Question

How to get the highest power of 2 that is less than or equal to N in JavaScript

Answer 1

function highest_power_of_2_less_or_equal_to_n(n) { 
    var power = 0; 
    for (var i = n; i >= 1; i--) { 
        // i == power of 2 ?
        if ((i & (i - 1)) == 0) { // 10 (1010) 9 (1001) 8 (1000) 7 (0111)
            power = i; 
            break; 
        } 
    } 
    return power; 
} 
    
var n = 17;
document.write(highest_power_of_2_less_or_equal_to_n(n) + "<br />"); 
      
n = 10;
document.write(highest_power_of_2_less_or_equal_to_n(n) + "<br />"); 
      
n = 64;
document.write(highest_power_of_2_less_or_equal_to_n(n) + "<br />"); 


/*
run:

16
8
64

*/

 

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