C#, bits & bytes - How do I retrieve bit values from a byte?
<p>I'm reading some values from a single byte. I'm told in the user-manual that this one byte contains 3 different values. There's a table that looks like this:</p>

<p><img src="http://i.stack.imgur.com/f8x4F.png" alt="bit table"></p>

<p>I interpret that has meaning precision takes up 3 bits, scale takes up 2 and size takes up 3 for a total of 8 (1 byte).</p>

<p>What I'm not clear on is:</p>

<p>1 - Why is it labeled 7 through 0 instead of 0 through 7 (something to do with significance maybe?)</p>

<p>2 - How do I extract the individual values out of that one byte?</p>
