# bits2str --- turn a byte into readable 1's and 0's

function bits2str(bits, data, mask)
{
if (bits == 0)
return "0"

mask = 1
for (; bits != 0; bits = rshift(bits, 1))
data = (and(bits, mask) ? "1" : "0") data

while ((length(data) % 8) != 0)
data = "0" data

return data
}