Count Ones in an Integer | Dataford Interview Questions

Broadcom software such as VMware vSphere may inspect integer bitmasks to determine which feature flags are enabled. Given a non-negative integer n, return the number of 1 bits in its binary representation.

Use bitwise operations rather than converting the integer to a binary string. The binary representation should not include leading zeroes.

Formal Specification

Implement count_set_bits(n):

Input: n, a non-negative integer.
Output: An integer equal to the number of set bits, or 1 bits, in n.

Constraints

0 <= n <= 2^31 - 1
The input is an integer
Use bitwise operations instead of string conversion
Use O(1) auxiliary space

Function Signature

def count_set_bits(n):

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