Wireshark · Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] what FT_ type should be used for bit type variable

[Jaap Keuter <jaap.keuter@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

Use one of the FT_UINT* types and add a bitmask in the same header field.
See README.developer and many of the dissectors in the source tree.

Thanx,
Jaap

manju ptm wrote:
> Hi,
> Iam designing a dissector,
> if  want to display a variable whose length is 3 bits,
>
> what FT_ type should be used