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C

int hammingWeight(uint32_t n) {
int TotalBits = 32;
int i, weight = 0;
for(i = 0; i < TotalBits; i++) {
if(n & (UINT32_C(1) << i)) //if the bit on the ith position of 32 bit input is 1, then proceed
//Further note the use of UINT32_C to convert 1 to unsigned 32 bit int, as just 1 is treated as int which cannot be shifted left more than 30 times
weight += 1;
}
return weight;
}