Medium
Convert to Base -2 — C++
Full explanation · Time O(logn) · Space O(1)
// Time: O(logn)
// Space: O(1)
class Solution {
public:
string baseNeg2(int N) {
string result;
while (N) {
result += to_string(-N & 1); // N % -2
N = -(N >> 1); // N /= -2
}
reverse(result.begin(), result.end());
return result.empty() ? "0" : result;
}
};
// Time: O(logn)
// Space: O(1)
class Solution2 {
public:
string baseNeg2(int N) {
static const int BASE = -2;
string result;
while (N) {
int r = N % BASE;
if (r < 0) {
r -= BASE;
++N;
}
result += to_string(r);
N /= BASE;
}
reverse(result.begin(), result.end());
return result.empty() ? "0" : result;
}
};