Trailing Zero-Bits
July 7, 2020
Today’s exercise indulges in some bit-hackery:
Given a positive integer, count the number of trailing zero-bits in its binary representation. For instance, 1810 = 100102, so it has 1 trailing zero-bit, and 4810 = 1100002, so it has 4 trailing zero-bits.
Your task is to write a program that counts the number of trailing zero-bits in the binary representation of a positive integer. When you are finished, you are welcome to read or run a suggested solution, or to post your own solution or discuss the exercise in the comments below.
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