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Count bits
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#include <stdint.h> | |
#include <limits.h> | |
#define numbits(x) (sizeof(x) * 8) | |
#define max_signed_value_of_type(t) \ | |
(INTMAX_MAX >> (numbits(intmax_t) - numbits(t))) | |
void count_bits(unsigned int num) | |
{ | |
size_t bits = numbits(num); | |
unsigned int max = max_signed_value_of_type(num) + 1; | |
int i; | |
unsigned int t = num; | |
int zeroes = 0, ones = 0; | |
for (i = 0; i < bits; i++) { | |
if (!!(num & max)) | |
ones++; | |
else | |
zeroes++; | |
num = num << 1; | |
} | |
printf("%u has %d 0's and %d 1's in its binary representation.\n", t, zeroes, ones); | |
} |
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