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Given an integer n > 0, the task is to find whether this integer has an alternate pattern in its bits representation. For example- 5 has an alternate pattern i.e. 101.
Print "Yes" if it has an alternate pattern otherwise "No". Here alternate patterns can be like 0101 or 1010.
Examples:
Input : 15
Output : No
Explanation: Binary representation of 15 is 1111.
Input : 10
Output : Yes
Explanation: Binary representation of 10 is 1010.
A simple approach is to find its binary equivalent and then check its bits.
Yes
Time Complexity: O(log2n)
Auxiliary Space: O(1)
1) Right shift the number by 1 (x = n >> 1) so that all 1s become aligned with all 0s for an alternate bit pattern number.
2) Now do an XOR of x with n (y = x ^ n). This will have a number with all 1s. Note that XOR of two bits is 0 when they are same, otherwise 1.
3) Now we mainly need to check if all bits are set or not. To check this, we simply check if y & (y+1) is 0 or not.
Yes
Time Complexity: O(1)
Auxiliary Space: O(1)