Determining combination of bits

[Steven Bethard]

Sean Berry <sean <at> buildingonline.com> writes:
>
> I want to determine the keys, powers of 2, that comprise the number.
> 
> Ex.  22 = 16+4+2
>        25 = 16+8+1
>        9   = 8+1
> ...etc...

This sounds suspiciously like a homework, so I'm just going to give a hint here:

>>> import math
>>> math.log(22, 2)
4.4594316186372973
>>> 2**int(math.log(22, 2))
16
>>> 2**int(math.log(22 - 16, 2))
4
>>> 2**int(math.log(22 - 16 - 4 - 2, 2))
2
>>> 

Hope this is helpful.

Steve