Name
ffs, ffsl, ffsll — find first bit set in a word
Synopsis
#include <strings.h>
int
ffs( |
int i); |
#include <string.h>
int
ffsl( |
long int i); |
int
ffsll( |
long long int i); |
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DESCRIPTION
The ffs() function returns
the position of the first (least significant) bit set in the
word i. The least
significant bit is position 1 and the most significant
position is, for example, 32 or 64. The functions
ffsll() and ffsl() do the same but take arguments of
possibly different size.
RETURN VALUE
These functions return the position of the first bit set,
or 0 if no bits are set in i.
COLOPHON
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bugs, can be found at
http://www.kernel.org/doc/man−pages/.
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