BUILT-IN MATHEMATICA SYMBOL

BitLength

BitLength[n]
gives the number of binary bits necessary to represent the integer n.

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For positive n, BitLength[n] is effectively an efficient version of Floor[Log[2, n]]+1.
For negative n, it is equivalent to BitLength[BitNot[n]].

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