Min Unique Characters - c++

REF: Ques 5 on this link: http://www.geeksforgeeks.org/directi-programming-questions
Given: two strings X and Y , with only one operation possible i.e swap the corresponding letters of X and Y ( i.e. X[i] and Y[i] ) which can be performed any number of times.
n(X) : number of unique characters in X
n(Y) : number of unique characters in Y
Problem : By Using the swap operations , Find the minimum possible values of max(n(X),n(Y))
INPUT:
ababa
babab
OUTPUT:
1
--------------------
INPUT:
abaaa
baaac
OUTPUT:
2
Please help me correct my solution or solve this problem with a better approach.
My Approach (Works For first and many other testcases but not the second one ) :
for(int i=0; i<x;i++)
{
if((count1[st1[i]]!=-1)||(count2[st2[i]]!=-1))
{
if(st1[i]!=st2[i])
{
if(count1[st1[i]]!=-1)
count1[st1[i]]++;
if(count2[st2[i]]!=-1)
count2[st2[i]]++;
}
else
{
ans++;
count1[st1[i]]=-1;
count2[st1[i]]=-1;
}
}
}
for(int i=97;i<123;i++)
{
if(count1[i]>0)
c1++;
if(count2[i]>0)
c2++;
if((count1[i]>0)&&(count2[i]>0))
com++;
}
un = max(c1,c2);
ans+= un-com/2;
printf("%lld\n",ans);

I'm not sure that I understood your algorithm, but here is brute-force version, which works for strings up-to 64 symbols length:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <malloc.h>
#include <string.h>
#define max(a,b) (a >= b ? a : b)
#define min(a, b) (a <= b ? a : b)
#define swap(a, b, idx) (a[idx] = a[idx] ^ b[idx] ^ (b[idx] = a[idx]))
int unique(char*a) {
char c[256] = { 0 };
int u = 0;
while (*a) {
u += (c[*a] == 0);
c[*a++] = 1;
}
return u;
}
void swapWithMask(char* a, char* b, unsigned long int mask, int l) {
for (int j = 0; j < l; j++)
if ((mask & (1 << j)) != 0)
swap(a, b, j);
}
int minUnique(char*oa, char*ob) {
int l = strlen(oa);
int minu = l;
char *a = malloc(l + 1);
strcpy(a, oa);
char *b = malloc(l + 1);
strcpy(b, ob);
unsigned long int m = (1 << l);
for (unsigned long int i = 0; i < m; i++) {
swapWithMask(a, b, i, l);
minu = min(max(unique(a), unique(b)), minu);
swapWithMask(a, b, i, l);
}
free(b);
free(a);
return minu;
}
int main(void) {
puts((minUnique("directi", "itcerid") == 4) ? "ok" : "fail");
puts((minUnique("ababa", "babab") == 1) ? "ok" : "fail");
puts((minUnique("abaaa", "baabb") == 2) ? "ok" : "fail");
return 0;
}

Related

The next prime number

Among the given input of two numbers, check if the second number is exactly the next prime number of the first number. If so return "YES" else "NO".
#include <iostream>
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
int nextPrime(int x){
int y =x;
for(int i=2; i <=sqrt(y); i++){
if(y%i == 0){
y = y+2;
nextPrime(y);
return (y);
}
}
return y;
}
int main()
{
int n,m, x(0);
cin >> n >> m;
x = n+2;
if(n = 2 && m == 3){
cout << "YES\n";
exit(0);
}
nextPrime(x) == m ? cout << "YES\n" : cout << "NO\n";
return 0;
}
Where is my code running wrong? It only returns true if next number is either +2 or +4.
Maybe it has something to do with return statement.
I can tell you two things you are doing wrong:
Enter 2 4 and you will check 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, ... for primality forever.
The other thing is
y = y+2;
nextPrime(y);
return (y);
should just be
return nextPrime(y + 2);
Beyond that your loop is highly inefficient:
for(int i=2; i <=sqrt(y); i++){
Handle even numbers as special case and then use
for(int i=3; i * i <= y; i += 2){
Using a different primality test would also be faster. For example Miller-Rabin primality test:
#include <iostream>
#include <cstdint>
#include <array>
#include <ranges>
#include <cassert>
#include <bitset>
#include <bit>
// square and multiply algorithm for a^d mod n
uint32_t pow_n(uint32_t a, uint32_t d, uint32_t n) {
if (d == 0) __builtin_unreachable();
unsigned shift = std::countl_zero(d) + 1;
uint32_t t = a;
int32_t m = d << shift;
for (unsigned i = 32 - shift; i > 0; --i) {
t = ((uint64_t)t * t) % n;
if (m < 0) t = ((uint64_t)t * a) % n;
m <<= 1;
}
return t;
}
bool test(uint32_t n, unsigned s, uint32_t d, uint32_t a) {
uint32_t x = pow_n(a, d, n);
//std::cout << " x = " << x << std::endl;
if (x == 1 || x == n - 1) return true;
for (unsigned i = 1; i < s; ++i) {
x = ((uint64_t)x * x) % n;
if (x == n - 1) return true;
}
return false;
}
bool is_prime(uint32_t n) {
static const std::array witnesses{2u, 3u, 5u, 7u, 11u};
static const std::array bounds{
2'047u, 1'373'653u, 25'326'001u, 3'215'031'751u, UINT_MAX
};
static_assert(witnesses.size() == bounds.size());
if (n == 2) return true; // 2 is prime
if (n % 2 == 0) return false; // other even numbers are not
if (n <= witnesses.back()) { // I know the first few primes
return (std::ranges::find(witnesses, n) != std::end(witnesses));
}
// write n = 2^s * d + 1 with d odd
unsigned s = 0;
uint32_t d = n - 1;
while (d % 2 == 0) {
++s;
d /= 2;
}
// test widtnesses until the bounds say it's a sure thing
auto it = bounds.cbegin();
for (auto a : witnesses) {
//std::cout << a << " ";
if (!test(n, s, d, a)) return false;
if (n < *it++) return true;
}
return true;
}
And yes, that is an awful lot of code but it runs very few times.
Something to do with the return statement
I would say so
y = y+2;
nextPrime(y);
return (y);
can be replaced with
return nextPrime(y + 2);
Your version calls nextPrime but fails to do anything with the return value, instead it just returns y.
It would be more usual to code the nextPrime function with another loop, instead of writing a recursive function.

How to multiply a number with 3.5 without using any standard operator like *,-,/,% etc?

The Question is pretty straight forward.I am given a number and I want to multiply it with 3.5 i.e to make number n=3.5n .I am not allowed to use any operator like
+,-,*,/,% etc.But I can use Bitwise operators.
I have tried by myself but It is not giving precise result like my program gives output 17 for 5* 3.5 which is clearly wrong.How can I modify my program to show correct result.
#include<bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
double Multiply(int n)
{
double ans=((n>>1)+ n + (n<<1));
return ans;
}
int main()
{
int n; // Enter the number you want to multiply with 3.5
cin>>n;
double ans=Multiply(n);
cout<<ans<<"\n";
return 0;
}
Sorry I cannot comment yet. The problem with your question is that bitwise operations are usually only done on ints. This is mainly because of the way that numbers are stored.
When you have a normal int, you have a sign bit followed by data bits, pretty simple and straight forward but once you get to floating point numbers that simple patern is different. Here is a good explanation stackoverflow.
Also, the way I would solve your problem without using +/-/*// and so on would be
#include <stdlib.h> /* atoi() */
#include <stdio.h> /* (f)printf */
#include <assert.h> /* assert() */
int add(int x, int y) {
int carry = 0;
int result = 0;
int i;
for(i = 0; i < 32; ++i) {
int a = (x >> i) & 1;
int b = (y >> i) & 1;
result |= ((a ^ b) ^ carry) << i;
carry = (a & b) | (b & carry) | (carry & a);
}
return result;
}
int negate(int x) {
return add(~x, 1);
}
int subtract(int x, int y) {
return add(x, negate(y));
}
int is_even(int n) {
return !(n & 1);
}
int divide_by_two(int n) {
return n >> 1;
}
int multiply_by_two(int n) {
return n << 1;
}
Source
From your solution, you may handle odd numbers manually:
double Multiply(unsigned int n)
{
double = n + (n << 1) + (n >> 1) + ((n & 1) ? 0.5 : 0.);
return ans;
}
but it still use +
One solution would be to use fma() from <cmath>:
#include <cmath>
double Multiply(int n)
{
return fma(x, 3.5, 0.0);
}
LIVE DEMO
Simply.
First realize that 3.5 = 112 / 32 = (128 - 16) / 32.
Than you do:
int x128 = ur_num << 7;
int x16 = ur_num << 4;
to subtract them use:
int add(int x, int y) {
int carry = 0;
int result = 0;
int i;
for(i = 0; i < 32; ++i) {
int a = (x >> i) & 1;
int b = (y >> i) & 1;
result |= ((a ^ b) ^ carry) << i;
carry = (a & b) | (b & carry) | (carry & a);
}
return result;
}
int negate(int x) {
return add(~x, 1);
}
int subtract(int x, int y) {
return add(x, negate(y));
}
and than just simply do:
int your_res = subtract(x128, x16) >> 5;

How to convert a decimal string to binary string?

I have a decimal string like this (length < 5000):
std::string decimalString = "555";
Is there a standard way to convert this string to binary representation? Like this:
std::string binaryString = "1000101011";
Update.
This post helps me.
As the number is very large, you can use a big integer library (boost, maybe?), or write the necessary functions yourself.
If you decide to implement the functions yourself, one way is to implement the old pencil-and-paper long division method in your code, where you'll need to divide the decimal number repeatedly by 2 and accumulate the remainders in another string. May be a little cumbersome, but division by 2 should not be so hard.
Since 10 is not a power of two (or the other way round), you're out of luck. You will have to implement arithmetics in base-10. You need the following two operations:
Integer division by 2
Checking the remainder after division by 2
Both can be computed by the same algorithm.
Alternatively, you can use one of the various big integer libraries for C++, such as GNU MP or Boost.Multiprecision.
I tried to do it.. I don't think my answer is right but here is the IDEA behind what I was trying to do..
Lets say we have 2 decimals:
100 and 200..
To concatenate these, we can use the formula:
a * CalcPower(b) + b where CalcPower is defined below..
Knowing this, I tried to split the very long decimal string into chunks of 4. I convert each string to binary and store them in a vector..
Finally, I go through each string and apply the formula above to concatenate each binary string into one massive one..
I didn't get it working but here is the code.. maybe someone else see where I went wrong.. BinaryAdd, BinaryMulDec, CalcPower works perfectly fine.. the problem is actually in ToBinary
#include <iostream>
#include <bitset>
#include <limits>
#include <algorithm>
std::string BinaryAdd(std::string First, std::string Second)
{
int Carry = 0;
std::string Result;
while(Second.size() > First.size())
First.insert(0, "0");
while(First.size() > Second.size())
Second.insert(0, "0");
for (int I = First.size() - 1; I >= 0; --I)
{
int FirstBit = First[I] - 0x30;
int SecondBit = Second[I] - 0x30;
Result += static_cast<char>((FirstBit ^ SecondBit ^ Carry) + 0x30);
Carry = (FirstBit & SecondBit) | (SecondBit & Carry) | (FirstBit & Carry);
}
if (Carry)
Result += 0x31;
std::reverse(Result.begin(), Result.end());
return Result;
}
std::string BinaryMulDec(std::string value, int amount)
{
if (amount == 0)
{
for (auto &s : value)
{
s = 0x30;
}
return value;
}
std::string result = value;
for (int I = 0; I < amount - 1; ++I)
result = BinaryAdd(result, value);
return result;
}
std::int64_t CalcPowers(std::int64_t value)
{
std::int64_t t = 1;
while(t < value)
t *= 10;
return t;
}
std::string ToBinary(const std::string &value)
{
std::vector<std::string> sets;
std::vector<int> multipliers;
int Len = 0;
int Rem = value.size() % 4;
for (auto it = value.end(), jt = value.end(); it != value.begin() - 1; --it)
{
if (Len++ == 4)
{
std::string t = std::string(it, jt);
sets.push_back(std::bitset<16>(std::stoull(t)).to_string());
multipliers.push_back(CalcPowers(std::stoull(t)));
jt = it;
Len = 1;
}
}
if (Rem != 0 && Rem != value.size())
{
sets.push_back(std::bitset<16>(std::stoull(std::string(value.begin(), value.begin() + Rem))).to_string());
}
auto formula = [](std::string a, std::string b, int mul) -> std::string
{
return BinaryAdd(BinaryMulDec(a, mul), b);
};
std::reverse(sets.begin(), sets.end());
std::reverse(multipliers.begin(), multipliers.end());
std::string result = sets[0];
for (std::size_t i = 1; i < sets.size(); ++i)
{
result = formula(result, sets[i], multipliers[i]);
}
return result;
}
void ConcatenateDecimals(std::int64_t* arr, int size)
{
auto formula = [](std::int64_t a, std::int64_t b) -> std::int64_t
{
return (a * CalcPowers(b)) + b;
};
std::int64_t val = arr[0];
for (int i = 1; i < size; ++i)
{
val = formula(val, arr[i]);
}
std::cout<<val;
}
int main()
{
std::string decimal = "64497387062899840145";
//6449738706289984014 = 0101100110000010000100110010111001100010100000001000001000001110
/*
std::int64_t arr[] = {644, 9738, 7062, 8998, 4014};
ConcatenateDecimals(arr, 5);*/
std::cout<<ToBinary(decimal);
return 0;
}
I found my old code that solve sport programming task:
ai -> aj
2 <= i,j <= 36; 0 <= a <= 10^1000
time limit: 1sec
Execution time was ~0,039 in worst case. Multiplication, addition and division algorithms is very fast because of using 10^9 as numeration system, but implementation can be optimized very well I think.
source link
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <vector>
using namespace std;
#define sz(x) (int((x).size()))
typedef vector<int> vi;
typedef long long llong;
int DigToNumber(char c) {
if( c <= '9' && c >= '0' )
return c-'0';
return c-'A'+10;
}
char NumberToDig(int n) {
if( n < 10 )
return '0'+n;
return n-10+'A';
}
const int base = 1000*1000*1000;
void mulint(vi& a, int b) { //a*= b
for(int i = 0, carry = 0; i < sz(a) || carry; i++) {
if( i == sz(a) )
a.push_back(0);
llong cur = carry + a[i] * 1LL * b;
a[i] = int(cur%base);
carry = int(cur/base);
}
while( sz(a) > 1 && a.back() == 0 )
a.pop_back();
}
int divint(vi& a, int d) { // carry = a%d; a /= d; return carry;
int carry = 0;
for(int i = sz(a)-1; i >= 0; i--) {
llong cur = a[i] + carry * 1LL * base;
a[i] = int(cur/d);
carry = int(cur%d);
}
while( sz(a) > 1 && a.back() == 0 )
a.pop_back();
return carry;
}
void add(vi& a, vi& b) { // a += b
for(int i = 0, c = 0, l = max(sz(a),sz(b)); i < l || c; i++) {
if( i == sz(a) )
a.push_back(0);
a[i] += ((i<sz(b))?b[i]:0) + c;
c = a[i] >= base;
if( c ) a[i] -= base;
}
}
int main() {
ios_base::sync_with_stdio(0);
cin.tie(0);
int from, to; cin >> from >> to;
string s; cin >> s;
vi res(1,0); vi m(1,1); vi tmp;
for(int i = sz(s)-1; i >= 0; i--) {
tmp.assign(m.begin(), m.end());
mulint(tmp,DigToNumber(s[i]));
add(res,tmp); mulint(m,from);
}
vi ans;
while( sz(res) > 1 || res.back() != 0 )
ans.push_back(divint(res,to));
if( sz(ans) == 0 )
ans.push_back(0);
for(int i = sz(ans)-1; i >= 0; i--)
cout << NumberToDig(ans[i]);
cout << "\n";
return 0;
}
How "from -> to" works for string "s":
accumulate Big Number (vector< int >) "res" with s[i]*from^(|s|-i-1), i = |s|-1..0
compute digits by dividing "res" by "to" until res > 0 and save them to another vector
send it to output digit-by-digit (you can use ostringstream instead)
PS I've noted that nickname of thread starter is Denis. And I think this link may be useful too.

Compute Absolute values of N integer combinations Combinations

For a N number (a..N) I am finding set of all combinations in the following way:
void create_print_combinations(int *t, int x, int n) {
if(x == 0) {
char p [2 * r + 2];
memset (p, 0, 2 * r +2);
for (int j=c;j>0;j--)
if(j == c)
sprintf(p, "%d", t[j]);
else
sprintf(p, "%s,%d", p,t[j]);
print_combi(p);
} else {
for (int i= n; i < r; i++) {
t[x] = a[i];
create_print_combinations(t, x-1, i+1);
}
}
}
So a call to function like:
int main() {
unsigned long int start=0, end=0;
printf ("\nEnter the a positive integer N:");
scanf("%d", &r);
start=time(NULL);
a = new int[r];
for (int i = 0;i<r;i++)
a[i]=i+1;
for(int j=1;j<=r;j++) {
a1 = new int[j];
c=j;
create_print_combinations(a1, c, 0);
delete[] a1;
}
end=time(NULL);
printf("Total time taken = %llu\n" , end - start);
return 0;
}
Gives me combinations like for N=4:
Enter the a positive integer N:4
Combo : [1]
Combo : [2]
Combo : [3]
Combo : [4]
Combo : [1,2]
Combo : [1,3]
Combo : [1,4]
Combo : [2,3]
Combo : [2,4]
Combo : [3,4]
Combo : [1,2,3]
Combo : [1,2,4]
Combo : [1,3,4]
Combo : [2,3,4]
Combo : [1,2,3,4]
Now my tasks is to fond the absolute values of all combinations like:
For Combo [1,2,3,4] it should be:
1+2+3+4 = abs(1+2+3+4)
1+2+3-4 = abs(1+2+3-4)
1+2-3-4 = ..
1-2-3+4 = ...
Ans so on
I am trying the below logic:
while(pos > 0)
{
for(int a=0; a < i; a++)
{
if(a==0)
sprintf(p,"%d", t[a]);
else if(a == pos)
sprintf(p,"%s%c%d",p, minus, t[a]);
else
sprintf(p,"%s%c%d",p, plus, t[a]);
}
print(p);
memset (p , 0, 2 * r +2);
pos --;
}
But I beleiev I am doing something wrong as all sets are not getting printed. I am unable to frame the logic though I feel I am near to completion. Below is my whole program:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <ctype.h>
#include <time.h>
int *a;
int *a1;
int r;
int c;
unsigned long int no =1;
int stoi(char *var)
{
int n1 = 0;
int n2 = 0;
int n3 = 0;
char sign=0;
while(*var)
{
if(isspace(*var))
{
var++;
continue;
}
while(*var >= '0' && *var <= '9')
{
n1=(n1*10) + (*var - '0');
var++;
continue;
}
if(sign == '+')
{
n2=n2+n1;
n1=0;
}
else if(sign == '-')
{
n2=n2 - n1;
n1=0;
}
if(*var == '+' || *var == '-')
{
if(sign == 0)
{
n2=n1;
n1=0;
}
sign = *var;
}
var++;
}
if(sign == 0)
return abs(n1);
return abs(n2);
}
void print(char* var)
{
printf("[Combo %llu.] %s = %d\n" , no++, var, stoi(var));
}
void print_combi(char * a)
{
int t[c];
char *x = NULL;
char *y = a;
int i=0;
while((x=strchr(y, ',')) != NULL)
{
*x = '\0';
t[i++]=atoi(y);
y=x+1;
}
t[i++]=atoi(y);
int count =0;
int loop = 0;
char p [2 * r + 2];
memset (p , 0, 2 * r +2);
char plus = '+';
char minus = '-';
for(int k=0;k<2;k++)
{
if(k==1)
{
plus = '-';
minus = '+';
}
if(i>1)
{
for(int a=0; a < i; a++)
{
if(a==0)
sprintf(p,"%d", t[a]);
else
sprintf(p,"%s%c%d",p, plus, t[a]);
}
}
else if(i==1)
{
sprintf(p,"%d", t[i-1]);
print(p);
break;
}
print(p);
memset (p , 0, 2 * r +2);
if(i==2)
continue;
if(i==3 && k ==1)
break;
int pos = i-1;
while(pos > 0)
{
for(int a=0; a < i; a++)
{
if(a==0)
sprintf(p,"%d", t[a]);
else if(a == pos)
sprintf(p,"%s%c%d",p, minus, t[a]);
else
sprintf(p,"%s%c%d",p, plus, t[a]);
}
print(p);
memset (p , 0, 2 * r +2);
pos --;
}
}
}
void create_print_combinations(int *t, int x, int n)
{
if(x == 0)
{
char p [2 * r + 2];
memset (p, 0, 2 * r +2);
for (int j=c;j>0;j--)
if(j == c)
sprintf(p, "%d", t[j]);
else
sprintf(p, "%s,%d", p,t[j]);
print_combi(p);
}
else
for (int i= n; i < r; i++)
{
t[x] = a[i];
create_print_combinations(t, x-1, i+1);
}
}
int main()
{
unsigned long int start=0, end=0;
printf ("\nEnter the a positive integer N:");
scanf("%d", &r);
start=time(NULL);
a = new int[r];
for (int i = 0;i<r;i++)
a[i]=i+1;
for(int j=1;j<=r;j++)
{
a1 = new int[j];
c=j;
create_print_combinations(a1, c, 0);
delete[] a1;
}
end=time(NULL);
printf("Total time taken = %llu\n" , end - start);
return 0;
}
As per the program logic I am computing the combinations as strings and the generating the absolute values of the expression.
There is a simpler way to what you are doing. You want to add up a vector of N integers:
[ 1*k1, 2*k2, 3*k3 ... N*kN ]
where kx = -1, 0, +1.
There are 3^N combinations of kx for x=1..N.
Some code for #SteveC's solution:
#include <iostream>
#include <sstream>
using namespace std;
void print_sum(int N, int sum_so_far, string as_a_string) {
if(N) {
ostringstream oss; oss << N;
print_sum(N-1, sum_so_far+N, as_a_string + "+" + oss.str() + " ");
print_sum(N-1, sum_so_far-N, as_a_string + "-" + oss.str() + " ");
print_sum(N-1, sum_so_far, as_a_string);
} else {
if (sum_so_far < 0) sum_so_far *= -1;
cout << as_a_string << "\t= " << sum_so_far << endl; }
}
int main() {
print_sum(4, 0, "");
}
The output begins:
+4 +3 +2 +1 = 10
+4 +3 +2 -1 = 8
+4 +3 +2 = 9
+4 +3 -2 +1 = 6
+4 +3 -2 -1 = 4
+4 +3 -2 = 5
+4 +3 +1 = 8
+4 +3 -1 = 6
# .. and so on
What you are trying to do is very similar to enumerating all combinations from "N choose 1" to "N choose N". I would suggest you search in google under the terms "Enumerate Combinations"
Here is one of the link I have found:
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/recipes/CombC.aspx
Here is a logic on how to do it. Print all the binary digits of size n-1 where n is the size (number of elements) of the respective combo. For example to do what you want to do for the combo [1,2,3,4] create all the binary combinations of 3 (n-1 = 3, here n = 4 elements). i.e.
when n = 3, the possible combinations are:
000
001
010
011
100
101
110
111
Now run your combo in a for loop and inside it whenever you find a 0 do addition and whenever you find 1 do a subtraction. For example 000 would mean 1+2+3+4 and 101 would mean 1-2+3-4.

How to add two numbers without using ++ or + or another arithmetic operator

How do I add two numbers without using ++ or + or any other arithmetic operator?
It was a question asked a long time ago in some campus interview. Anyway, today someone asked a question regarding some bit-manipulations, and in answers a beautiful quide Stanford bit twiddling was referred. I spend some time studying it and thought that there actually might be an answer to the question. I don't know, I could not find one. Does an answer exist?
This is something I have written a while ago for fun. It uses a two's complement representation and implements addition using repeated shifts with a carry bit, implementing other operators mostly in terms of addition.
#include <stdlib.h> /* atoi() */
#include <stdio.h> /* (f)printf */
#include <assert.h> /* assert() */
int add(int x, int y) {
int carry = 0;
int result = 0;
int i;
for(i = 0; i < 32; ++i) {
int a = (x >> i) & 1;
int b = (y >> i) & 1;
result |= ((a ^ b) ^ carry) << i;
carry = (a & b) | (b & carry) | (carry & a);
}
return result;
}
int negate(int x) {
return add(~x, 1);
}
int subtract(int x, int y) {
return add(x, negate(y));
}
int is_even(int n) {
return !(n & 1);
}
int divide_by_two(int n) {
return n >> 1;
}
int multiply_by_two(int n) {
return n << 1;
}
int multiply(int x, int y) {
int result = 0;
if(x < 0 && y < 0) {
return multiply(negate(x), negate(y));
}
if(x >= 0 && y < 0) {
return multiply(y, x);
}
while(y > 0) {
if(is_even(y)) {
x = multiply_by_two(x);
y = divide_by_two(y);
} else {
result = add(result, x);
y = add(y, -1);
}
}
return result;
}
int main(int argc, char **argv) {
int from = -100, to = 100;
int i, j;
for(i = from; i <= to; ++i) {
assert(0 - i == negate(i));
assert(((i % 2) == 0) == is_even(i));
assert(i * 2 == multiply_by_two(i));
if(is_even(i)) {
assert(i / 2 == divide_by_two(i));
}
}
for(i = from; i <= to; ++i) {
for(j = from; j <= to; ++j) {
assert(i + j == add(i, j));
assert(i - j == subtract(i, j));
assert(i * j == multiply(i, j));
}
}
return 0;
}
Or, rather than Jason's bitwise approach, you can calculate many bits in parallel - this should run much faster with large numbers. In each step figure out the carry part and the part that is sum. You attempt to add the carry to the sum, which could cause carry again - hence the loop.
>>> def add(a, b):
while a != 0:
# v carry portion| v sum portion
a, b = ((a & b) << 1), (a ^ b)
print b, a
return b
when you add 1 and 3, both numbers have the 1 bit set, so the sum of that 1+1 carries. The next step you add 2 to 2 and that carries into the correct sum four. That causes an exit
>>> add(1,3)
2 2
4 0
4
Or a more complex example
>>> add(45, 291)
66 270
4 332
8 328
16 320
336
Edit:
For it to work easily on signed numbers you need to introduce an upper limit on a and b
>>> def add(a, b):
while a != 0:
# v carry portion| v sum portion
a, b = ((a & b) << 1), (a ^ b)
a &= 0xFFFFFFFF
b &= 0xFFFFFFFF
print b, a
return b
Try it on
add(-1, 1)
to see a single bit carry up through the entire range and overflow over 32 iterations
4294967294 2
4294967292 4
4294967288 8
...
4294901760 65536
...
2147483648 2147483648
0 0
0L
int Add(int a, int b)
{
while (b)
{
int carry = a & b;
a = a ^ b;
b = carry << 1;
}
return a;
}
You could transform an adder circuit into an algorithm. They only do bitwise operations =)
Well, to implement an equivalent with boolean operators is quite simple: you do a bit-by-bit sum (which is an XOR), with carry (which is an AND). Like this:
int sum(int value1, int value2)
{
int result = 0;
int carry = 0;
for (int mask = 1; mask != 0; mask <<= 1)
{
int bit1 = value1 & mask;
int bit2 = value2 & mask;
result |= mask & (carry ^ bit1 ^ bit2);
carry = ((bit1 & bit2) | (bit1 & carry) | (bit2 & carry)) << 1;
}
return result;
}
You've already gotten a couple bit manipulation answers. Here's something different.
In C, arr[ind] == *(arr + ind). This lets us do slightly confusing (but legal) things like int arr = { 3, 1, 4, 5 }; int val = 0[arr];.
So we can define a custom add function (without explicit use of an arithmetic operator) thusly:
unsigned int add(unsigned int const a, unsigned int const b)
{
/* this works b/c sizeof(char) == 1, by definition */
char * const aPtr = (char *)a;
return (int) &(aPtr[b]);
}
Alternately, if we want to avoid this trick, and if by arithmetic operator they include |, &, and ^ (so direct bit manipulation is not allowed) , we can do it via lookup table:
typedef unsigned char byte;
const byte lut_add_mod_256[256][256] = {
{ 0, 1, 2, /*...*/, 255 },
{ 1, 2, /*...*/, 255, 0 },
{ 2, /*...*/, 255, 0, 1 },
/*...*/
{ 254, 255, 0, 1, /*...*/, 253 },
{ 255, 0, 1, /*...*/, 253, 254 },
};
const byte lut_add_carry_256[256][256] = {
{ 0, 0, 0, /*...*/, 0 },
{ 0, 0, /*...*/, 0, 1 },
{ 0, /*...*/, 0, 1, 1 },
/*...*/
{ 0, 0, 1, /*...*/, 1 },
{ 0, 1, 1, /*...*/, 1 },
};
void add_byte(byte const a, byte const b, byte * const sum, byte * const carry)
{
*sum = lut_add_mod_256[a][b];
*carry = lut_add_carry_256[a][b];
}
unsigned int add(unsigned int a, unsigned int b)
{
unsigned int sum;
unsigned int carry;
byte * const aBytes = (byte *) &a;
byte * const bBytes = (byte *) &b;
byte * const sumBytes = (byte *) ∑
byte * const carryBytes = (byte *) &carry;
byte const test[4] = { 0x12, 0x34, 0x56, 0x78 };
byte BYTE_0, BYTE_1, BYTE_2, BYTE_3;
/* figure out endian-ness */
if (0x12345678 == *(unsigned int *)test)
{
BYTE_0 = 3;
BYTE_1 = 2;
BYTE_2 = 1;
BYTE_3 = 0;
}
else
{
BYTE_0 = 0;
BYTE_1 = 1;
BYTE_2 = 2;
BYTE_3 = 3;
}
/* assume 4 bytes to the unsigned int */
add_byte(aBytes[BYTE_0], bBytes[BYTE_0], &sumBytes[BYTE_0], &carryBytes[BYTE_0]);
add_byte(aBytes[BYTE_1], bBytes[BYTE_1], &sumBytes[BYTE_1], &carryBytes[BYTE_1]);
if (carryBytes[BYTE_0] == 1)
{
if (sumBytes[BYTE_1] == 255)
{
sumBytes[BYTE_1] = 0;
carryBytes[BYTE_1] = 1;
}
else
{
add_byte(sumBytes[BYTE_1], 1, &sumBytes[BYTE_1], &carryBytes[BYTE_0]);
}
}
add_byte(aBytes[BYTE_2], bBytes[BYTE_2], &sumBytes[BYTE_2], &carryBytes[BYTE_2]);
if (carryBytes[BYTE_1] == 1)
{
if (sumBytes[BYTE_2] == 255)
{
sumBytes[BYTE_2] = 0;
carryBytes[BYTE_2] = 1;
}
else
{
add_byte(sumBytes[BYTE_2], 1, &sumBytes[BYTE_2], &carryBytes[BYTE_1]);
}
}
add_byte(aBytes[BYTE_3], bBytes[BYTE_3], &sumBytes[BYTE_3], &carryBytes[BYTE_3]);
if (carryBytes[BYTE_2] == 1)
{
if (sumBytes[BYTE_3] == 255)
{
sumBytes[BYTE_3] = 0;
carryBytes[BYTE_3] = 1;
}
else
{
add_byte(sumBytes[BYTE_3], 1, &sumBytes[BYTE_3], &carryBytes[BYTE_2]);
}
}
return sum;
}
All arithmetic operations decompose to bitwise operations to be implemented in electronics, using NAND, AND, OR, etc. gates.
Adder composition can be seen here.
For unsigned numbers, use the same addition algorithm as you learned in first class, but for base 2 instead of base 10. Example for 3+2 (base 10), i.e 11+10 in base 2:
1 ‹--- carry bit
0 1 1 ‹--- first operand (3)
+ 0 1 0 ‹--- second operand (2)
-------
1 0 1 ‹--- total sum (calculated in three steps)
If you're feeling comedic, there's always this spectacularly awful approach for adding two (relatively small) unsigned integers. No arithmetic operators anywhere in your code.
In C#:
static uint JokeAdder(uint a, uint b)
{
string result = string.Format(string.Format("{{0,{0}}}{{1,{1}}}", a, b), null, null);
return result.Length;
}
In C, using stdio (replace snprintf with _snprintf on Microsoft compilers):
#include <stdio.h>
unsigned int JokeAdder(unsigned int a, unsigned int b)
{
return snprintf(NULL, 0, "%*.*s%*.*s", a, a, "", b, b, "");
}
Here is a compact C solution. Sometimes recursion is more readable than loops.
int add(int a, int b){
if (b == 0) return a;
return add(a ^ b, (a & b) << 1);
}
#include<stdio.h>
int add(int x, int y) {
int a, b;
do {
a = x & y;
b = x ^ y;
x = a << 1;
y = b;
} while (a);
return b;
}
int main( void ){
printf( "2 + 3 = %d", add(2,3));
return 0;
}
short int ripple_adder(short int a, short int b)
{
short int i, c, s, ai, bi;
c = s = 0;
for (i=0; i<16; i++)
{
ai = a & 1;
bi = b & 1;
s |= (((ai ^ bi)^c) << i);
c = (ai & bi) | (c & (ai ^ bi));
a >>= 1;
b >>= 1;
}
s |= (c << i);
return s;
}
## to add or subtract without using '+' and '-' ##
#include<stdio.h>
#include<conio.h>
#include<process.h>
void main()
{
int sub,a,b,carry,temp,c,d;
clrscr();
printf("enter a and b:");
scanf("%d%d",&a,&b);
c=a;
d=b;
while(b)
{
carry=a&b;
a=a^b;
b=carry<<1;
}
printf("add(%d,%d):%d\n",c,d,a);
temp=~d+1; //take 2's complement of b and add it with a
sub=c+temp;
printf("diff(%d,%d):%d\n",c,d,temp);
getch();
}
The following would work.
x - (-y)
This can be done recursively:
int add_without_arithm_recursively(int a, int b)
{
if (b == 0)
return a;
int sum = a ^ b; // add without carrying
int carry = (a & b) << 1; // carry, but don’t add
return add_without_arithm_recursively(sum, carry); // recurse
}
or iteratively:
int add_without_arithm_iteratively(int a, int b)
{
int sum, carry;
do
{
sum = a ^ b; // add without carrying
carry = (a & b) << 1; // carry, but don’t add
a = sum;
b = carry;
} while (b != 0);
return a;
}
Code to implement add,multiplication without using +,* operator;
for subtraction pass 1's complement +1 of number to add function
#include<stdio.h>
unsigned int add(unsigned int x,unsigned int y)
{
int carry=0;
while (y != 0)
{
carry = x & y;
x = x ^ y;
y = carry << 1;
}
return x;
}
int multiply(int a,int b)
{
int res=0;
int i=0;
int large= a>b ? a :b ;
int small= a<b ? a :b ;
for(i=0;i<small;i++)
{
res = add(large,res);
}
return res;
}
int main()
{
printf("Sum :: %u,Multiply is :: %d",add(7,15),multiply(111,111));
return 0;
}
The question asks how to add two numbers so I don't understand why all the solutions offers the addition of two integers? What if the two numbers were floats i.e. 2.3 + 1.8 are they also not considered numbers? Either the question needs to be revised or the answers.
For floats I believe the numbers should be broken into their components i.e. 2.3 = 2 + 0.3 then the 0.3 should be converted to an integer representation by multiplying with its exponent factor i.e 0.3 = 3 * 10^-1 do the same for the other number and then add the integer segment using one of the bit shift methods given as a solution above handling situations for carry over to the unit digits location i.e. 2.7 + 3.3 = 6.0 = 2+3+0.7+0.3 = 2 + 3 + 7x10^-1 + 3x10^-1 = 2 + 3 + 10^10^-1 (this can be handled as two separate additions 2+3=5 and then 5+1=6)
With given answers above, it can be done in single line code:
int add(int a, int b) {
return (b == 0) ? a : add(a ^ b, (a & b) << 1);
}
You can use double negetive to add two integers for example:
int sum2(int a, int b){
return -(-a-b);
}
Without using any operators adding two integers can be done in different ways as follows:
int sum_of_2 (int a, int b){
int sum=0, carry=sum;
sum =a^b;
carry = (a&b)<<1;
return (b==0)? a: sum_of_2(sum, carry);
}
// Or you can just do it in one line as follows:
int sum_of_2 (int a, int b){
return (b==0)? a: sum_of_2(a^b, (a&b)<<1);
}
// OR you can use the while loop instead of recursion function as follows
int sum_of_2 (int a, int b){
if(b==0){
return a;
}
while(b!=0){
int sum = a^b;
int carry = (a&b)<<1;
a= sum;
b=carry;
}
return a;
}
int add_without_arithmatic(int a, int b)
{
int sum;
char *p;
p = (char *)a;
sum = (int)&p[b];
printf("\nSum : %d",sum);
}