Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 23:15:25 +0500 (MVT)
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Subject: Re: odd or even?
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On Thu, 2 Mar 2000, DAVID JACOBS wrote:

> What is the fastest way to check wether an int/long is odd or even?
> I've checked my C/C++ manual, but I didn't find anything....

Use bitwise & operator.

if (x & 1) {
	this is odd;
} else {
	this is even;
}