bit-counting.md

title	description	author	tags
Bit Counting	Counts the set bits in the binary representation of an integer	Mcbencrafter	math,number,bits,bit-counting

public static int countBits(int number) {
    int bits = 0;
        
    while (number > 0) {
        bits += number & 1;
        number >>= 1;
    }

    return bits;
}

// Usage:
int number = 5;
System.out.println(countBits(5)); // 2 (101)