits(293781237)	'<--displays: 00010001100000101011111011110101
MsgBox LongToBits(-1)			'<--displays: 11111111111111111111111111111111

Example 3: excel vba high word from Long Integer

'If n is a 4-byte Long Integer, the Low (Left) Word is:
If n And &H8000& Then
  	LoWord = n Or &HFFFF0000
Else
    LoWord = n And &HFFFF&
End If

'If n is a 4-byte Long Integer, the High (Right) Word is:
HiWord = (n And &HFFFF0000) \ &H10000