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Bitset

The BitSet class creates a special type of array that holds bit values. The BitSet array can increase in size as needed. This makes it similar to a vector of bits. This is a legacy class but it has been completely re-engineered in Java 2, version 1.4.

BitSet class Constructors

  • BitSet()
  • BitSet(int no_Of_Bits)

Important Points :

  • The size of the array is flexible and can grow to accommodate additional bit as needed.
  • As it is an array, the index is zero-based and the bit values can be accessed only by non-negative integers as an index .
  • The default value of the BitSet is boolean false with a representation as 0 (off).
  • Calling the clear method makes the bit values set to false.
  • BitSet uses about 1 bit per boolean value.
  • To access a specific value in the BitSet, the get method is used with an integer argument as an index.

Syntax:

To create a new bitset

 // Constructors of BitSet class
 BitSet bs1 = new BitSet();
 /* set is BitSet class method expalined in below part */
 // assigning values to bitset 1
 bs1.set(0); 
 bs1.set(1);

 

Important Methods in BitSet Class:

  • set() : java.util.BitSet.set() method is a sets the bit at the specified index to the specified value
  • clone() : java.util.BitSet.clone() method clones a BitSet produces a new BitSet that is equal to it. The clone of the bit set is another bit set that has exactly the same bits set to true as this bit set.
  • cardinality() : java.util.BitSet.cardinality() method is used to find the no. of elements in Bitset
  • xor() : java.util.BitSet.xor() method performs the logical Xor operation on the bitsets.
    This bit set is modified so that a bit in it has the value true if and only if :
    • The bit initially has the value true, and the corresponding bit in the argument has the value false.
    • The bit initially has the value false, and the corresponding bit in the argument has the value true.

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You are given two bitset b1 and b2, perform the operations defined in the comments in the editor below.

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