A way to define specific ports for output bits? start output in middle port?

[HenrikOlsson]

Hi,
A bit convoluted but it hopefully shows what's happening:

Temp = PortB.0 & %11110001        ' Read PortB into Temp and clear bits 1-3 ( & is bitwise AND)
Value = 5                                      ' This is the value that will be written to bits 1-3
Value = Value << 1                          ' Shift value to the left one place to "align it" with bits 1-3 
PortB = Temp | Value                     ' Write new value back to PortB. ( | is bitwise OR )

Or

Temp = PortB.0
Value = 5
Temp.1 = Value.0
Temp.2 = Value.1
Temp.3 = Value.2
PortB.0 = Temp

Or, if a bit bitflipping on the port doesn't matter

Value = 5
PortB.1 = Value.0
PortB.2 = Value.1
PortB.3 = Value 2

And I'm sure there are other ways.

/Henrik.