On Feb 6, 3:29 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Feb 1, 8:25 pm, "Krypto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The correct answer as told to me by a person is > > (N>>3) + ((N-7*(N>>3))>>3) > > The above term always gives division by 7 > > Does anybody else notice that this breaks the spirit of the problem > (regardless of it's accuracy)? 'N-7' uses the subtraction operator, > and is thus an invalid solution for the original question. > [snip] Instead of subtraction you can use complement-and-add: N + ~7 + 1 (that's a tilde '~' not a minus '-').
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