programming-examples/ruby/Basics/CountSetBits.rb
2019-11-18 14:44:36 +01:00

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#Given a number "n",count the number of set bits in it.
#Algorithm: Brian Kernighan's method(set count=0 ,while n>0 set n:=n&(n-1) and increment count, return count)
#Time-complexity:O(logn)
def count_set_bits(num)
count=0
while num>0
num&=(num-1)
count+=1
end
return count
end