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God I wish there was an easier way to do this(programming.dev)

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who needs modulo when you can get less characters out of

while (number > 1) {
  number -= 2;
}
return number;

very efficient

edit: or theres the trusty iseven api

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NullPointer@programming.dev
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here is somewhat less:

return (number % 2) == 0;

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return !(number & 1);

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