From 2f7767bc9be88e2130044fad236c4c050df127c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stephen Birarda <commit@birarda.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 12:25:13 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] add helper method to SharedUtil to print bits in char

---
 shared/src/SharedUtil.cpp | 10 +++++++++-
 shared/src/SharedUtil.h   |  1 +
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/shared/src/SharedUtil.cpp b/shared/src/SharedUtil.cpp
index 4515eafe40..13b8219343 100644
--- a/shared/src/SharedUtil.cpp
+++ b/shared/src/SharedUtil.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 #include "SharedUtil.h"
 #include <cstdlib>
+#include <bitset>
 
 double usecTimestamp(timeval *time) {
     return (time->tv_sec * 1000000.0 + time->tv_usec);
@@ -19,7 +20,14 @@ double usecTimestampNow() {
     return (now.tv_sec * 1000000.0 + now.tv_usec);
 }
 
-
 float randFloat () {
     return (rand()%10000)/10000.f;
+}
+
+void outputBits(char byte) {
+    printf("%d: ", byte);
+    for (int i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
+        printf("%d", byte >> (7 - i) & 1);
+    }
+    printf("\n");
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/shared/src/SharedUtil.h b/shared/src/SharedUtil.h
index d5525ffdb9..2410e0e2cb 100644
--- a/shared/src/SharedUtil.h
+++ b/shared/src/SharedUtil.h
@@ -15,5 +15,6 @@
 double usecTimestamp(timeval *time);
 double usecTimestampNow();
 float randFloat();
+void outputBits(char);
 
 #endif /* defined(__hifi__SharedUtil__) */