use Bit::Manip qw(:all); use Test::More; # out of order sequence my @exp0123 = (0..15); my @exp3210 = reverse(0..15); my @exp0312 = (0b0000,0b0001,0b0100,0b0101,0b1000,0b1001,0b1100,0b1101,0b0010,0b0011,0b0110,0b0111,0b1010,0b1011,0b1110,0b1111); for (0 .. 15) { is( bit_set(0x00, 2, 4, $_), $_ << 2, "nomal set, shifted up 2" ); is( bit_set_seq(0x00, [0,1,2,3], $_), $exp0123[$_], "[0,1,2,3]: I expect bit 0 [LSB] of input to be transferred to bit 0 [LSB] of output -- ie, same order"); is( bit_set_seq(0x00, [3,2,1,0], $_), $exp3210[$_], "[3,2,1,0]: I expect bit 3 [MSB] of input to be transferred to bit 0 [LSB] of output, in2 -> out1, in1 -> out2, in0 -> out3 -- ie, reverse the bits"); is( bit_set_seq(0x00, [0,3,1,2], $_), $exp0312[$_], "[0,3,1,2]: I expect in0 -> out0, in3->out1, in1->out2, in2->out3"); } ... # your subs go below, not quoted here... #### # INPUT VAL DESIRED OUTPUT # 0bKKKK_KKKK 0b0000_0000 0bKKK0_K000 # 0bKKKK_KKKK 0b0000_0001 0bKKK0_K001 # 0bKKKK_KKKK 0b0000_0010 0bKKK0_K010 # 0bKKKK_KKKK 0b0000_0011 0bKKK0_K011 # 0bKKKK_KKKK 0b0000_0100 0bKKK0_K100 # 0bKKKK_KKKK 0b0000_0101 0bKKK0_K101 # 0bKKKK_KKKK 0b0000_0110 0bKKK0_K110 # 0bKKKK_KKKK 0b0000_0111 0bKKK0_K111 # 0bKKKK_KKKK 0b0000_1000 0bKKK1_K000 # 0bKKKK_KKKK 0b0000_1001 0bKKK1_K001 # 0bKKKK_KKKK 0b0000_1010 0bKKK1_K010 # 0bKKKK_KKKK 0b0000_1011 0bKKK1_K011 # 0bKKKK_KKKK 0b0000_1100 0bKKK1_K100 # 0bKKKK_KKKK 0b0000_1101 0bKKK1_K101 # 0bKKKK_KKKK 0b0000_1110 0bKKK1_K110 # 0bKKKK_KKKK 0b0000_1111 0bKKK1_K111 for (0 .. 15) { is( bit_set_skip( 0x00, [0,1,2,4], $_), (($_ & 0x08)<<1) | (($_ & 0x07)<<0), "put a gap between the MSB and the lower three bits"); }