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Java BitSet | cardinality()

BitSet is a class defined in the java.util package. It creates an array of bits represented by 0s and 1s.

Syntax 

public int cardinality()

Explanation: 

The method returns the number of 1s in this BitSet.

Examples:  

Input : 
set1 : {1, 2, 4}
set2 : {}

Output : 
3
0

Java




// Java program illustrating Bitset Class functions.
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 logical AND
        // on bs2 set with bs1
        System.out.println(bs1.cardinality());
        System.out.println(bs2.cardinality());
        System.out.println(bs3.cardinality());
    }
}


Output: 

bs1 : {0, 1, 2, 4}
bs2 : {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}
bs3 : {}
4
6
0

 

Related Articles : 

  1. Bitset Class Examples Set 1
  2. Bitset Class Examples Set 2
  3. Bitset Class Examples Set 3

 

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