C = bitget(A, bit) range limit

Why the bitget range is only 1-52 bit, not covering 64 bit numbers?

Is a simple way to get around that? If I want to check a bit of any 64 bit number?

>> bitget(hex2dec('FFFFFFFF'),52) = 0

>> bitget(hex2dec('FFFFFFFF'),53)

??? Error using ==> bitget; BIT must be integers between 1 and 52 for double.

>> bitget(hex2dec('1FFFFFFFFFFFFF'),52) =1

>> bitget(hex2dec('20000000000000'),52)

??? Error using ==> bitget; Exceeded value of bitmax.

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

It might depend upon the release you are using, but in current releases bitget is not restricted to 52 bits.

Your major problem at the moment is that hex2dec() outputs a double precision number.

Try

bitget( sscanf('FFFFFFFF', '%lx'), 53)