Implement division with bit-wise operator

Solution 1:

The standard way to do division is by implementing binary long-division. This involves subtraction, so as long as you don't discount this as not a bit-wise operation, then this is what you should do. (Note that you can of course implement subtraction, very tediously, using bitwise logical operations.)

In essence, if you're doing Q = N/D:

1. Align the most-significant ones of N and D.
2. Compute t = (N - D);.
3. If (t >= 0), then set the least significant bit of Q to 1, and set N = t.
4. Left-shift N by 1.
5. Left-shift Q by 1.
6. Go to step 2.

Loop for as many output bits (including fractional) as you require, then apply a final shift to undo what you did in Step 1.

Solution 2:

Division of two numbers using bitwise operators.

#include <stdio.h>

int remainder, divisor;

int division(int tempdividend, int tempdivisor) {
    int quotient = 1;

    if (tempdivisor == tempdividend) {
        remainder = 0;
        return 1;
    } else if (tempdividend < tempdivisor) {
        remainder = tempdividend;
        return 0;
    }   

    do{

        tempdivisor = tempdivisor << 1;
        quotient = quotient << 1;

     } while (tempdivisor <= tempdividend);


     /* Call division recursively */
    quotient = quotient + division(tempdividend - tempdivisor, divisor);

    return quotient;
} 


int main() {
    int dividend;

    printf ("\nEnter the Dividend: ");
    scanf("%d", &dividend);
    printf("\nEnter the Divisor: ");
    scanf("%d", &divisor);   

    printf("\n%d / %d: quotient = %d", dividend, divisor, division(dividend, divisor));
    printf("\n%d / %d: remainder = %d", dividend, divisor, remainder);
    getch();
}

Solution 3:

int remainder =0;

int division(int dividend, int divisor)
{
    int quotient = 1;

    int neg = 1;
    if ((dividend>0 &&divisor<0)||(dividend<0 && divisor>0))
        neg = -1;

    // Convert to positive
    unsigned int tempdividend = (dividend < 0) ? -dividend : dividend;
    unsigned int tempdivisor = (divisor < 0) ? -divisor : divisor;

    if (tempdivisor == tempdividend) {
        remainder = 0;
        return 1*neg;
    }
    else if (tempdividend < tempdivisor) {
        if (dividend < 0)
            remainder = tempdividend*neg;
        else
            remainder = tempdividend;
        return 0;
    }
    while (tempdivisor<<1 <= tempdividend)
    {
        tempdivisor = tempdivisor << 1;
        quotient = quotient << 1;
    }

    // Call division recursively
    if(dividend < 0)
        quotient = quotient*neg + division(-(tempdividend-tempdivisor), divisor);
    else
        quotient = quotient*neg + division(tempdividend-tempdivisor, divisor);
     return quotient;
 }


void main()
{
    int dividend,divisor;
    char ch = 's';
    while(ch != 'x')
    {
        printf ("\nEnter the Dividend: ");
        scanf("%d", &dividend);
        printf("\nEnter the Divisor: ");
        scanf("%d", &divisor);

        printf("\n%d / %d: quotient = %d", dividend, divisor, division(dividend, divisor));
        printf("\n%d / %d: remainder = %d", dividend, divisor, remainder);

        _getch();
    }
}

Solution 4:

I assume we are discussing division of integers.

Consider that I got two number 1502 and 30, and I wanted to calculate 1502/30. This is how we do this:

First we align 30 with 1501 at its most significant figure; 30 becomes 3000. And compare 1501 with 3000, 1501 contains 0 of 3000. Then we compare 1501 with 300, it contains 5 of 300, then compare (1501-5*300) with 30. At so at last we got 5*(10^1) = 50 as the result of this division.

Now convert both 1501 and 30 into binary digits. Then instead of multiplying 30 with (10^x) to align it with 1501, we multiplying (30) in 2 base with 2^n to align. And 2^n can be converted into left shift n positions.

Here is the code:

int divide(int a, int b){
    if (b != 0)
        return;

    //To check if a or b are negative.
    bool neg = false;
    if ((a>0 && b<0)||(a<0 && b>0))
        neg = true;

    //Convert to positive
    unsigned int new_a = (a < 0) ? -a : a;
    unsigned int new_b = (b < 0) ? -b : b;

    //Check the largest n such that b >= 2^n, and assign the n to n_pwr
    int n_pwr = 0;
    for (int i = 0; i < 32; i++)
    {
        if (((1 << i) & new_b) != 0)
            n_pwr = i;
    }

    //So that 'a' could only contain 2^(31-n_pwr) many b's,
    //start from here to try the result
    unsigned int res = 0;
    for (int i = 31 - n_pwr; i >= 0; i--){
        if ((new_b << i) <= new_a){
            res += (1 << i);
            new_a -= (new_b << i);
        }
    }

    return neg ? -res : res;
}

Didn't test it, but you get the idea.

Solution 5:

This solution works perfectly.

#include <stdio.h>

int division(int dividend, int divisor, int origdiv, int * remainder)
{
    int quotient = 1;

    if (dividend == divisor)
    {
        *remainder = 0;
        return 1;
    }

    else if (dividend < divisor)
    {
        *remainder = dividend;
        return 0;
    }

    while (divisor <= dividend)
    {
        divisor = divisor << 1;
        quotient = quotient << 1;
    }

    if (dividend < divisor)
    {
        divisor >>= 1;
        quotient >>= 1;
    }

    quotient = quotient + division(dividend - divisor, origdiv, origdiv, remainder);

    return quotient;
}

int main()
{
    int n = 377;
    int d = 7;
    int rem = 0;

    printf("Quotient : %d\n", division(n, d, d, &rem));
    printf("Remainder: %d\n", rem);

    return 0;
}