VB.Net program to print the total bits required to store a given integer number

Here, we are going to learn how to print the total bits required to store a given integer number in VB.Net?
Submitted by Nidhi, on November 26, 2020 [Last updated : February 18, 2023]

Printing the total bits required to store an integer

Here, we will calculate how many bits required storing a given number into memory using bitwise operators and printing that on the console screen.

VB.Net code to print the total bits required to store a given integer number

The source code to print the total bits required to store a given integer number is given below. The given program is compiled and executed successfully.

'VB.Net program to print the total bits required 
'to store a given integer number.

Module Module1
    Sub Main()
        Dim iLoop As Integer
        Dim num As Integer
        Dim countBits As Integer = 0

        Console.Write("Enter Number: ")
        num = Integer.Parse(Console.ReadLine())

        For iLoop = 0 To 31 Step 1
            If ((1 << iLoop) And num) Then
                countBits = iLoop + 1
            End If
        Next

        Console.Write("Total bits required to store {0} are:{1}", num, countBits)

        Console.ReadLine()
    End Sub

End Module

Output:

Enter Number: 127
Total bits required to store 127 are:7

Explanation:

Here, we created a module Module1 that contains a Main() method. And, we created three local variables iLoop, num, and countBits. After that, we entered a number and then we checked each bit of a given number using bitwise AND, and bitwise left-shift operators and count the total bits required to store a given number and then print the count on the console screen.