On Jun 29, 4:58 pm, Anand <[email protected]> wrote:
> Sorry. is it possible to get the previous number using bitwise operator and
> with out using arithematic operator
>
> On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 1:56 PM, Dave <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Are you asking how to subtract 1 without using bitwise operators? If
> > so, just use subtraction.
>
> > Dave
>
> > On Jun 29, 10:32 am, Anand <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > @ Dave: is it possible to get the previous without using bitwise
> > operator.
>
> >  > On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 8:29 PM, Gene <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > On Jun 28, 9:02 pm, Dave <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > > Given an integer n, this code replaces n with n+1 without using
> > > > > arithmetic operations:
>
> > > > > c = 1
> > > > > repeat
> > > > >     d = n and c
> > > > >     n = n xor c
> > > > >     c = d left shifted by 1
> > > > > until c = 0
>
> > > > > Dave
>
> > > > > On Jun 28, 4:16 pm, ankit mahendru <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
>
> > > > > >  Q. Find the next number for a given number without using any
> > > > arithmetic
> > > > > > operators(use bit operations)
>
> > > > This adds two numbers with roughly the same algorithm:
>
> > > > int add(int x, int y)
> > > > {
> > > >  for (;;) {
> > > >    int carry = (x & y) << 1;
> > > >    x ^= y;
> > > >    if (carry == 0) return x;
> > > >    y = carry;
> > > >   }
> > > > }
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If you pass -1 as the value for y in a call to my code, it will return
x - 1.

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