[OT] Bit twiddling homework

[Chris Angelico]

On Fri, Jul 20, 2018 at 4:25 PM, Brian Oney via Python-list
<python-list at python.org> wrote:
> PS: Can I twiddle bits in Python?

You sure can! With most of the same operators that you would in C. The
main difference is that Python's integers don't have word size limits;
instead of working with, say,  32-bit integer, you just work with "an
integer" and it could be a lot larger. For instance, you can take the
integer 1 and shift it by any number of places, thus getting any power
of two that you want:

>>> 1 << 10
1024
>>> 1 << 20
1048576
>>> 1 << 30
1073741824
>>> 1 << 5000
141246703213942603683520966701614733366889617518454111681368808585711816984270751255808912631671152637335603208431366082764203838069979338335971185726639923431051777851865399011877999645131707069373498212631323752553111215372844035950900535954860733418453405575566736801565587405464699640499050849699472357900905617571376618228216434213181520991556677126498651782204174061830939239176861341383294018240225838692725596147005144243281075275629495339093813198966735633606329691023842454125835888656873133981287240980008838073668221804264432910894030789020219440578198488267339768238872279902157420307247570510423845868872596735891805818727796435753018518086641356012851302546726823009250218328018251907340245449863183265637987862198511046362985461949587281119139907228004385942880953958816554567625296086916885774828934449941362416588675326940332561103664556982622206834474219811081872404929503481991376740379825998791411879802717583885498575115299471743469241117070230398103378615232793710290992656444842895511830355733152020804157920090041811951880456705515468349446182731742327685989277607620709525878318766488368348965015474997864119765441433356928012344111765735336393557879214937004347568208665958717764059293592887514292843557047089164876483116615691886203812997555690171892169733755224469032475078797830901321579940127337210694377283439922280274060798234786740434893458120198341101033812506720046609891160700284002100980452964039788704335302619337597862052192280371481132164147186514169090917191909376
>>>

Have fun!

ChrisA