bitCount - OpenGL ES 3.2 Reference Pages

## Name

bitCount — counts the number of 1 bits in an integer

## Declaration

`genIType bitCount(` | genIType value`)`;

`genIType bitCount(` | genUType value`)`;

## Parameters

`value`

  Specifies the value whose bits to count.

## Description

`bitCount` returns the number of bits that are set to 1 in the binary representation of `value`.

## Version Support

| OpenGL ES Shading Language Version
--- | ---
Function Name | 1.00 | 3.00 | 3.10 | 3.20
`bitCount` | - | - | ✔ | ✔

## See Also

findLSB, findMSB

## Copyright

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