BitMathCountLeadingZeros(UInt32) Method

Counts the number of consecutive 0's starting from the highest bit working down.

Definition

Namespace: Gemstone
Assembly: Gemstone.Common (in Gemstone.Common.dll) Version: 1.0.128 -- Release Build+d050cfc5563c89a1188cc3c6b2d417530856f490
public static int CountLeadingZeros(
	uint value
)

Parameters

value  UInt32
Target value for bit counting.

Return Value

Int32
Number of consecutive 0's starting from the highest bit working down.

Remarks

Unfortunately, c# cannot call the cpu instruction clz Example from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Find_first_set

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