int HighestBitSet (unsigned int n)
{
    double x;
    int exp;
    x = frexp((double)n, &exp);
    return exp-1;
}

To see how it works, look up the standard C++ function frexp.

Dave

On Mar 20, 3:43 am, cegprakash <[email protected]> wrote:
> given a how to find the maximum value of n
> if 2^n <a

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