Re: Anyway of knowing whether a integer is odd or even
| From: | David Otton | Date: | Tue, 09 Oct 2001 17:09:31 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Anyway of knowing whether a integer is odd or even | ||
| References: | 1 2 | Groups: | php.general |
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On Tue, 09 Oct 2001 13:07:17 -0400, you wrote:
>It is generally faster
(but harder to read)
>to use bitwise operators...
>
>if ($theInt & 1)
> print "$theInt is odd";
>else
> print "$theInt is even";
>
>This is usually the case for most languages, like C or C++ or what have
>you. It's probably the same in PHP, since the & operator doesn't need to
>worry about returning the remainder, just the bits that are set in both
>$theInt and 1.
I'm sure I don't want to get into this, but...
If speed is that important, why would you use a scripting language?
djo