# (lispkit bitset)

Library `(lispkit bitset)` implements bit sets of arbitrary size. Bit sets are mutable objects. The API of library `(lispkit bitset)` provides functionality to create, to inspect, to compose, and to mutate bit sets efficiently.

**bitset-type-tag**   <img src="https://1467949168-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2Fna2foeoaXHYkSD3fhs0t%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-28888abe04e78015f951d1fed77a8116c810cfdc%2Fobj.png?alt=media" alt="" data-size="line">

Symbol representing the `bitset` type. The `type-for` procedure of library `(lispkit type)` returns this symbol for all bitset objects.

**(bitset?&#x20;*****obj*****)**   <img src="https://1467949168-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2Fna2foeoaXHYkSD3fhs0t%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-d20368c588cfbb523beb2fae4f8be0f8ef011884%2Fproc.png?alt=media" alt="" data-size="line">

Returns `#t` if *obj* is a bit set, `#f` otherwise.

**(bitset&#x20;*****i ...*****)** <img src="https://1467949168-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2Fna2foeoaXHYkSD3fhs0t%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-d20368c588cfbb523beb2fae4f8be0f8ef011884%2Fproc.png?alt=media" alt="" data-size="line">

Returns a new bit set with bits *i ...* set. Each *i* is a fixnum referring to one bit in the bit set by its ordinality.

**(list->bitset&#x20;*****list*****)** <img src="https://1467949168-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2Fna2foeoaXHYkSD3fhs0t%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-d20368c588cfbb523beb2fae4f8be0f8ef011884%2Fproc.png?alt=media" alt="" data-size="line">

Returns a new bit set with bits specified by *list*. Each element in *list* is a fixnum referring to one bit in the bit set by its ordinality.

**(bitset-copy&#x20;*****bs*****)** <img src="https://1467949168-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2Fna2foeoaXHYkSD3fhs0t%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-d20368c588cfbb523beb2fae4f8be0f8ef011884%2Fproc.png?alt=media" alt="" data-size="line">

Returns a copy of bit set *bs*.

**(bitset-size&#x20;*****bs*****)** <img src="https://1467949168-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2Fna2foeoaXHYkSD3fhs0t%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-d20368c588cfbb523beb2fae4f8be0f8ef011884%2Fproc.png?alt=media" alt="" data-size="line">

Returns the number of bits set in bit set *bs*.

**(bitset-next&#x20;*****bs*****)** <img src="https://1467949168-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2Fna2foeoaXHYkSD3fhs0t%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-d20368c588cfbb523beb2fae4f8be0f8ef011884%2Fproc.png?alt=media" alt="" data-size="line">\
\&#xNAN;**(bitset-next&#x20;*****bs i*****)**

Returns the next bit set in *bs* following bit *i*. If *i* is not provided, the first bit set in *bs* is returned.

**(bitset-empty?&#x20;*****bs*****)** <img src="https://1467949168-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2Fna2foeoaXHYkSD3fhs0t%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-d20368c588cfbb523beb2fae4f8be0f8ef011884%2Fproc.png?alt=media" alt="" data-size="line">

Returns `#t` if bit set *bs* is empty, `#f` otherwise.

**(bitset-disjoint?&#x20;*****bs1 bs2*****)** <img src="https://1467949168-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2Fna2foeoaXHYkSD3fhs0t%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-d20368c588cfbb523beb2fae4f8be0f8ef011884%2Fproc.png?alt=media" alt="" data-size="line">

Returns `#t` if bit sets *bs1* and *bs2* are disjoint, `#f` otherwise.

**(bitset-subset?&#x20;*****bs1 bs2*****)** <img src="https://1467949168-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2Fna2foeoaXHYkSD3fhs0t%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-d20368c588cfbb523beb2fae4f8be0f8ef011884%2Fproc.png?alt=media" alt="" data-size="line">

Returns `#t` if bit set *bs2* is a subset of bit set *bs2*, `#f` otherwise.

**(bitset-contains?&#x20;*****bs i ...*****)** <img src="https://1467949168-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2Fna2foeoaXHYkSD3fhs0t%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-d20368c588cfbb523beb2fae4f8be0f8ef011884%2Fproc.png?alt=media" alt="" data-size="line">

Returns `#t` if all bits *i ...* are set in bit set *bs*, `#f` otherwise.

**(bitset-adjoin!&#x20;*****bs i ...*****)** <img src="https://1467949168-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2Fna2foeoaXHYkSD3fhs0t%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-d20368c588cfbb523beb2fae4f8be0f8ef011884%2Fproc.png?alt=media" alt="" data-size="line">

Inserts the bits *i ...* into bit set *bs*. `bitset-adjoin!` returns *bs*.

**(bitset-adjoin-all!&#x20;*****bs list*****)** <img src="https://1467949168-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2Fna2foeoaXHYkSD3fhs0t%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-d20368c588cfbb523beb2fae4f8be0f8ef011884%2Fproc.png?alt=media" alt="" data-size="line">

Inserts all the bits specified by *list* into bit set *bs*. Each element in *list* is a fixnum referring to one bit in the bit set by its ordinality. `bitset-adjoin-all!` returns *bs*.

**(bitset-delete!&#x20;*****bs i ...*****)** <img src="https://1467949168-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2Fna2foeoaXHYkSD3fhs0t%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-d20368c588cfbb523beb2fae4f8be0f8ef011884%2Fproc.png?alt=media" alt="" data-size="line">

Removes the bits *i ...* from bit set *bs*. `bitset-delete!` returns *bs*.

**(bitset-delete-all!&#x20;*****bs list*****)** <img src="https://1467949168-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2Fna2foeoaXHYkSD3fhs0t%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-d20368c588cfbb523beb2fae4f8be0f8ef011884%2Fproc.png?alt=media" alt="" data-size="line">

Removes all the bits specified by *list* from bit set *bs*. Each element in *list* is a fixnum referring to one bit in the bit set by its ordinality. `bitset-delete-all!` returns *bs*.

**(bitset-union!&#x20;*****bs bs1 ...*****)** <img src="https://1467949168-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2Fna2foeoaXHYkSD3fhs0t%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-d20368c588cfbb523beb2fae4f8be0f8ef011884%2Fproc.png?alt=media" alt="" data-size="line">

Computes the union of bit sets *bs*, *bs1 ...* and stores the result in *bs*. `bitset-union!` returns *bs*.

**(bitset-intersection!&#x20;*****bs bs1 ...*****)**   <img src="https://1467949168-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2Fna2foeoaXHYkSD3fhs0t%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-d20368c588cfbb523beb2fae4f8be0f8ef011884%2Fproc.png?alt=media" alt="" data-size="line">

Computes the intersection of bit sets *bs*, *bs1 ...* and stores the result in *bs*. `bitset-intersection!` returns *bs*.

**(bitset-difference!&#x20;*****bs bs1 ...*****)** <img src="https://1467949168-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2Fna2foeoaXHYkSD3fhs0t%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-d20368c588cfbb523beb2fae4f8be0f8ef011884%2Fproc.png?alt=media" alt="" data-size="line">

Computes the difference between bit sets *bs* and *bs1 ...* and stores the result in *bs*. `bitset-difference!` returns *bs*.

**(bitset-xor!&#x20;*****bs bs1 ...*****)** <img src="https://1467949168-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2Fna2foeoaXHYkSD3fhs0t%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-d20368c588cfbb523beb2fae4f8be0f8ef011884%2Fproc.png?alt=media" alt="" data-size="line">

Computes the exclusive disjunction of bit sets *bs*, *bs1 ...* and stores the result in *bs*. `bitset-xor!` returns *bs*.

**(bitset=?&#x20;*****bs bs1 ...*****)** <img src="https://1467949168-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2Fna2foeoaXHYkSD3fhs0t%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-d20368c588cfbb523beb2fae4f8be0f8ef011884%2Fproc.png?alt=media" alt="" data-size="line">

Returns `#t` if the bit sets *bs*, *bs1 ...* are all equal, i.e. have the same bits set. Otherwise `#f` is returned.

**(bitset\<?&#x20;*****bs bs1 ...*****)** <img src="https://1467949168-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2Fna2foeoaXHYkSD3fhs0t%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-d20368c588cfbb523beb2fae4f8be0f8ef011884%2Fproc.png?alt=media" alt="" data-size="line">

Returns `#t` if *bs* is a proper subset of *bs1*, and *bs1* is a proper subset of *bs2*, etc. Otherwise `#f` is returned.

**(bitset>?&#x20;*****bs bs1 ...*****)** <img src="https://1467949168-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2Fna2foeoaXHYkSD3fhs0t%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-d20368c588cfbb523beb2fae4f8be0f8ef011884%2Fproc.png?alt=media" alt="" data-size="line">

Returns `#t` if *bs* is a proper superset of *bs1*, and *bs1* is a proper superset of *bs2*, etc. Otherwise `#f` is returned.

**(bitset<=?&#x20;*****bs bs1 ...*****)** <img src="https://1467949168-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2Fna2foeoaXHYkSD3fhs0t%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-d20368c588cfbb523beb2fae4f8be0f8ef011884%2Fproc.png?alt=media" alt="" data-size="line">

Returns `#t` if *bs* is a subset of *bs1*, and *bs1* is a subset of *bs2*, etc. Otherwise `#f` is returned.

**(bitset>=?&#x20;*****bs bs1 ...*****)** <img src="https://1467949168-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2Fna2foeoaXHYkSD3fhs0t%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-d20368c588cfbb523beb2fae4f8be0f8ef011884%2Fproc.png?alt=media" alt="" data-size="line">

Returns `#t` if *bs* is a superset of *bs1*, and *bs1* is a superset of *bs2*, etc. Otherwise `#f` is returned.

**(bitset->list&#x20;*****bs*****)** <img src="https://1467949168-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2Fna2foeoaXHYkSD3fhs0t%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-d20368c588cfbb523beb2fae4f8be0f8ef011884%2Fproc.png?alt=media" alt="" data-size="line">

Returns a list of all bits set in *bs*.

**(bitset-for-each&#x20;*****proc bs*****)**   <img src="https://1467949168-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2Fna2foeoaXHYkSD3fhs0t%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-d20368c588cfbb523beb2fae4f8be0f8ef011884%2Fproc.png?alt=media" alt="" data-size="line">

Invokes *proc* on each bit set in *bs* in increasing ordinal order.

**(bitset-fold&#x20;*****proc z bs*****)** <img src="https://1467949168-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2Fna2foeoaXHYkSD3fhs0t%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-d20368c588cfbb523beb2fae4f8be0f8ef011884%2Fproc.png?alt=media" alt="" data-size="line">

The current state is initialized to z, and *proc* is invoked on each bit of *bs* in increasing ordinal order and the current state, setting the current state to the result. The algorithm is repeated until all the bits of *bs* have been processed. Then the current state is returned.

**(bitset-any?&#x20;*****pred bs*****)** <img src="https://1467949168-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2Fna2foeoaXHYkSD3fhs0t%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-d20368c588cfbb523beb2fae4f8be0f8ef011884%2Fproc.png?alt=media" alt="" data-size="line">

Returns `#t` if any application of *pred* to the bits of *bs* returns true, and `#f` otherwise.

**(bitset-every?&#x20;*****pred bs*****)** <img src="https://1467949168-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2Fna2foeoaXHYkSD3fhs0t%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-d20368c588cfbb523beb2fae4f8be0f8ef011884%2Fproc.png?alt=media" alt="" data-size="line">

Returns `#t` if every application of *pred* to the bits of *bs* returns true, and `#f` otherwise.

**(bitset-filter&#x20;*****pred bs*****)** <img src="https://1467949168-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2Fna2foeoaXHYkSD3fhs0t%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-d20368c588cfbb523beb2fae4f8be0f8ef011884%2Fproc.png?alt=media" alt="" data-size="line">

Returns a new bit set containing the bits from *bs* that satisfy *pred*.

**(bitset-filter!&#x20;*****pred bs*****)** <img src="https://1467949168-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2Fna2foeoaXHYkSD3fhs0t%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-d20368c588cfbb523beb2fae4f8be0f8ef011884%2Fproc.png?alt=media" alt="" data-size="line">

Removes all bits from *bs* for which *pred* returns `#f`.
