Brian Kernighan's bit counting trick.
def hammingWeight(n): count = 0 while n: n &= (n - 1) count += 1 return count
time where k is set bits, space.
The approach
Brian Kernighan's bit counting trick.
def hammingWeight(n): count = 0 while n: n &= (n - 1) count += 1 return count
time where k is set bits, space.