-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Aaron "Castironpi" Brady wrote: > Duncan Booth wrote: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >>> My question to the group: Does anyone know of a non-hackish way to >>> determine the required bit position in python? I know that my two >>> ideas >>> can be combined to get something working. But is there a *better* way, >>> that isn't that hackish? >>> >> How about using the hex representation of the value? >> >> OFFSET = dict(("%x"%i, int(c)) for i,c in enumerate("5433222211111111")) >> def get_highest_bit_num(r): >> s = "%x"%r >> return len(s) * 4 - OFFSET[s[0]] >> -- >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list >> > > You can replace the dict if it's faster. > > OFFSET= tuple( int(x) for x in "5433222211111111" ) > def get_highest_bit_num(r): > s = "%x"%r > return len(s) * 4 - OFFSET[int(s[0],16)] > > P.S. Back home, this sort of 'nitpicking' would be judged > unconstructive. Worth pointing out, or not worth saying? > > P.S.S. 'Thighest' bit? I thought the spam filters would catch that. > That should be P.P.S.
PS: This is also unconstructive nitpicking. Kind regards Rich ;) - -- Rich Healey - iTReign \ .''`. / [EMAIL PROTECTED] Developer / Systems Admin \ : :' : / [EMAIL PROTECTED] AIM: richohealey33 \ `. `' / [EMAIL PROTECTED] MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] \ `- / [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkjpVZUACgkQLeTfO4yBSAcgeACgr45Hu4XKyMjCf0jwq1LR35tU Lv8AnRn2RgHCxJ3QwYpNO8/DjLncKv2t =/WZa -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list