Power of 2 (Microsoft Interview) Like 2

Given any number n, using one line of C (using no external libraries or functions) code, determine if n is a power of 2. Return 1 if n is a power of 2 and 0 if not.

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bool is_power_of_2 = (!(n & (n-1)) && n);

Using the bitwise & operator, only n’s that are powers of two will satisfy the relationship n & (n-1) = 0. This, however incorrectly returns 0 as a power of 2. n must be strictly positive for this to work. To fix this we use !(n & (n-1)) && n.