191. Number of 1 Bits

Write a function that takes 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.
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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

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public class Solution {
    // 00000000000000000000000000001011
    // 00000000000000000000000000000001
    // 11 & 1 != 0
    
    // 00000000000000000000000000001011
    // 00000000000000000000000000000010  
    // 11 & 2 != 0
    
    // 00000000000000000000000000001011
    // 00000000000000000000000000000100  
    // 11 & 4 = 0
    
    // 00000000000000000000000000001011
    // 00000000000000000000000000001000  
    // 11 & 8 != 0
    
    public int hammingWeight(int n) {
       int bits = 0;
        int mask = 1;
        for (int i = 0; i < 32; i++) {
            if ((n & mask) != 0) {
                bits++;
            }
            mask <<= 1;
        }
        return bits;
    }
    
    public int hammingWeight2(int n) {
        int count = 0;
        for (int i = 0; i < 32; i++) {
            if ( (n & (1 << i) ) != 0) {
                count++;
            }
        }
        return count;
    }
}