Indexing the bits of a variable

This may seem trivial to the more experienced. I want to index each bit of a variable (e.g. MyVariable) and put it on a port. The compiler does not allow:

FOR BitCount=0 TO 15
PortC.1=MyVariable.BitCount
NEXT BitCount

Why not? Instead I have to do it this messy way:

Temp=MyVariable
FOR BitCount=0 TO 15
IF BitCount>0 THEN Temp<<1
PortC.1=Temp.15
NEXT BitCount

Any suggestions for a cleaner way, folks?

See this Melanie post

http://www.picbasic.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=544

then try this

FOR BitCount=0 TO 15
PortC.1=MyVariable.0(BitCount)
NEXT BitCount

Paul Borgmeier
Salt Lake City, Utah
USA

Paul, thanks for that, and also to Melanie for her excellent article about this topic. Although the syntax 'Variable.0(other variable)' does work, it seems a bit illogical by PBP standards! It's a pity that the User Manual does not refer to this trick.