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title: bitwise (latest version)
description: API reference for qiskit_addon_cutting.utils.bitwise in the latest version of qiskit-addon-cutting
source: https://eu-de.quantum.cloud.ibm.com/docs/en/api/qiskit-addon-cutting/utils-bitwise
---

# Bitwise utilities

`qiskit_addon_cutting.utils.bitwise`

Module for bitwise utilities.

### bit\_count

`bit_count(x, /)`

[GitHub](https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-addon-cutting/tree/stable/0.10/qiskit_addon_cutting/utils/bitwise.py)

Count number of set bits.

**Parameters**

**x** ([*int*](https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#int))