#programming #cheatsheet
# [[Epistemic status]]
#shower-thought #to-digest
# Related
- [[Algorithm cheatsheet]]
# TODO
> [!TODO] TODO
> put together a cheatsheet of the fundamental mental models to code lowest complexity algorithms using bitwise hacks
# Bitwise hacks
- Set union A | B
- Set intersection A & B
- Set subtraction A & ~B
- Set negation ALL_BITS ^ A or ~A
- Set bit A |= 1 << bit
- Clear bit A &= ~(1 << bit)
- Test bit (A & 1 << bit) != 0
- Extract last bit A&-A or A&~(A-1) or x^(x&(x-1))
- Remove last bit A&(A-1)
- Get all 1-bits ~0
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