#include #include static const unsigned char BitsSetTable256[256] = { # define B2(n) n, n+1, n+1, n+2 # define B4(n) B2(n), B2(n+1), B2(n+1), B2(n+2) # define B6(n) B4(n), B4(n+1), B4(n+1), B4(n+2) B6(0), B6(1), B6(1), B6(2) }; uint32_t main(uint32_t v) { unsigned int c; // c is the total bits set in v // Option 1: c = BitsSetTable256[v & 0xff] + BitsSetTable256[(v >> 8) & 0xff] + BitsSetTable256[(v >> 16) & 0xff] + BitsSetTable256[v >> 24]; return c; }