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| 12 Numbers 12.1 Number Concepts 12.1.1 Numeric Operations 12.1.1.3 Viewing Integers as Bits and Bytes ### 12.1.1.3.2 Byte Operations on Integers The byte-manipulation functions use objects called byte specifiers to designate the size and position of a specific byte within an integer. The representation of a byte specifier is implementation-dependent; it might or might not be a number. The function byte will construct a byte specifier, which various other byte-manipulation functions will accept. The next figure shows defined names relating to manipulating bytes of numbers.
Defined names relating to byte manipulation.
byte | deposit-field | ldb-test
byte-position | dpb | mask-field
byte-size | ldb |

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