Joining 5 bit variables and splitting them into 8 bit ones later?

[mpgmike]

Something like this?

' 001110 001110 001110 001110
FullDisp VAR LONG
FullDisp.31 = 0
FullDisp.30 = 0
FullDisp.29 = 1
FullDisp.28 = 1
FullDisp.27 = 1
FullDisp.26 = 0
FullDisp.25 = 0
... ... ... ... ... ...