src/bitboard.c


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#include <stdio.h>
#include "bitboard.h"

/* Print bitboard on screen in the same way squares appear in memory
 * (i.e the board is actually flipped along X) */
void print_bitboard(Bitboard bb) {
  for (U64 index = 0; index < 64; index++) {
    printf("%lu", (bb >> index) & 1);
    if ((index + 1) % 8 == 0) printf("\n");
  }
  printf("\n\n");
}

/* Return bitboard cardinality, aka number of elements in the set */
inline int pop_count(Bitboard bb){
  if (bb == 0) return 0;
  return pop_count(bb >> 1) + (bb & 1);
}

/* Return Bitboard with only Least Single Bit */
inline Bitboard ls1b(Bitboard bb) {
  return bb & -bb;
}

/* Log base 2 (aka Trailing Zero Count)
 * Only works for SINGLE Bitboards
 * Useful for calculating bit-index of LS1B */
inline Bitboard bitscan(Bitboard bb) {
  return pop_count(ls1b(bb) - 1);
}