C Program to Round an Integer to Next Lower Multiple of 2 using Bitwise

This C Program uses bitwise operations to round(floor of) an integer to next lower multiple of 2.

Here is source code of the C Program to use bitwise operations to round(floor of) an integer to next lower multiple of 2. The C program is successfully compiled and run on a Linux system. The program output is also shown below.

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/* 
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 * C Program to use Bitwise Operations to Round(floor of) an Integer

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 * to next Lower Multiple of 2
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 */
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#include <stdio.h>
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void main()
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{
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    int x = 1, i, n;
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    printf("enter the number :");
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    scanf("%d", &n);
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    /* for positive values */
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    if (n > 0)
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    {
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        for (; x <= n >> 1;)
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        {
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            x = x << 1;
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        }
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        n = x;
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    }
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    /* for negative values */
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    else
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    {
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        n = ~n;
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        n = n + 1;
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        for (; x <= n >> 1;)
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        {
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            x = x << 1;
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        }
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        x = x << 1;
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        x = ~x;
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        x = x + 1;
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        n = x;
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    }
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    printf("%d", n);
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}
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$ cc bit10.c
$ a.out
enter the number :9
8
$ a.out
enter the number :44
32
$ a.out
enter the number :-20
-32
$ a.out
enter the number :-84
-128

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