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NAME
lowbit - index of lowest nonzero bit in binary representation of integer
SYNOPSIS
lowbit(x)
TYPES
x nonzero integer
return integer
DESCRIPTION
If x is a nonzero integer, lowbit(x) returns the index of the
lowest nonzero bit in the binary representation of abs(x). Equivalently,
lowbit(x) is the greatest integer for which x/2^n is an integer;
the binary representation of x then ends with n zero bits.
EXAMPLE
> print lowbit(2), lowbit(3), lowbit(4), lowbit(-15), lowbit(2^27)
1 0 2 0 27
LIMITS
none
LINK LIBRARY
long zlowbit(ZVALUE x);
SEE ALSO
highbit, digits
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