std::has_single_bit

 

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Defined in header <bit>
template< class T > constexpr bool has_single_bit( T x ) noexcept;		(since C++20)

Checks if x is an integral power of two.

This overload participates in overload resolution only if T is an unsigned integer type (that is, unsigned char, unsigned short, unsigned int, unsigned long, unsigned long long, or an extended unsigned integer type).

Parameters

x

-

value of unsigned integer type

Return value

true if x is an integral power of two; otherwise false.

Notes

Prior to P1956R1, the proposed name for this function template was ispow2.

Feature-test macro	Value	Std	Feature
__cpp_lib_int_pow2	202002L	(C++20)	Integral power-of-2 operations

Possible implementation

template<typename T, typename ... U> concept neither = (!std::same_as<T, U> && ...);   template<typename T> concept strict_unsigned_integral = std::unsigned_integral<T> && neither<T, bool, char, char8_t, char16_t, char32_t, wchar_t>;   // First version constexpr bool has_single_bit(strict_unsigned_integral auto x) noexcept { return x && !(x & (x - 1)); }   // Second version constexpr bool has_single_bit(strict_unsigned_integral auto x) noexcept { return std::popcount(x) == 1; }

Example

Run this code

#include <bit>
#include <bitset>
#include <cmath>
#include <iostream>
 
int main()
{
    for (auto u{0u}; u != 0B1010; ++u)
    {
        std::cout << "u = " << u << " = " << std::bitset<4>(u);
        if (std::has_single_bit(u))
            std::cout << " = 2^" << std::log2(u) << " (is power of two)";
        std::cout << '\n';
    }
}

Output:

u = 0 = 0000
u = 1 = 0001 = 2^0 (is power of two)
u = 2 = 0010 = 2^1 (is power of two)
u = 3 = 0011
u = 4 = 0100 = 2^2 (is power of two)
u = 5 = 0101
u = 6 = 0110
u = 7 = 0111
u = 8 = 1000 = 2^3 (is power of two)
u = 9 = 1001

See also

popcount (C++20)	counts the number of 1 bits in an unsigned integer (function template)
count	returns the number of bits set to true (public member function of std::bitset<N>)
test	accesses specific bit (public member function of std::bitset<N>)