BitArray.Not Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Collections

Assemblies:

netstandard.dll, System.Collections.dll

Source:

BitArray.cs

Inverts all the bit values in the current BitArray, so that elements set to true are changed to false, and elements set to false are changed to true.

C#

public System.Collections.BitArray Not();

Returns

BitArray

The current instance with inverted bit values.

Examples

The following code example shows how to apply NOT to a BitArray.

C#

using System;
using System.Collections;
public class SamplesBitArray  {

   public static void Main()  {

      // Creates and initializes two BitArrays of the same size.
      BitArray myBA1 = new BitArray( 4 );
      BitArray myBA2 = new BitArray( 4 );
      myBA1[0] = myBA1[1] = false;
      myBA1[2] = myBA1[3] = true;
      myBA2[0] = myBA2[2] = false;
      myBA2[1] = myBA2[3] = true;

      // Performs a bitwise NOT operation between BitArray instances of the same size.
      Console.WriteLine( "Initial values" );
      Console.Write( "myBA1:" );
      PrintValues( myBA1, 8 );
      Console.Write( "myBA2:" );
      PrintValues( myBA2, 8 );
      Console.WriteLine();

      myBA1.Not();
      myBA2.Not();

      Console.WriteLine( "After NOT" );
      Console.Write( "myBA1:" );
      PrintValues( myBA1, 8 );
      Console.Write( "myBA2:" );
      PrintValues( myBA2, 8 );
      Console.WriteLine();
   }

   public static void PrintValues( IEnumerable myList, int myWidth )  {
      int i = myWidth;
      foreach ( Object obj in myList ) {
         if ( i <= 0 )  {
            i = myWidth;
            Console.WriteLine();
         }
         i--;
         Console.Write( "{0,8}", obj );
      }
      Console.WriteLine();
   }
}


/*
This code produces the following output.

Initial values
myBA1:   False   False    True    True
myBA2:   False    True   False    True

After NOT
myBA1:    True    True   False   False
myBA2:    True   False    True   False

*/

Remarks

This method is an O(n) operation, where n is Count.

Applies to