What is the best or recommended method for bit shifting a large amount of binary data in C? I have a 200K binary file and I want to left, then right shift the entire lot.
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What is the best or recommended method for bit shifting a large amount of binary data in C? I have a 200K binary file and I want to left, then right shift the entire lot.
If your OS can support it use a memory mapped file. Then do a bit shift It’ll be very very efficient.
See this answer for more info: What are the advantages of memory-mapped files?