Here you can find the source of countBits(int x)
public static int countBits(int x)
//package com.java2s; /******************************************************************** Copyright (c) 2000-2008 Steven E. Hugg./*from w w w . j a v a 2s . co m*/ This file is part of Exoflight. Exoflight is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. Exoflight is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with Exoflight. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. *********************************************************************/ public class Main { /** * Count the bits in an int */ public static int countBits(int x) { int n = 0; while (x != 0) { if ((x & 1) != 0) n++; x >>>= 1; } return n; } /** * Count the bits in an long */ public static long countBits(long x) { int n = 0; while (x != 0) { if ((x & 1) != 0) n++; x >>>= 1; } return n; } }