Saturday, November 15, 2025
HomeLanguagesJavaBitSet isEmpty() method in Java

BitSet isEmpty() method in Java

BitSet is a class defined in the java.util package. It creates an array of bits represented by boolean values. 

Prerequisite : Java BitSet | Set 1 Bitset.isEmpty() This method is used to check if there are any bits that are set to true, in the specified BitSet. This method returns true if this BitSet contains no bits that are set to true. 

Syntax:

public boolean isEmpty()

Return Value: This method returns true if this BitSet contains no bits that are set to true. Otherwise it returns false. Below program illustrate the isEmpty() method BitSet: 

Java




// Java program illustrating Bitset
// isEmpty() function.
 
import java.util.*;
public class GFG {
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        // Constructors of BitSet class
        BitSet bs1 = new BitSet();
        BitSet bs2 = new BitSet();
        BitSet bs3 = new BitSet();
 
        /* set is BitSet class method
        explained in next articles */
        bs1.set(0);
        bs1.set(1);
        bs1.set(2);
        bs1.set(4);
 
        // assign values to bs2
        bs2.set(4);
        bs2.set(6);
        bs2.set(5);
        bs2.set(1);
        bs2.set(2);
        bs2.set(3);
 
        // Printing the 2 Bitsets
        System.out.println("bs1 : " + bs1);
        System.out.println("bs2 : " + bs2);
        System.out.println("bs3 : " + bs3);
 
        // Performing isEmpty on bitsets
        System.out.println("Is bs1 empty : "
                           + bs1.isEmpty());
        System.out.println("Is bs2 empty : "
                           + bs2.isEmpty());
        System.out.println("Is bs3 empty : "
                           + bs3.isEmpty());
    }
}


Output:

bs1 : {0, 1, 2, 4}
bs2 : {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}
bs3 : {}
Is bs1 empty : false
Is bs2 empty : false
Is bs3 empty : true
RELATED ARTICLES

Most Popular

Dominic
32401 POSTS0 COMMENTS
Milvus
95 POSTS0 COMMENTS
Nango Kala
6768 POSTS0 COMMENTS
Nicole Veronica
11919 POSTS0 COMMENTS
Nokonwaba Nkukhwana
11990 POSTS0 COMMENTS
Shaida Kate Naidoo
6897 POSTS0 COMMENTS
Ted Musemwa
7149 POSTS0 COMMENTS
Thapelo Manthata
6850 POSTS0 COMMENTS
Umr Jansen
6841 POSTS0 COMMENTS