count the number of bits of value 1 in an integer
(sign-extended for negatives, so better use positives only):
proc nbits n { set f [format %X $n] set res 0 foreach nybble {0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F} \ bits {0 1 1 2 1 2 2 3 1 2 2 3 2 3 3 4} { set res [expr $res+$bits*[regsub -all $nybble $f - -]] } set res } ;# RS
More than 30 times faster, and works for negative numbers too:
proc popcount { i } { # count the population of ones in the integer i set pop 0 while { $i != 0 } { incr pop set i [expr { $i & ( $i - 1 ) }] } return $pop } ;# kbk [http://titania.crd.ge.com/people/kennykb.html]
This one is slower than the last, but it's a one-liner:
proc nbits2 n { expr 0[string map {0 +0 1 +1 2 +1 3 +2 4 +1 5 +2 6 +2 7 +3 8 +1 9 +2 A +2 B +3 C +2 D +3 E +3 F +4} [format %X $n]] }
For me, popcount freezes with negative numbers and popcount seems to be wrong for larger
numbers ( like 12345678901234567890 ). Here's my one-liner, only slightly slower than popcount
and shorter than nbits2. (chiligrower 20150708)
proc bcnt n { string length [ string map {0 ""} [ format %b $n ] ] }