Re: int to inet conversion

On Sun, Dec 04, 2005 at 03:21:47PM +0300, Anton Nikiforov wrote:
> Martijn van Oosterhout wrote:
> >Let i be your input.
> >Calculate t = -i.
> >If i is in the right format, t will have exactly one bit set.
> >Test this with t <> 0 and (t & i) == t
> >If that's ok, then your answer is 32 - log2(t)
> >
> >Have a nice day,
> Sorry, did not quite catch.
> t in this case is int, and there is no log2(int) function.....

But there is a log(x,y) function, so log(2,t) would work also. Note
that 255.255.255.0 stored as integer is -256.

Have a nice day,
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