The below method is the implementation of binary divide considering both numbers are positive. If subtraction is a concern we can implement that as well using binary operators.
-(int)binaryDivide:(int)numerator with:(int)denominator
{
if (numerator == 0 || denominator == 1) {
return numerator;
}
if (denominator == 0) {
#ifdef DEBUG
NSAssert(denominator == 0, @"denominator should be greater then 0");
#endif
return INFINITY;
}
// if (numerator <0) {
// numerator = abs(numerator);
// }
int maxBitDenom = [self getMaxBit:denominator];
int maxBitNumerator = [self getMaxBit:numerator];
int msbNumber = [self getMSB:maxBitDenom ofNumber:numerator];
int qoutient = 0;
int subResult = 0;
int remainingBits = maxBitNumerator-maxBitDenom;
if (msbNumber >= denominator) {
qoutient |=1;
subResult = msbNumber - denominator;
}
else {
subResult = msbNumber;
}
while (remainingBits>0) {
int msbBit = (numerator & (1 << (remainingBits-1)))>0 ? 1 : 0;
subResult = (subResult << 1) |msbBit;
if (subResult >= denominator) {
subResult = subResult-denominator;
qoutient = (qoutient << 1) | 1;
}
else {
qoutient = qoutient << 1;
}
remainingBits--;
}
return qoutient;
}
-(int)getMaxBit:(int)inputNumber
{
int maxBit =0;
BOOL isMaxBitSet = NO;
for (int i=0; i<sizeof(inputNumber)*8; i++) {
if (inputNumber & (1 << i) ) {
maxBit = i;
isMaxBitSet=YES;
}
}
if (isMaxBitSet) {
maxBit += 1;
}
return maxBit;
}
-(int)getMSB:(int)bits ofNumber:(int)number
{
int numbeMaxBit = [self getMaxBit:number];
return number >> (numbeMaxBit -bits);
}