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191. Number of 1 Bits

Difficulty:
Easy
Related Topics:
  • Divide and Conquer
  • Bit Manipulation

Problem

Write a function that takes the binary representation of an unsigned integer and returns the number of '1' bits it has (also known as the Hamming weight).

Note:

  • Note that in some languages, such as Java, there is no unsigned integer type. In this case, the input will be given as a signed integer type. It should not affect your implementation, as the integer's internal binary representation is the same, whether it is signed or unsigned.

  • In Java, the compiler represents the signed integers using 2's complement notation. Therefore, in Example 3, the input represents the signed integer. -3.

  Example 1:

Input: n = 00000000000000000000000000001011
Output: 3
Explanation: The input binary string 00000000000000000000000000001011 has a total of three '1' bits.

Example 2:

Input: n = 00000000000000000000000010000000
Output: 1
Explanation: The input binary string 00000000000000000000000010000000 has a total of one '1' bit.

Example 3:

Input: n = 11111111111111111111111111111101
Output: 31
Explanation: The input binary string 11111111111111111111111111111101 has a total of thirty one '1' bits.

  Constraints:

  • The input must be a binary string of length 32.

  Follow up: If this function is called many times, how would you optimize it?

Solution

/**
 * @param {number} n - a positive integer
 * @return {number}
 */
var hammingWeight = function(n) {
    var count = 0;
    while (n) {
        if (n & 1) count++;
        n >>>= 1;
    }
    return count;
};

Explain:

use >>> instead of >>.

Complexity:

  • Time complexity : O(1).
  • Space complexity : O(1).