On 21 Feb 2005 06:48:19 -0500, rumours say that Dan Sommers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> might have written:
[snip: snacktime posts code to count bits] >> Seems to work, is there a better way to do this? [Dan] >for c in range( 128 ): > even_odd = 0 > print '%3d' % c, > while c: > c &= c - 1 > even_odd = not even_odd > print int( even_odd ) Just for the sake of people who haven't messed with bit manipulation in C or assembly, the effect of c &= c - 1 is to reset the rightmost (less significant) '1' bit of a number (ie change it to '0'). -- TZOTZIOY, I speak England very best. "Be strict when sending and tolerant when receiving." (from RFC1958) I really should keep that in mind when talking with people, actually... -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
