Duration.IsDenominatorPowerOfTwo

Duration.IsDenominatorPowerOfTwo Method

Namespace: CW.Soloist.CompositionService.MusicTheory
Assembly: CW.Soloist.CompositionService.dll

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Summary

Utility method which determines whether this duration's denominator is a power of two or not.
This could be helpful for musical quantization process.

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Returns

True if this duration's denominator is a power of two, and false else-wise.

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Source Code

public bool IsDenominatorPowerOfTwo()
{
    byte num = this.Denominator;

    int remainder = 0;
    while (remainder == 0)
    {
        remainder = num % 2;
        num /= 2;
    }
                
    if (num == 0)
        return true;
    else return false;

    /* // alternative implemntation which is more compact but less clear 
    return (int)Math.Ceiling(Math.Log(Denominator) / Math.Log(2))
        == (int)Math.Floor(Math.Log(Denominator) / Math.Log(2)); */
}