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Counting Bits

Easy Day 3 • Striver Blind 75

Given an integer n, return an array ans of length n + 1 such that for each i (0 <= i <= n), ans[i] is the number of 1’s in the binary representation of i.

Example 1:

  • Input: n = 5
  • Output: [0,1,1,2,1,2]

Constraints:

  • 0 <= n <= 10^5

ans[i] = ans[i >> 1] + (i & 1) using dynamic programming.

Bit Manipulation DP


📊 Step-by-Step Execution (Mermaid Diagram)

Section titled “📊 Step-by-Step Execution (Mermaid Diagram)”
graph TD
A["Input Integer / Bits"] --> B["Apply Bitwise Operation (AND / XOR / Shift)"]
B --> C{"Check Bit Condition"}
C -- "Condition Met" --> D["Update Bit Count / Result"]
C -- "Continue" --> E["Shift Bits (>>> 1 or & n-1)"]
E --> B
D --> F["Return Final Result"]

function countBits(n) {
const ans = new Array(n + 1).fill(0);
for (let i = 1; i <= n; i++) {
ans[i] = ans[i >> 1] + (i & 1);
}
return ans;
}
  • Time Complexity: O(n)
  • Space Complexity: O(n)
  • Explanation: O(n) DP bit relation.

function countBits(n) {
const ans = new Array(n + 1).fill(0);
for (let i = 1; i <= n; i++) {
ans[i] = ans[i >> 1] + (i & 1);
}
return ans;
}
  • Time Complexity: O(n)
  • Space Complexity: O(n)
  • Explanation: O(n) DP bit relation.

  1. Initialize State: Setup necessary pointers, dynamic programming arrays, or hash maps.
  2. Iterate & Evaluate: Process the input according to the boundary conditions.
  3. Update & Return: Compute the optimal answer and return early or at termination.

Number of bits for i equals bits for i >> 1 plus i % 2.


  1. Use previous DP values for i >> 1.

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