🏣 Clean up for arxiv

book/ebook_src/bitwise_operations/clear_bits.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+__author__ = "bt3"
+
+''' Clear a bit in a binary number.
+    Like the reverse of set bit:
+    1) first create a number filled of 1s,
+        with 0 at i (can create 0001000 and ~)
+    2) AND the number so it clears the ith bit
+'''
+
+
+
+def clear_bit(num, i):
+    mask = ~ (1 << i)   # -0b10001
+    return bin(num & mask)
+
+
+def clear_all_bits_from_i_to_0(num, i):
+    mask = ~ ( (1 << (i+1)) - 1)
+    return bin(num & mask)
+
+
+def clear_all_bits_from_most_sig_to_1(num, i):
+    mask =  ( 1 << i) -1
+    return bin(num & mask)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    num = int('10010000', 2)
+    print clear_bit(num, 4)   # '0b10000000'
+
+    num = int('10010011', 2)
+    print clear_all_bits_from_i_to_0(num, 2)  # '0b10010000'
+
+    num = int('1110011', 2)
+    print clear_all_bits_from_most_sig_to_1(num, 2)  #'0b11'