Number of 1 Bits

Number of 1 Bits

Write a function that takes an unsigned integer and returns the number of ’1’ bits it has (also known as the Hamming weight). For example, the 32-bit integer ‘11’ has binary representation 00000000000000000000000000001011, so the function should return 3.

分析

从1位到2位到4位逐步的交换


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int hammingWeight(uint32_t n) {
const uint32_t m1 = 0x55555555; //binary: 0101...
const uint32_t m2 = 0x33333333; //binary: 00110011..
const uint32_t m4 = 0x0f0f0f0f; //binary: 4 zeros, 4 ones ...
const uint32_t m8 = 0x00ff00ff; //binary: 8 zeros, 8 ones ...
const uint32_t m16 = 0x0000ffff; //binary: 16 zeros, 16 ones ...

n = (n & m1 ) + ((n >> 1) & m1 ); //put count of each 2 bits into those 2 bits
n = (n & m2 ) + ((n >> 2) & m2 ); //put count of each 4 bits into those 4 bits
n = (n & m4 ) + ((n >> 4) & m4 ); //put count of each 8 bits into those 8 bits
n = (n & m8 ) + ((n >> 8) & m8 ); //put count of each 16 bits into those 16 bits
n = (n & m16) + ((n >> 16) & m16); //put count of each 32 bits into those 32 bits
return n;

}