port input without changing port direction

[Geoffry]

Is it possible to input an entire 8 bit port without changing the direction using the 16F series PICs? I have some pins on the port configured to output, and some to input.

i.e. same idea as input_state(PIN) , but input an entire port instead

[PCM programmer]

There are two ways. You can temporarily enable "fast i/o" mode for
the input_b() operation, or you can declare the Port B address and read
the port directly. Both these methods produce the same ASM code in
the .LST file. They don't touch the TRISB register.

[Geoffry]

Thanks so much! Exactly what I needed.