Determining combination of bits

[Grant Edwards]

On 2004-11-08, Diez B. Roggisch <deetsNOSPAM at web.de> wrote:
>> A lapse of mind?
>>>>> n = 6
>>>>> n & (-n)
>> 2
>> 
>> You probably meant n&1 or perhaps n%2.
>
> No, the exact right thing: 6 is binary
>
> 110
>
> with the least significant bit beeing 
>
> 10

The least significant bit of 110 is this one here -----+
                               ^                       |
                               |                       |
                               +-----------------------+

It's a 0 (zero).

What I think you're trying to say is something like the value
of the rightmost 1.

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