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+:- module(arithmetic, [msb/2, lsb/2]).
+
+lsb(X, N) :-
+ builtins:must_be_number(X, lsb/2),
+ ( \+ integer(X) -> throw(error(type_error(integer, X), lsb/2))
+ ; X < 1 -> throw(error(domain_error(not_less_than_one, X), lsb/2))
+ ; builtins:can_be_number(N, lsb/2),
+ X1 is X /\ (-X),
+ msb_(X1, -1, N)
+ ).
+
+msb(X, N) :-
+ builtins:must_be_number(X, msb/2),
+ ( \+ integer(X) -> throw(error(type_error(integer, X), msb/2))
+ ; X < 1 -> throw(error(domain_error(not_less_than_one, X), msb/2))
+ ; builtins:can_be_number(N, msb/2),
+ X1 is X >> 1,
+ msb_(X1, 0, N)
+ ).
+
+msb_(0, N, N) :- !.
+msb_(X, M, N) :-
+ X1 is X >> 1,
+ M1 is M + 1,
+ msb_(X1, M1, N).