Given a positive integer n and you can do operations as follow:
- If n is even, replace n with
n/2
. - If n is odd, you can replace n with either
n + 1
orn - 1
.
What is the minimum number of replacements needed for n to become 1?
Example 1:
Input: 8 Output: 3 Explanation: 8 -> 4 -> 2 -> 1
Example 2:
Input: 7 Output: 4 Explanation: 7 -> 8 -> 4 -> 2 -> 1 or 7 -> 6 -> 3 -> 2 -> 1
如果低位是11就加1,如果低位是01就减1
3和0x7fff是特殊情况(0x7fff按策略会变成0x8000,然而0x8000右移位的时候是以符号位1填补左侧的,于是循环永远不会结束)
class Solution {
public:
int integerReplacement(int n) {
if (n == INT_MAX) { //special case
return 32; //因为0x8000右移位的时候是以符号位1填补左侧的,于是循环永远不会结束
}
int cnt = 0;
while (n != 1) {
if (n & 1) {
if (n == 3) { //special case
cnt += 2;
return cnt;
}
if (n & 0x02) {
++n;
}
else {
--n;
}
}
else {
n >>= 1;
}
++cnt;
}
return cnt;
}
};