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762. Prime Number of Set Bits in Binary Representation

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Problem Statement

762. Prime Number of Set Bits in Binary Representation

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Given two integers left and right, return the count of numbers in the inclusive range [left, right] having a prime number of set bits in their binary representation.

Recall that the number of set bits an integer has is the number of 1's present when written in binary.

 

Example 1:

Input: left = 6, right = 10
Output: 4
Explanation:
6  -> 110 (2 set bits, 2 is prime)
7  -> 111 (3 set bits, 3 is prime)
8  -> 1000 (1 set bit, 1 is not prime)
9  -> 1001 (2 set bits, 2 is prime)
10 -> 1010 (2 set bits, 2 is prime)
4 numbers have a prime number of set bits.

Example 2:

Input: left = 10, right = 15
Output: 5
Explanation:
10 -> 1010 (2 set bits, 2 is prime)
11 -> 1011 (3 set bits, 3 is prime)
12 -> 1100 (2 set bits, 2 is prime)
13 -> 1101 (3 set bits, 3 is prime)
14 -> 1110 (3 set bits, 3 is prime)
15 -> 1111 (4 set bits, 4 is not prime)
5 numbers have a prime number of set bits.

 

Constraints:

Java โ€” naive

Source file
class Solution {
    public int countPrimeSetBits(int left, int right) {
        int ans = 0;
        for (int i = left; i <= right; i++) {
            int bits = 0, x = i;
            while (x > 0) {
                bits += x & 1;
                x = x >> 1;
            }
            if (isPrime(bits))
                ans++;
        }
        return ans;
    }

    private boolean isPrime(int x) {
        if (x == 1)
            return false;
        for (int i = 2; i * i <= x; i++)
            if (x % i == 0)
                return false;
        return true;
    }
}