BigInteger.BitCount Method

Definition

Returns the number of bits in the two's complement representation of this BigInteger that differ from its sign bit.

[Android.Runtime.Register("bitCount", "()I", "GetBitCountHandler")]
public virtual int BitCount ();
[<Android.Runtime.Register("bitCount", "()I", "GetBitCountHandler")>]
abstract member BitCount : unit -> int
override this.BitCount : unit -> int

Returns

number of bits in the two's complement representation of this BigInteger that differ from its sign bit.

Attributes

Remarks

Returns the number of bits in the two's complement representation of this BigInteger that differ from its sign bit. This method is useful when implementing bit-vector style sets atop BigIntegers.

Java documentation for java.math.BigInteger.bitCount().

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Applies to