The Powers Of Two

Ene Uran 1 147 Views

Powers of 2 are closly linked to the position values of binary numbers. The most right position is 2 to the power 0 = 1 then goes to the left with 2 to the power 1 = 2, 2 to the power 2 = 4 and such. If you want to know that a number fits this sequence, you can use this litle code.

/* 
find out of an integer entered is a power of 2
*/

#include<stdio.h>

int main(void)
{
  int n, z1;
  char c[2][30]={"is not a power of 2","is a power of 2"};

  printf("Enter integer to find out if power of 2: ");
  scanf("%d",&n);

  /* test */
  z1 = (n & (n-1));
  if ((n & (n-1))==0)  printf("\ntrue\n");

  printf("\n%d %s\n",n, c[((n & (n-1))==0) ? 1 : 0]);

  getchar();  /* catch enter */
  getchar();  /* wait */

  return 0;
}
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