How to use bitn

pretty much the question, i want to write variables as bitn but i dont understand exactly how to

Answer 1

[the cyclist]

I'm not sure if this is what you mean, but there are several integer classes available in MATLAB.

Answer 2

[John D'Errico]

You cannot define a scalar variable as a binary one with an arbitrary number of bits. You can define integer variables, with a specific number of choices, but those integer classes are limited.

However, nothing stops you from defining a vector that would contain the bits as you wish, as separate elements of that vector.