717. 1-bit and 2-bit Characters (easy)
We have two special characters. The first character can be represented by one bit
0
. The second character can be represented by two bits (10
or11
).Now given a string represented by several bits. Return whether the last character must be a one-bit character or not. The given string will always end with a zero.
Example 1:
Input: bits = [1, 0, 0] Output: True Explanation: The only way to decode it is two-bit character and one-bit character. So the last character is one-bit character.
Example 2:
Input: bits = [1, 1, 1, 0] Output: False Explanation: The only way to decode it is two-bit character and two-bit character. So the last character is NOT one-bit character.
Note:
1 <= len(bits) <= 1000
.bits[i]
is always0
or1
.
class Solution:
def isOneBitCharacter(self, bits):
"""
:type bits: List[int]
:rtype: bool
"""
if bits[-1] == 1:return False
i = 0
while(i < len(bits)):
if bits[i] == 0:
i += 1
elif bits[i] == 1:
i += 2
if i == len(bits):return False
return True