title: Create a large bit field?
body: <p>I want to create a large bit field in JavaScript that will effectively represent a multi-dimensional array of markers (uses indexing to jump to various dimensions in the physical "1D" structure).</p>
  
  <p>Rather than a bunch of numbers, I'm considering how I might use a string as bits, so I can allocate a string of the appropriate length first. Considerations such as data types, Unicode and conversions come into play (also no Unicode support before JavaScript 1.3).  </p>
  
  <p>However I'm open about other suggestions how to use JavaScript to achieve a large bit field. </p>
  
  <p><strong>Update:</strong><br>
  Just for informational purposes: On average I might be using ~2187 bits/markers (274 bytes), but would like a generic answer than can accommodate many more bits.</p>