Regarding my previous programming part 3

[shermaine]

I have got this question: Write function of f(x) that return the number of bits set to 1 in an unsigned integer.
So the outcome of the result will be sometime like f(5) = 2 cos [5 in binary is 101 and it got 2 '1s')

Here's my program:
#include <stdio.h>
int bitcount(unsigned x);
main()
{
int b;
int x;
for (b=0; x!=0; x >>=1)
if (x &01)
b++
return b;
}

And the error is "return b" >> parse error before `return'
how should i ammend this? Please advise. Thanks.

[andor]

you need ; after b++

[shermaine]

Thanks! But it doesn't seem to get any output? Please advise.
Anything i should input to show output like f(5) = 5?
Thanks.

[Ancient Dragon]

Thanks! But it doesn't seem to get any output? Please advise.
Anything i should input to show output like f(5) = 5?
Thanks.

what output are you expecting? your program does not contain any code to print anything on the screen. For C programs use printf() function, c++ programs use cout class. See your text book for instructions about how to use these functions.

[shermaine]

Hi,

Is it something like this?

#include <stdio.h>
int bitcount(unsigned x);
int main(void)
{
printf("%d",bitcount((unsigned));
return 0;
}

int bitcount(unsigned x)
{
int b;
int x;
for (b=0; x!=0; x >>=1)
if (x &01)
b++
return b;
}

please advise me whether it's correct?

[Ancient Dragon]

>>Is it something like this?

I don't know. You have not said what you want it to look like yet. You should compile and run your program to see for yourself whether it is right or not.

[shermaine]

it will prompt something like ask me to enter for x.
and when i enter 3, it will check for the number of 1s in binary format of 3 (011).
so i will expect an output of f(3) = 2 to be shown.
seem like my program doesn't work again....could u plz advise which part i should add ??

[Ancient Dragon]

The problem is that your program has several compiler errors and is badly formatted. Here is a correction

#include <stdio.h>
int bitcount(unsigned x);
int main(void)
{
	printf("%d\n",bitcount(3));
	return 0;
}

int bitcount(unsigned x)
{
	int b;
	for (b=0; x!=0; x >>=1)
	{
		if (x &01)
		{
			b++;
		}
	}
	return b;
}