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Problem: Minimum One Bit Operations to Make Integers Zero

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30 min
Understand the method to reduce any given integer to zero by performing minimal bitwise flip operations. This lesson guides you through analyzing bit positions, applying conditional flips, and implementing an efficient strategy to solve this problem using bit manipulation in Python.

Statement

You are given an integer n. Your goal is to reduce it to 00 by repeatedly performing either of the following bit operations:

  • Flip the rightmost bit (bit at position 00) of n.

  • Flip the bit at position ii (for i>0i > 0) only if the bit at position i1i - 1 is 11 and all bits from position i2i - 2 down to 00 are set to 00.

Determine and return the minimum number of these operations required to reduce n to 00.

Constraints:

  • 00 \leq n 109\leq 10^9

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Problem: Minimum One Bit Operations to Make Integers Zero

Medium
30 min
Understand the method to reduce any given integer to zero by performing minimal bitwise flip operations. This lesson guides you through analyzing bit positions, applying conditional flips, and implementing an efficient strategy to solve this problem using bit manipulation in Python.

Statement

You are given an integer n. Your goal is to reduce it to 00 by repeatedly performing either of the following bit operations:

  • Flip the rightmost bit (bit at position 00) of n.

  • Flip the bit at position ii (for i>0i > 0) only if the bit at position i1i - 1 is 11 and all bits from position i2i - 2 down to 00 are set to 00.

Determine and return the minimum number of these operations required to reduce n to 00.

Constraints:

  • 00 \leq n 109\leq 10^9