How to use array variable for shiftout command

[longpole001]

this device on the spi on this devices has true bidirectional data going out on SI , when a write , but returns at the same time on SO ( going back in ) the status register is there a way to get this information while i do a write and use it
i would think the shiftout command would have to have a parameter to get this if it could.

[HenrikOlsson]

No, I'm afraid you can't do that with SHIFTOUT/SHIFTIN. If you're PIC has a MSSP module I suggest you take a look at that, it'll do what you want. If it doesn't have a MSSP module then you'd have to roll your own bit-banged routine to do the simultainous out/in. Which PIC are you using and what device is you're interfacing?