What‘s mean by numer & (-number) ?

What’s mean by numer & (-number) ?

Let me assume that negative value is represented using two’s complement. In this case, -i can be calculated as (~i)+1 (flip bits, then add 1).

For example, let me consider i = 44. Then, in binary,

i           = 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0010 1100
~i          = 1111 1111 1111 1111 1111 1111 1101 0011
-i = (~i)+1 = 1111 1111 1111 1111 1111 1111 1101 0100
(i) & (-i)  = 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0100

As you see, the least bit that is 1 can be calculated using (i) & (-i)