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Find smallest number n such that n XOR n+1 equals to given k in C++
Suppose we have a positive number k. We have to find the positive number n, such that XOR of n and n+1 is same as k. So if k = 7 (111), output will be 3. As 3 (011), and 3 + 1 = 4 (100), so 011 XOR 100 = 111 (7)
There are two possible cases. Consider n is even. The last bit of n = 0. Then the last bit of n + 1 = 1. Rest of the bits are same. So XOR will be 1, when n is odd, last bit 1, and last bit of n + 1 bit is 0. But in this case, more bits which differ due to carry. The carry continues to propagate to left till we get first 0 bit. So n XOR n + 1, will be 2^i -1, where i is the position of first 0 bit in n from left. So we can say that if k is of the form 2^i – 1, the answer will be k/2.
Example
#include<iostream> using namespace std; int findNValue(int k) { if (k == 1) return 2; if (((k + 1) & k) == 0) return k / 2; return -1; } int main() { int k = 15; cout << "The value of n is: " << findNValue(k); }
Output
The value of n is: 7
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