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  • R Ryan Binns

    And yet it got the lowest votes of all of them. Funny, isn't it :)

    Ryan

    "Punctuality is only a virtue for those who aren't smart enough to think of good excuses for being late" John Nichol "Point Of Impact"

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    Stephen Hewitt
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    I gave you a 5 - I would have left it at that but then I saw the low score and felt compelled to reply. Steve

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    • R Ryan Binns

      Actually, I've been using this for years doing embedded programming. Every clock cycle is precious ;)

      Ryan

      "Punctuality is only a virtue for those who aren't smart enough to think of good excuses for being late" John Nichol "Point Of Impact"

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      Nibu babu thomas
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      Yeah, well said.


      Nibu thomas Software Developer

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        I gave you a 5 - I would have left it at that but then I saw the low score and felt compelled to reply. Steve

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        Ryan Binns
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        Thanks :) I don't really care. I assume it was because of my first sentence. I was just surprised that five people answered, but not one of them knew about this. I genuinely believed it was well known!

        Ryan

        "Punctuality is only a virtue for those who aren't smart enough to think of good excuses for being late" John Nichol "Point Of Impact"

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        • R Ryan Binns

          Thanks :) I don't really care. I assume it was because of my first sentence. I was just surprised that five people answered, but not one of them knew about this. I genuinely believed it was well known!

          Ryan

          "Punctuality is only a virtue for those who aren't smart enough to think of good excuses for being late" John Nichol "Point Of Impact"

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          Stephen Hewitt
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          Surely using the word "crikey" demands higher rather than lower scores! Steve

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          • S Stephen Hewitt

            Surely using the word "crikey" demands higher rather than lower scores! Steve

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            Ryan Binns
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            :laugh:!

            Ryan

            "Punctuality is only a virtue for those who aren't smart enough to think of good excuses for being late" John Nichol "Point Of Impact"

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            • T toxcct

              we are on a standard C++ forum, not managed/CLI...

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              Divyang Mithaiwala
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              Hello v2.0, We are on visual C++ & my suggesion is not wrong for it.


              Divyang Mithaiwala System Engineer & Software Developer

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              • D Divyang Mithaiwala

                Hello v2.0, We are on visual C++ & my suggesion is not wrong for it.


                Divyang Mithaiwala System Engineer & Software Developer

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                toxcct
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                Divyang Mithaiwala wrote:

                my suggesion is not wrong for it.

                yes it is, it will not work on a MFC/Win32 project... it is only for managed C++ (which is not for this forum, but for the C++/CLI forum instead)

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                • R Ryan Binns

                  Actually, I've been using this for years doing embedded programming. Every clock cycle is precious ;)

                  Ryan

                  "Punctuality is only a virtue for those who aren't smart enough to think of good excuses for being late" John Nichol "Point Of Impact"

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                  RichardS
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                  Hi Ryan, Thanks for the help. The code is great and the application is for an embedded -> PC interface. cheers Rich "Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far the Universe is winning." -- Rich Cook

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                  • R Ryan Binns

                    Crikey. I thought this was well known. Just do this:

                    if (x & (x-1))
                    {
                      // x is <edit>not</edit>a power of two
                    }
                    else
                    {
                      // x is <edit>not</edit> a power of two
                    }

                    sorry, got the two cases round the wrong way... :-O

                    Ryan

                    "Punctuality is only a virtue for those who aren't smart enough to think of good excuses for being late" John Nichol "Point Of Impact"

                    -- modified at 6:04 Monday 6th March, 2006

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                    RichardS
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                    Hi Ryan, Is there is quick way for now making x a power of 2 after you have decided that it is not? regards, Rich "Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far the Universe is winning." -- Rich Cook

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                      :sigh:

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                      Stephen Hewitt
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                      Modified version is still wrong - It will treat any integer as a power of 2. Steve

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                        Modified version is still wrong - It will treat any integer as a power of 2. Steve

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                        toxcct
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                        i did not pretend to modified my post for a much working stuff...

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                        • R RichardS

                          Hi All, Is there a fast way of checking to see if an int is a power of 2 (i.e. 2, 4, 8, 16, 1024)? I know the long way using a loop, but I was hoping for a simple way of doing this. regards, Rich "Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far the Universe is winning." -- Rich Cook

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                          David Crow
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                          #define ISPOWER2(x) (!((x)&((x)-1)))


                          "Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed." - Mark Twain

                          "There is no death, only a change of worlds." - Native American Proverb

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                          • R Russell

                            Read this function, it could be another start point! This function that I wrote last year find the bigger long, greater than the input value, that is a power of 2. And it is quite fast!:) unsigned long Next2Power(unsigned long x){ unsigned long y=1, x1=x; if(x==0) return 0; while(x1!=0){ x1>>=1; y<<=1; } y>>=1; if(y!=x) y<<=1; return y; }

                            Have a nice code day ;)

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                            _Russell_ wrote:

                            This function that I wrote last year find the bigger long, greater than the input value, that is a power of 2.

                            Why not just use log2()?


                            "Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed." - Mark Twain

                            "There is no death, only a change of worlds." - Native American Proverb

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                              Hi Ryan, Is there is quick way for now making x a power of 2 after you have decided that it is not? regards, Rich "Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far the Universe is winning." -- Rich Cook

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                              Ryan Binns
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                              RichardS wrote:

                              Is there is quick way for now making x a power of 2 after you have decided that it is not?

                              Not that I know of. I've never had to do this. Would you round up or down?

                              Ryan

                              "Punctuality is only a virtue for those who aren't smart enough to think of good excuses for being late" John Nichol "Point Of Impact"

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                              • R Ryan Binns

                                RichardS wrote:

                                Is there is quick way for now making x a power of 2 after you have decided that it is not?

                                Not that I know of. I've never had to do this. Would you round up or down?

                                Ryan

                                "Punctuality is only a virtue for those who aren't smart enough to think of good excuses for being late" John Nichol "Point Of Impact"

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                                RichardS
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                                Round up. So far I have a loop (for 32-bits) shifting 0x80000000 down until the & with x is successful, then shifting it back up by one. regards, Rich "Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far the Universe is winning." -- Rich Cook

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                                • D David Crow

                                  _Russell_ wrote:

                                  This function that I wrote last year find the bigger long, greater than the input value, that is a power of 2.

                                  Why not just use log2()?


                                  "Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed." - Mark Twain

                                  "There is no death, only a change of worlds." - Native American Proverb

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                                  Russell
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                                  Because my function is faster (I think) than log2(). But if I'm wrong let me know how have a faster function. And why. thanks

                                  Have a nice code day ;)

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                                    Because my function is faster (I think) than log2(). But if I'm wrong let me know how have a faster function. And why. thanks

                                    Have a nice code day ;)

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                                    _Russell_ wrote:

                                    ...let me know how have a faster function.

                                    This one benchmarks faster than the one you've shown:

                                    unsigned long Next2Power(unsigned long x)
                                    {
                                    x--;
                                    x |= x >> 1;
                                    x |= x >> 2;
                                    x |= x >> 4;
                                    x |= x >> 8;
                                    x |= x >> 16;
                                    x++;

                                    return x;
                                    

                                    }


                                    "Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed." - Mark Twain

                                    "There is no death, only a change of worlds." - Native American Proverb

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                                    • R RichardS

                                      Hi Ryan, Is there is quick way for now making x a power of 2 after you have decided that it is not? regards, Rich "Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far the Universe is winning." -- Rich Cook

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                                      cmk
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                                      #define CK_ISPOW2(n) ( ((n)&((n)-1)) == 0 )

                                      ullong FkGrainDn2( ullong S, ullong G )
                                      {
                                      // if( !CK_ISPOW2(G) ) return( FkGrainDnN(S, G) );
                                      S = S & ~(G-1);
                                      return(S);
                                      }

                                      ullong FkGrainUp2( ullong S, ullong G )
                                      {
                                      // if( !CK_ISPOW2(G) ) return( FkGrainUpN(S, G) );
                                      G -= 1;
                                      S = (S+G) & ~G;
                                      return(S);
                                      }

                                      where: S is value to round G is a power of 2 ...cmk Save the whales - collect the whole set

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