title: How to find most significant bit (MSB)
body: <p>I want to know which value the first bit of a byte has.</p>
  
  <p>For example:</p>
  
  <p>I have <code>byte m = (byte) 0x8C;</code> </p>
  
  <p>How could I know if the first bit is an 1 or a 0 ?</p>
  
  <p>Can anyone help me out ?</p>