i want to see your code

[lambda]

you are given a number. it's a simple integer, like 6 or 144 (positive). you're told to round it up to the nearest power of 2. for 6 that's 8, for 144, it's 256.

post your solution.

[sameer666]

hi

can u explain more, wat u mean by nearest power of 2?

[wacky]

Quite straightfoward. This is a bash shell example :

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#! /bin/bash

echo "Enter your number (positive integer): "
read number

i=1

while true
do
let "z=2**$i"
if [ $z -gt $number ]; then
        echo "$z is the number - 2 to the power of $i"
        exit
fi
let "i+=1"
done

[wacky]

Same thing in perl :

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#! /usr/bin/perl

print "Enter your number (positive integer): ";
chomp ($number = <>);

$i=1;

while (1) {
        $z = 2 ** $i;
        if ( $z > $number ) {
                print "The number is $z - 2 to the power of $i\n";
                last;
        }
        $i++;
}