yeah..dat we all know..bt wat actually this code is doing..this is wat am
thinking!!!

On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 2:12 AM, Debabrata Das <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Another approach!!
>
> while(x)
> {
> x=x&(x-1);
> count++;
>
> }
>
> On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 2:26 PM, Nikhil Gupta 
> <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> Here is a small piece of program which counts the number of bits set in a
>> number. I found it online somewhere.
>>  InputOutput00(0000000)52(0000101)73(0000111)
>>
>>   *int* CountBits (*unsigned* *int* x )
>>
>>
>>   {
>>       *static* *unsigned* *int* mask[] *=* { 0x55555555,
>>
>>
>>           0x33333333,
>>           0x0F0F0F0F,
>>           0x00FF00FF,
>>
>>
>>           0x0000FFFF          } ;
>>           *int* i ;
>>           *int* shift ; /* Number of positions to shift to right*/          
>> *for* ( i *=*0, shift *=*1; i *<* 5; i *++*, shift **=* 2)
>>
>>
>>                   x *=* (x *&* mask[i ])*+* ( ( x *>>* shift) *&* mask[i]);
>>
>>
>>           *return* x;
>>   }
>>
>> Can anyone explain how this is working?
>>
>> --
>> Nikhil Gupta
>> Senior Co-ordinator, Publicity
>> CSI, NSIT Students' Branch
>> NSIT, New Delhi, India
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