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Integer complement calculation in Python
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IntMe.py
#!/usr/bin/env python
# This would probably be the easiest way to do what you need
def getIntegerComplement (n):
# Setup mask of bits, can't use tilde as python uses signed :-/
mask = (1 << n.bit_length()) - 1
return n ^ mask
print getIntegerComplement(50)
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