# Triples with Bitwise AND Equal To Zero in C++

C++Server Side ProgrammingProgramming

Suppose we have an array of integers A. We have to find the number of triples of indices (i, j, k) such that −

• 0 <= i < size of A

• 0 <= j < size of A

• 0 <= k < size of A

A[i] AND A[j] AND A[k] is 0, where AND represents the bitwise-AND operator.

So, if the input is like [3,1,2], then the output will be 12

• To solve this, we will follow these steps −

• Define one map m

• ret := 0

• n := size of A

• for initialize i := 0, when i < n, update (increase i by 1), do −

• for initialize j := 0, when j < n, update (increase j by 1), do −

• for initialize j := 0, when j < n, update (increase j by 1), do −

• for initialize i := 0, when i < n, update (increase i by 1), do −

• x := A[i]

• for all key-value pairs a in m

• if (a.key AND x) is same as 0, then −

• ret := ret + a.value

• return ret

Let us see the following implementation to get better understanding −

## Example

Live Demo

#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
class Solution {
public:
int countTriplets(vector<int>& A){
unordered_map<int, int> m;
int ret = 0;
int n = A.size();
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
for (int j = 0; j < n; j++) {
m[A[i] & A[j]]++;
}
}
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
int x = A[i];
for (auto& a : m) {
if ((a.first & x) == 0) {
ret += a.second;
}
}
}
return ret;
}
};
main(){
Solution ob;
vector<int> v = {3,1,2};
cout << (ob.countTriplets(v));
}

## Input

{3,1,2}

## Output

12
Published on 04-Jun-2020 09:42:01