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How does the code given below identifies the number to be power of two or not? #include <bits/stdc++.h> using namespace std; int main() { int n; cin>>n; if( (n & (n-1)) == 0){ cout<< "power of 2"; } else{ cout<< "not power of 2"; } return 0; }

24th Jan 2021, 5:53 AM
Nazeefa Labiba
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AND is 1 if the corresponding bits of two operands is 1. If either bit of an operand is 0, the result of corresponding bit is evaluated to 0. Let us suppose the bitwise AND operation of two integers 12 and 25. 12 = 00001100 (In Binary) 25 = 00011001 (In Binary) Bit Operation of 12 and 25 00001100 & 00011001 ________ 00001000 = 8 (In decimal) Same here for odd numbers condition failing so the result will be not power of 2 If u will do n&1 u will get odd numbers
24th Jan 2021, 6:08 AM
A S Raghuvanshi
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& is the bitwise operator AND For example: 12 & 7= (in binary 1100 and 0111) ( 0 AND 1 )-> 0 ( 0 AND 1 )-> 0 ( 1 AND 1 )-> 1 ( 1 AND 0 )-> 0 =4 Now, regarding how it checks if n=2^k, in binary 2^k is 100...0 (k times 0) (the same way as 10^k in decimal is 100...0) So all zeros except for the k+1 position 2^k - 1 is 011...1 (like 099...9) As you can see it has all ones except for the k+1 position So if we do the bitwise AND we will get 0 And it's the only set of value with this property, any other when incremented keeps at least 1 digit fixed (again, it's easier to think it in decimal)
24th Jan 2021, 6:30 AM
Angelo
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