Write one line C function to find whether a no is power of two

reference: 

http://www.geeksforgeeks.org/write-one-line-c-function-to-find-whether-a-no-is-power-of-two/


Problem Definition:

Write one line C function to find whether a no is power of two.


Solution:

If we subtract a power of 2 numbers by 1 then all unset bits after the only set bit become set; and the set bit become unset.

For example for 4 ( 100) and 16(10000), we get following after subtracting 1
3 –> 011
15 –> 01111

So, if a number n is a power of 2 then bitwise & of n and n-1 will be zero. We can say n is a power of 2 or not based on value of n&(n-1).The expression n&(n-1) will not work when n is 0. To handle this case also, our expression will become n& (!n&(n-1)).


Code:

/* Function to check if x is power of 2*/
bool isPowerOfTwo (int x)
{
  /* First x in the below expression is for the case when x is 0 */
  return x && (!(x&(x-1)));
}


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