Parity Check of a Number
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
Published on 12-Jul-2018 14:12:48
