Bitset is a common base class for mutable and immutable bitsets. Bitsets are sets of non-negative integers and are represented as variable-size arrays of bits packed into 64-bit words. The memory footprint of a bitset is represented by the largest number stored in it.

Declaring BitSet Variables

The following is the syntax for declaring an BitSet variable.

Syntax

var z : BitSet = BitSet(0,1,2)

Here, z is declared as an bit-set of non-negative integers which has three members. Values can be added by using commands like the following −

Command

var myList1: BitSet = myList + 3;

Processing BitSet

Below is an example program of showing how to create, initialize and process BitSet −

Example

import scala.collection.immutable.BitSet

object Demo {
   def main(args: Array[String]) = {
      var mySet: BitSet = BitSet(0, 1, 2);
      // Add an element
      var mySet1: BitSet = mySet + 3;
      // Remove an element
      var mySet2: BitSet = mySet - 2;
      var mySet3: BitSet = BitSet(4, 5);
      // Adding sets
      var mySet4: BitSet = mySet1 ++ mySet3;
      println(mySet);
      println(mySet1);
      println(mySet2);
      println(mySet4);	  
   }
}

Save the above program in Demo.scala. The following commands are used to compile and execute this program.

Command

>scalac Demo.scala
>scala Demo

Output

BitSet(0, 1, 2)
BitSet(0, 1, 2, 3)
BitSet(0, 1)
BitSet(0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)