If you ever come upon a need to toggle an integer value between 1 and 0, consider using the bitwise exclusive-OR (^) operator in C to get the job done.

In a recent application I wrote a method with one parameter, an integer, that is expected to be 1 or 0. In creating a demo of the application I wanted to pass in alternating values of 1 and 0 as part of a test for a specific use case. Instead of using an if statement in the calling method to decide when to send a 1 or 0, I wrote something similar to the code below:
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Given space is often at a premium when writing applications for mobile devices, I want to show you how to use bitfields to manage a series of values that need only on/off status. The upside is that you can store a surprising number of status values within a single integer, 32 to be exact.

The code that follows is pure C. Given that Objective-C is a superset of C, don’t forget that you can leverage all that C has to offer, beyond working with objects.
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