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Brian Kernighan Population Count in PHP

The expression n AND (n-1) clears the lowest set bit.

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<?php
declare(strict_types=1);
// Brian Kernighan Population Count in PHP
//
// PURPOSE
// The expression n AND (n-1) clears the lowest set bit. Repeating it counts the ones in a
// nonnegative integer without visiting zero bits individually.
//
// METHOD
// Clear one set bit per iteration and increment the counter. The loop stops exactly when all
// original set bits have been removed.
//
// COMPLEXITY
// O(k) iterations for k set bits and O(1) auxiliary space under fixed-width arithmetic.
//
// CONTRACT
// n must be nonnegative. Negative integers have different width/sign behavior between
// languages and are excluded.
// Public APIs infer array lengths except in C, which accepts pointer/length pairs. Vertex
// counts and matrix dimensions remain explicit. Arrays must contain signed 32-bit integers.
// Sorted order, correct tree topology, and caller-owned data-structure invariants are
// preconditions; checking them on every query would change query complexity.
// Scalar and shape checks are included. Value-range checks are included where needed to
// prevent invalid indexing or nontermination. Allocation sizes are capped at 4,000,000
// workspace entries. Arithmetic outside Python raises an error on 32-bit overflow; Python
// uses arbitrary precision. Native allocation failures propagate. In-place outputs may be
// partly updated after arithmetic failure. These are single-threaded, in-memory
// implementations.
//
// LANGUAGE DETAILS
// PHP 8.1+ on a 64-bit runtime: packed arrays, strict scalar types, read-only inputs by
// value using copy-on-write, references only for outputs, and checked 32-bit arithmetic.
// Invalid input and overflow throw exceptions. PHP arrays have higher overhead than native
// packed buffers in C/Java.
//
// EXAMPLE
// Expected return: 0.
// Run: php example.php
// Tests for this exact source artifact run before publication. The accompanying source
// archive includes unit cases, runtime results, and source hashes.

function alg_require(bool $valid): void { if (!$valid) throw new InvalidArgumentException("invalid algorithm input"); }
function alg_checked(int|float $v): int { if ($v < -2147483648 || $v > 2147483647 || floor($v) != $v) throw new OverflowException("32-bit result overflow"); return (int)$v; }
function alg_add(int $a,int $b): int { return alg_checked($a+$b); }
function alg_sub(int $a,int $b): int { return alg_checked($a-$b); }
function alg_mul(int $a,int $b): int { return alg_checked($a*$b); }
function alg_size(int $n): int { alg_require($n>=0 && $n<=4000000); return $n; }

function population_count(int $n): int {
    alg_require(($n >= 0));
    $count = 0;
    while (($n != 0)) {
        $n = ($n & alg_sub($n, 1));
        $count = alg_add($count, 1);
    }
    return $count;
}

$n = 0;
$result = population_count($n);
echo $result, PHP_EOL;
Algorithms: Bit Manipulation

Brian Kernighan Population Count in C#

The expression n AND (n-1) clears the lowest set bit.

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using System;
// Brian Kernighan Population Count in C#
//
// PURPOSE
// The expression n AND (n-1) clears the lowest set bit. Repeating it counts the ones in a
// nonnegative integer without visiting zero bits individually.
//
// METHOD
// Clear one set bit per iteration and increment the counter. The loop stops exactly when all
// original set bits have been removed.
//
// COMPLEXITY
// O(k) iterations for k set bits and O(1) auxiliary space under fixed-width arithmetic.
//
// CONTRACT
// n must be nonnegative. Negative integers have different width/sign behavior between
// languages and are excluded.
// Public APIs infer array lengths except in C, which accepts pointer/length pairs. Vertex
// counts and matrix dimensions remain explicit. Arrays must contain signed 32-bit integers.
// Sorted order, correct tree topology, and caller-owned data-structure invariants are
// preconditions; checking them on every query would change query complexity.
// Scalar and shape checks are included. Value-range checks are included where needed to
// prevent invalid indexing or nontermination. Allocation sizes are capped at 4,000,000
// workspace entries. Arithmetic outside Python raises an error on 32-bit overflow; Python
// uses arbitrary precision. Native allocation failures propagate. In-place outputs may be
// partly updated after arithmetic failure. These are single-threaded, in-memory
// implementations.
//
// LANGUAGE DETAILS
// C# / .NET 10: ReadOnlySpan<int> inputs, Span<int> outputs, primitive workspace arrays,
// Array.BinarySearch for LIS, and checked integer arithmetic. Invalid arguments and overflow
// throw exceptions.
//
// EXAMPLE
// Expected return: 0.
// Run: Use Program.cs in a net10.0 console project; dotnet run.
// Tests for this exact source artifact run before publication. The accompanying source
// archive includes unit cases, runtime results, and source hashes.

class Program {
    static void alg_require(bool valid) { if (!valid) throw new ArgumentException("invalid algorithm input"); }
    static int alg_size(int n) { alg_require(n>=0 && n<=4000000); return n; }

    static int population_count(int n) {
        checked {
            alg_require((n >= 0));
            int count = 0;
            while ((n != 0)) {
                n = (n & (n - 1));
                count = (count + 1);
            }
            return count;
        }
    }

    static void Main() {
        int n = 0;
        int result = population_count(n);
        Console.WriteLine(result);
    }
}
Algorithms: Bit Manipulation

Brian Kernighan Population Count in C++

The expression n AND (n-1) clears the lowest set bit.

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#include <stdio.h>
#include <vector>
#include <algorithm>
#include <stdexcept>
#include <cstdint>
#include <limits>
// Brian Kernighan Population Count in C++
//
// PURPOSE
// The expression n AND (n-1) clears the lowest set bit. Repeating it counts the ones in a
// nonnegative integer without visiting zero bits individually.
//
// METHOD
// Clear one set bit per iteration and increment the counter. The loop stops exactly when all
// original set bits have been removed.
//
// COMPLEXITY
// O(k) iterations for k set bits and O(1) auxiliary space under fixed-width arithmetic.
//
// CONTRACT
// n must be nonnegative. Negative integers have different width/sign behavior between
// languages and are excluded.
// Public APIs infer array lengths except in C, which accepts pointer/length pairs. Vertex
// counts and matrix dimensions remain explicit. Arrays must contain signed 32-bit integers.
// Sorted order, correct tree topology, and caller-owned data-structure invariants are
// preconditions; checking them on every query would change query complexity.
// Scalar and shape checks are included. Value-range checks are included where needed to
// prevent invalid indexing or nontermination. Allocation sizes are capped at 4,000,000
// workspace entries. Arithmetic outside Python raises an error on 32-bit overflow; Python
// uses arbitrary precision. Native allocation failures propagate. In-place outputs may be
// partly updated after arithmetic failure. These are single-threaded, in-memory
// implementations.
//
// LANGUAGE DETAILS
// C++17: const vector references for inputs, mutable references for outputs, RAII workspace,
// standard lower_bound for LIS. Invalid inputs throw invalid_argument; overflow throws
// overflow_error; allocation failure propagates bad_alloc.
//
// EXAMPLE
// Expected return: 0.
// Run: g++ -std=c++17 -O2 example.cpp -o example && ./example
// Tests for this exact source artifact run before publication. The accompanying source
// archive includes unit cases, runtime results, and source hashes.

static int alg_min(int a, int b) { return a < b ? a : b; }
static int alg_max(int a, int b) { return a > b ? a : b; }
static void alg_require(bool valid) { if (!valid) throw std::invalid_argument("invalid algorithm input"); }
static int alg_checked(int64_t v) { if (v < INT32_MIN || v > INT32_MAX) throw std::overflow_error("32-bit result overflow"); return (int)v; }
static int alg_add(int a,int b) { return alg_checked((int64_t)a+b); }
static int alg_sub(int a,int b) { return alg_checked((int64_t)a-b); }
static int alg_mul(int a,int b) { return alg_checked((int64_t)a*b); }
static size_t alg_size(int n) { alg_require(n>=0 && n<=4000000); return (size_t)n; }

int population_count(int n) {
    alg_require((n >= 0));
    int count = 0;
    while ((n != 0)) {
        n = (n & alg_sub(n, 1));
        count = alg_add(count, 1);
    }
    return count;
}

int main(void) {
    int n = 0;
    int result = population_count(n);
    printf("%d\n", result);
    return 0;
}
Algorithms: Bit Manipulation

Brian Kernighan Population Count in C

The expression n AND (n-1) clears the lowest set bit.

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#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdint.h>
#include <limits.h>
#include <errno.h>
// Brian Kernighan Population Count in C
//
// PURPOSE
// The expression n AND (n-1) clears the lowest set bit. Repeating it counts the ones in a
// nonnegative integer without visiting zero bits individually.
//
// METHOD
// Clear one set bit per iteration and increment the counter. The loop stops exactly when all
// original set bits have been removed.
//
// COMPLEXITY
// O(k) iterations for k set bits and O(1) auxiliary space under fixed-width arithmetic.
//
// CONTRACT
// n must be nonnegative. Negative integers have different width/sign behavior between
// languages and are excluded.
// Public APIs infer array lengths except in C, which accepts pointer/length pairs. Vertex
// counts and matrix dimensions remain explicit. Arrays must contain signed 32-bit integers.
// Sorted order, correct tree topology, and caller-owned data-structure invariants are
// preconditions; checking them on every query would change query complexity.
// Scalar and shape checks are included. Value-range checks are included where needed to
// prevent invalid indexing or nontermination. Allocation sizes are capped at 4,000,000
// workspace entries. Arithmetic outside Python raises an error on 32-bit overflow; Python
// uses arbitrary precision. Native allocation failures propagate. In-place outputs may be
// partly updated after arithmetic failure. These are single-threaded, in-memory
// implementations.
//
// LANGUAGE DETAILS
// C99: checked calloc/free workspace, const input pointers, explicit size_t lengths. Errors
// return INT_MIN with errno=EINVAL, ERANGE, or ENOMEM. Check errno before using a result.
// Input/output arrays must not alias. No variable-length stack arrays.
//
// EXAMPLE
// Expected return: 0.
// Run: gcc -std=c99 -O2 example.c -o example && ./example
// Tests for this exact source artifact run before publication. The accompanying source
// archive includes unit cases, runtime results, and source hashes.

static int alg_min(int a, int b) { return a < b ? a : b; }
static int alg_max(int a, int b) { return a > b ? a : b; }
static int alg_checked(int64_t v, int *error) {
    if (v < INT_MIN || v > INT_MAX) { *error = 1; return 0; }
    return (int)v;
}
static int alg_add(int a, int b, int *e) { return alg_checked((int64_t)a+b,e); }
static int alg_sub(int a, int b, int *e) { return alg_checked((int64_t)a-b,e); }
static int alg_mul(int a, int b, int *e) { return alg_checked((int64_t)a*b,e); }

int population_count(int n) {
    int alg_error = 0;
    int alg_result = INT_MIN;
    errno = 0;
    if (!((n >= 0))) { errno = EINVAL; alg_result = INT_MIN; goto alg_cleanup; }
    if (alg_error) { errno = ERANGE; alg_result = INT_MIN; goto alg_cleanup; }
    int count = 0;
    if (alg_error) { errno = ERANGE; alg_result = INT_MIN; goto alg_cleanup; }
    while (1) {
        int alg_condition = (n != 0);
        if (alg_error) { errno = ERANGE; alg_result = INT_MIN; goto alg_cleanup; }
        if (!alg_condition) break;
        n = (n & alg_sub(n, 1, &alg_error));
        if (alg_error) { errno = ERANGE; alg_result = INT_MIN; goto alg_cleanup; }
        count = alg_add(count, 1, &alg_error);
        if (alg_error) { errno = ERANGE; alg_result = INT_MIN; goto alg_cleanup; }
    }
    alg_result = count;
    if (alg_error) { errno = ERANGE; alg_result = INT_MIN; goto alg_cleanup; }
    goto alg_cleanup;
alg_cleanup:
    return alg_result;
}

int main(void) {
    int n = 0;
    int result = population_count(n);
    printf("%d\n", result);
    if (errno) { perror("algorithm"); return 1; }
    return 0;
}
Algorithms: Bit Manipulation

Brian Kernighan Population Count in Python

The expression n AND (n-1) clears the lowest set bit.

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from bisect import bisect_left

# Brian Kernighan Population Count in Python
#
# PURPOSE
# The expression n AND (n-1) clears the lowest set bit. Repeating it counts the ones in a
# nonnegative integer without visiting zero bits individually.
#
# METHOD
# Clear one set bit per iteration and increment the counter. The loop stops exactly when all
# original set bits have been removed.
#
# COMPLEXITY
# O(k) iterations for k set bits and O(1) auxiliary space under fixed-width arithmetic.
#
# CONTRACT
# n must be nonnegative. Negative integers have different width/sign behavior between
# languages and are excluded.
# Public APIs infer array lengths except in C, which accepts pointer/length pairs. Vertex
# counts and matrix dimensions remain explicit. Arrays must contain signed 32-bit integers.
# Sorted order, correct tree topology, and caller-owned data-structure invariants are
# preconditions; checking them on every query would change query complexity.
# Scalar and shape checks are included. Value-range checks are included where needed to
# prevent invalid indexing or nontermination. Allocation sizes are capped at 4,000,000
# workspace entries. Arithmetic outside Python raises an error on 32-bit overflow; Python
# uses arbitrary precision. Native allocation failures propagate. In-place outputs may be
# partly updated after arithmetic failure. These are single-threaded, in-memory
# implementations.
#
# LANGUAGE DETAILS
# Python 3.9+: automatic lengths, native lists, arbitrary-precision arithmetic, and
# bisect_left for LIS. Invalid scalar/shape inputs raise ValueError. Integer element types
# and sorted/tree invariants remain caller preconditions.
#
# EXAMPLE
# Expected return: 0.
# Run: python example.py
# Tests for this exact source artifact run before publication. The accompanying source
# archive includes unit cases, runtime results, and source hashes.

def alg_require(condition):
    if not condition:
        raise ValueError("invalid algorithm input; see contract")
def alg_size(n):
    alg_require(0 <= n <= 4000000)
    return n

def population_count(n: int) -> int:
    alg_require(type(n) is int and -2147483648 <= n <= 2147483647)
    alg_require(n >= 0)
    count: int = 0
    while n != 0:
        n = n & n - 1
        count += 1
    return count

n = 0
result = population_count(n)
print(result)