在我看来，“最好”的解决方案是另一个程序员(或者两年后的原始程序员)可以阅读而不需要大量注释的解决方案。你可能想要最快或最聪明的解决方案，有些人已经提供了，但我更喜欢可读性而不是聪明。

unsigned int bitCount (unsigned int value) {
    unsigned int count = 0;
    while (value > 0) {           // until all bits are zero
        if ((value & 1) == 1)     // check lower bit
            count++;
        value >>= 1;              // shift bits, removing lower bit
    }
    return count;
}

如果你想要更快的速度(并且假设你很好地记录了它，以帮助你的继任者)，你可以使用表格查找:

// Lookup table for fast calculation of bits set in 8-bit unsigned char.

static unsigned char oneBitsInUChar[] = {
//  0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  A  B  C  D  E  F (<- n)
//  =====================================================
    0, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 3, 1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3, 4, // 0n
    1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3, 4, 2, 3, 3, 4, 3, 4, 4, 5, // 1n
    : : :
    4, 5, 5, 6, 5, 6, 6, 7, 5, 6, 6, 7, 6, 7, 7, 8, // Fn
};

// Function for fast calculation of bits set in 16-bit unsigned short.

unsigned char oneBitsInUShort (unsigned short x) {
    return oneBitsInUChar [x >>    8]
         + oneBitsInUChar [x &  0xff];
}

// Function for fast calculation of bits set in 32-bit unsigned int.

unsigned char oneBitsInUInt (unsigned int x) {
    return oneBitsInUShort (x >>     16)
         + oneBitsInUShort (x &  0xffff);
}

这些依赖于特定的数据类型大小，所以它们不是那么可移植的。但是，由于许多性能优化是不可移植的，这可能不是一个问题。如果您想要可移植性，我会坚持使用可读的解决方案。

我总是在竞争性编程中使用它，它很容易写，而且效率很高:

#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

int countOnes(int n) {
    bitset<32> b(n);
    return b.count();
}

unsigned int count_bit(unsigned int x)
{
  x = (x & 0x55555555) + ((x >> 1) & 0x55555555);
  x = (x & 0x33333333) + ((x >> 2) & 0x33333333);
  x = (x & 0x0F0F0F0F) + ((x >> 4) & 0x0F0F0F0F);
  x = (x & 0x00FF00FF) + ((x >> 8) & 0x00FF00FF);
  x = (x & 0x0000FFFF) + ((x >> 16)& 0x0000FFFF);
  return x;
}

我来解释一下这个算法。

该算法基于分治算法。假设有一个8位整数213(二进制的11010101)，算法是这样工作的(每次合并两个邻居块):

+-------------------------------+
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |  <- x
|  1 0  |  0 1  |  0 1  |  0 1  |  <- first time merge
|    0 0 1 1    |    0 0 1 0    |  <- second time merge
|        0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1        |  <- third time ( answer = 00000101 = 5)
+-------------------------------+

一个快速的c#解决方案，使用预先计算的字节位计数表，并根据输入大小进行分支。

public static class BitCount
{
    public static uint GetSetBitsCount(uint n)
    {
        var counts = BYTE_BIT_COUNTS;
        return n <= 0xff ? counts[n]
             : n <= 0xffff ? counts[n & 0xff] + counts[n >> 8]
             : n <= 0xffffff ? counts[n & 0xff] + counts[(n >> 8) & 0xff] + counts[(n >> 16) & 0xff]
             : counts[n & 0xff] + counts[(n >> 8) & 0xff] + counts[(n >> 16) & 0xff] + counts[(n >> 24) & 0xff];
    }

    public static readonly uint[] BYTE_BIT_COUNTS =
    {
        0, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 3, 1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3, 4,
        1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3, 4, 2, 3, 3, 4, 3, 4, 4, 5,
        1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3, 4, 2, 3, 3, 4, 3, 4, 4, 5,
        2, 3, 3, 4, 3, 4, 4, 5, 3, 4, 4, 5, 4, 5, 5, 6,
        1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3, 4, 2, 3, 3, 4, 3, 4, 4, 5,
        2, 3, 3, 4, 3, 4, 4, 5, 3, 4, 4, 5, 4, 5, 5, 6,
        2, 3, 3, 4, 3, 4, 4, 5, 3, 4, 4, 5, 4, 5, 5, 6,
        3, 4, 4, 5, 4, 5, 5, 6, 4, 5, 5, 6, 5, 6, 6, 7,
        1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3, 4, 2, 3, 3, 4, 3, 4, 4, 5,
        2, 3, 3, 4, 3, 4, 4, 5, 3, 4, 4, 5, 4, 5, 5, 6,
        2, 3, 3, 4, 3, 4, 4, 5, 3, 4, 4, 5, 4, 5, 5, 6,
        3, 4, 4, 5, 4, 5, 5, 6, 4, 5, 5, 6, 5, 6, 6, 7,
        2, 3, 3, 4, 3, 4, 4, 5, 3, 4, 4, 5, 4, 5, 5, 6,
        3, 4, 4, 5, 4, 5, 5, 6, 4, 5, 5, 6, 5, 6, 6, 7,
        3, 4, 4, 5, 4, 5, 5, 6, 4, 5, 5, 6, 5, 6, 6, 7,
        4, 5, 5, 6, 5, 6, 6, 7, 5, 6, 6, 7, 6, 7, 7, 8
    };
}

Java JDK1.5

Integer.bitCount (n);

其中n是要计算1的数。

检查,

Integer.highestOneBit(n);
Integer.lowestOneBit(n);
Integer.numberOfLeadingZeros(n);
Integer.numberOfTrailingZeros(n);

//Beginning with the value 1, rotate left 16 times
     n = 1;
         for (int i = 0; i < 16; i++) {
            n = Integer.rotateLeft(n, 1);
            System.out.println(n);
         }

Kotlin 1.4 之前

        fun NumberOfSetBits(i: Int): Int {
            var i = i
            i -= (i ushr 1 and 0x55555555)
            i = (i and 0x33333333) + (i ushr 2 and 0x33333333)
            return (i + (i ushr 4) and 0x0F0F0F0F) * 0x01010101 ushr 24
        }

这或多或少是上面那个答案的翻版。

它带有Java补丁，然后使用IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition中的转换器进行转换

1.4及以上(截至2021-05-05 -未来可能会改变)。

        fun NumberOfSetBits(i: Int): Int {
            return i.countOneBits()
        }

在底层，它使用Integer。bitCount如下所示:

@SinceKotlin("1.4")
@WasExperimental(ExperimentalStdlibApi::class)
@kotlin.internal.InlineOnly
public actual inline fun Int.countOneBits(): Int = Integer.bitCount(this)