public static IntegerEncoded CreateEncoding(int maxVal)
{
while (maxVal > 0)
{
int check = maxVal + 1;
// Is maxVal a power of two?
if ((check & (check - 1)) == 0)
{
return(new IntegerEncoded(EIntegerEncoding.JustBits, BitArrayStream.PopCnt(maxVal)));
}
// Is maxVal of the type 3*2^n - 1?
if ((check % 3 == 0) && ((check / 3) & ((check / 3) - 1)) == 0)
{
return(new IntegerEncoded(EIntegerEncoding.Trit, BitArrayStream.PopCnt(check / 3 - 1)));
}
// Is maxVal of the type 5*2^n - 1?
if ((check % 5 == 0) && ((check / 5) & ((check / 5) - 1)) == 0)
{
return(new IntegerEncoded(EIntegerEncoding.Quint, BitArrayStream.PopCnt(check / 5 - 1)));
}
// Apparently it can't be represented with a bounded integer sequence...
// just iterate.
maxVal--;
}
return(new IntegerEncoded(EIntegerEncoding.JustBits, 0));
}
