Easy
Number of Steps to Reduce a Number to Zero — C++
Full explanation · Time O(logn) · Space O(1)
// Time: O(logn)
// Space: O(1)
class Solution {
public:
int numberOfSteps (int num) {
int result = 0;
while (num) {
result += (num & 1) ? 2 : 1;
num >>= 1;
}
return max(result - 1, 0);
}
};