Determining combination of bits
Sean Berry
sean at buildingonline.com
Mon Nov 8 15:33:48 EST 2004
Just to set everyone's mind at ease... I haven't had a homework assignment
for about four years now.
I am using two database tables. One will have some options and a code
(power of 2).
Then, someone will check off checkboxes and submit. The number will be
added and saved in a cookie. Then, later, I want to be able to redisplay
their choices by reading the value from the cookie.
I expect the values will get no bigger than 2^32 = 4294967296. Is this
getting too big???
"Terry Reedy" <tjreedy at udel.edu> wrote in message
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> "Sean Berry" <sean at buildingonline.com> wrote in message
> news:x3Qjd.121786$hj.41260 at fed1read07...
>> and I am given some numbers, say 22, 25, and 9. I want to determine the
>> keys, powers of 2, that comprise the number.
>> How do I get these keys?
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> if n%2: print 'has a positive one bit'
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> n//2 == n>>1 deletes that bit
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> keep track of divisions/shifts and stop when n == 0
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> Terry J. Reedy
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