Bitwise Algorithms
The Bitwise Algorithms are used to perform operations at bit-level or to manipulate bits in different ways. The bitwise operations are found to be much faster and are some times used to improve the efficiency of a program.
For example: To check if a number is even or odd. This can be easily done by using Bitwise-AND(&) operator. If the last bit of the operator is set than it is ODD otherwise it is EVEN. Therefore, if num & 1 not equals to zero than num is ODD otherwise it is EVEN.
Recent Articles on Bit Magic !
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- Check for Integer Overflow
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- Count number of bits to be flipped to convert A to B
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- Find XOR of two number without using XOR operator
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- Find the two non-repeating elements in an array of repeating elements
- Write an Efficient C Program to Reverse Bits of a Number
- Smallest power of 2 greater than or equal to n
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- Generate n-bit Gray Codes
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- How to swap two bits in a given integer?
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- Find even occurring elements in an array of limited range
- Cyclic Redundancy Check and Modulo-2 Division
- Copy set bits in a range
- Check if a number is Bleak
- Count strings with consecutive 1’s
- Gray to Binary and Binary to Gray conversion
- Count total set bits in all numbers from 1 to n
- Program to count number of set bits in an (big) array
- Next higher number with same number of set bits
- Karatsuba algorithm for fast multiplication
- Find the maximum subarray XOR in a given array
- Inserting m into n such that m starts at bit j and ends at bit i
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