Question

How to remove the lowest order bit in Java

Answer 1

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        int n = 2664;

        System.out.println(String.format("%16s", Integer.toBinaryString(n)).replaceAll(" ", "0"));

        n &= (n - 1);
        
        System.out.println(String.format("%16s", Integer.toBinaryString(n)).replaceAll(" ", "0"));
    }
}

  
   
   
/*
run:
  
0000101001101000
0000101001100000
   
*/

 

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