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| Defined in header | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------- | | ------------- | | template< class T > constexpr int popcount( T x ) noexcept; | | (since C++20) |

Returns the number of 1 bits in the value of x.

This overload participates in overload resolution only if T is an unsigned integer type (that is, unsigned char, unsigned short, unsigned int, unsigned long, unsigned long long, or an extended unsigned integer type).

[edit] Parameters

x - value of unsigned integer type

[edit] Return value

The number of 1 bits in the value of x.

[edit] Notes

The name popcount is a contraction for “population count”.

Feature-test macro Value Std Feature
__cpp_lib_bitops 201907L (C++20) Bit operations

[edit] Example

#include #include #include #include   static_assert(std::popcount(0xFULL) == 4);   int main() { for (const std::uint8_t x : {0, 0b00011101, 0b11111111}) std::cout << "popcount( " << std::bitset<8>(x) << " ) = " << std::popcount(x) << '\n'; }

Output:

popcount( 00000000 ) = 0 popcount( 00011101 ) = 4 popcount( 11111111 ) = 8

[edit] See also

countl_zero(C++20) counts the number of consecutive ​0​ bits, starting from the most significant bit (function template) [edit]
countl_one(C++20) counts the number of consecutive 1 bits, starting from the most significant bit (function template) [edit]
countr_zero(C++20) counts the number of consecutive ​0​ bits, starting from the least significant bit (function template) [edit]
countr_one(C++20) counts the number of consecutive 1 bits, starting from the least significant bit (function template) [edit]
has_single_bit(C++20) checks if a number is an integral power of 2 (function template) [edit]
count returns the number of bits set to true (public member function of std::bitset) [edit]
allanynone checks if all, any or none of the bits are set to true (public member function of std::bitset) [edit]