.. _arduino-bitclear:

bitClear()
==========

Description
-----------

Clears (writes a 0 to) a bit of a numeric variable.



Syntax
------

bitClear(x, n)



Parameters
----------

x: the numeric variable whose bit to clear



n: which bit to clear, starting at 0 for the least-significant
(rightmost) bit



Returns
-------

none



See also
--------


-  `bit <http://arduino.cc/en/Reference/Bit>`_\ ()
-  `bitRead <http://arduino.cc/en/Reference/BitRead>`_\ ()
-  `bitWrite <http://arduino.cc/en/Reference/BitWrite>`_\ ()
-  `bitSet <http://arduino.cc/en/Reference/BitSet>`_\ ()