division by 7 efficiently ???

[Garrick.Peterson at zootweb.com]

>How to divide a number by 7 efficiently without using - or / operator.
>We can use the bit operators. I was thinking about bit shift operator
>but I don't know the correct answer.

It may not be efficient, but the easiest solution (without using tricks 
from a particular languages) is to increment a value within a while loop 
which checks it against the target value. More efficient may be to pick an 
arbitrary value, and check for greater than or less than, modifying the 
range based off your results (much like a recursive search).

However, having done a tour with EA, I would have to say that you're 
probably better off not making it. Though they're getting better. =)


Garrick M. Peterson
Quality Assurance Analyst
Zoot Enterprises, Inc.

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