191. Number of 1 Bits

Description

Write a function that takes an unsigned integer and return 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 signed integer type and should not affect your implementation, as the internal binary representation of the integer 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 above the input represents the signed integer -3.

Follow up:

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

Constraints

Approach

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Examples

Example 1

Input: 00000000000000000000000000001011

Output: 3

Explanation: The input binary string 00000000000000000000000000001011 has a total of three '1' bits.

Example 2

Example 3

Solutions

Solution 1

/**
 * Time complexity : The run time depends on the number of bits in n. 
 *    Because n in this piece of code is a 32-bit integer, 
 *    the time complexity is O(1).
 * Space complexity : O(1), since no additional space is allocated.
 */

public class Solution {
    // you need to treat n as an unsigned value
    public int hammingWeight(int n) {
        if(n == 0) return 0;
        
        int bits = 0;
        int mask = 1;
        for(int i = 0; i < 32; i++) {
            if((n&mask) != 0) {
                bits++;
            }
            mask <<= 1;
        }
        return bits;
    }
}

Solution 2

Follow up