text: Function to get parity of number n . It returns 1 if n has odd parity , and returns 0 if n has even parity
code: def getParity ( n ) : NEW_LINE INDENT parity = 0 NEW_LINE while n : NEW_LINE INDENT parity = ~ parity NEW_LINE n = n & ( n - 1 ) NEW_LINE DEDENT return parity NEW_LINE DEDENT