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Minimum number of elements to be removed to make XOR maximum | Python 3 to find minimum number of elements to remove to get maximum XOR value.
First n in the below condition is for the case where n is 0.
Function to find minimum number of elements to be removed ..
Driver Code.
print minimum number of elements to be removed"
How can the above be solved in Python?

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Can you provide a code to minimum number of elements to be removed to make XOR maximum and the other steps required?
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#Here is code to minimum number of elements to be removed to make XOR maximum and the other steps required.
 def nextPowerOf2 ( n ) :
	count = 0
	if ( n and not ( n and ( n - 1 ) ) ) :
		return n
	while n != 0 :
		n >>= 1
		count += 1
	return 1 << count
def removeElement ( n ) :
	if n == 1 or n == 2 :
		return 0
	a = nextPowerOf2 ( n )
	if n == a or n == a - 1 :
		return 1
	elif n == a - 2 :
		return 0
	elif n % 2 == 0 :
		return 1
	else :
		return 2
if __name__ == " _ _ main _ _ " :
	n = 5
	print ( removeElement ( n ) )