Parity Check of a Number

Data Structure Misc Algorithms Algorithms

Parity of a number is based on the number of 1’s present in the binary equivalent of that number. When the count of present 1s is odd, it returns odd parity, for an even number of 1s it returns even parity.

As we know that the numbers in computer memory are stored in binary numbers, so we can shift numbers easily. In this case, by shifting the bits, we will count a number of 1’s present in the binary equivalent of the given number.

Input and Output

Input:
A number: 5
Binary equivalent is (101)
Output:
Parity of 5 is Odd.

Algorithm

finParity(n)

Input: The number n.

Output: Check the number has even parity or odd parity.

Begin
   count := 0
   temp := n

   while temp >= 2, do
      if temp has 1 as LSb, then
         count := count + 1
      temp := right shift temp for 1 bit
   done

   if count is odd number, then
      display it is odd parity
   else
      display even parity
End

Example

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

bool findParity(int n) {
   int count = 0;
   int temp = n;

   while (temp>=2) {
      if(temp & 1)    //when LSb is 1, increase count
         count++;
      temp = temp >> 1;    //right shift number by 1 bit
   }      
   return (count % 2)?true:false;
}

int main() {
   int n;
   cout << "Enter a number: "; cin >>n;
   cout << "Parity of " << n << " is " << (findParity(n)?"Odd":"Even");
}

Output

Enter a number: 5
Parity of 5 is Odd

Monica Mona

Published on 12-Jul-2018 10:42:48

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