always @(*)
begin : convert

    index = 0;

    for (oh_index = 0; oh_index < NUM_SIGNALS; oh_index++)
    begin
        if (one_hot[oh_index])
        begin
            if (DIRECTION == "LSB0")
                index = index | oh_index[INDEX_WIDTH - 1:0];    // Use 'or' to avoid synthesizing priority encoder
            else
                index = index | ~oh_index[INDEX_WIDTH - 1:0];
        end
    end
end