m + add abs

Signed-off-by: Mattias Andrée <maandree@operamail.com>

2 files changed, 44 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/algorithms/bits/Absolute.java b/src/algorithms/bits/Absolute.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2e694eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/algorithms/bits/Absolute.java
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright © 2014  Mattias Andrée (maandree@member.fsf.org)
+ * 
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ * 
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ * 
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+package algorithms.bits;
+
+
+/**
+ * Compute the absolute value of an integer
+ */
+public class Absolute
+{
+£<for T_S in byte_7 short_15 int_31 long_63; do
+  T=${T_S%_*}
+£>S=${T_S#*_}
+    /**
+     * Compute the absolute value of an integer
+     * 
+     * @param   value  The integers
+     * @return         The absolute value, the most negative value will because of overflow return the value itself
+     */
+    public static £{T} abs(£{T} value)
+    {
+	£{T} mask;;
+	return (value ^ (mask = value >> £{S})) - mask;
+	/* Or alternatively:
+	 *     (v + (mask = value >> £{S})) ^ mask
+	 */
+    }
+£>done
+}
+
diff --git a/src/algorithms/bits/Signum.java b/src/algorithms/bits/Signum.java
index 515e86d..3744be7 100644
--- a/src/algorithms/bits/Signum.java
+++ b/src/algorithms/bits/Signum.java
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
  */
 package algorithms.bits;
 
-import java.util.*;
-
 
 /**
  * Compute the sign of an integer