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Dsa Bit Manipulation Hard

Bitwise OR and Count

Given a list of integers, compute the bitwise OR of all the elements and also count how many bits are set to 1 in the resulting number. Your function should read the integers from input, and output both the bitwise OR result and the count of bits set to 1. Example: Input: 1 2 3 4 Output: 7 3 // Explanation: The bitwise OR of 1, 2, 3, and 4 is 7. The count of bits set to 1 in 7 (0111) is 3.

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bit_manipulationbitwise_operationscounting

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