Check if a number has bits in alternate pattern | Set-2 O(1) Approach

Given a positive integer n. The problem is to check whether this integer has an alternate pattern in its binary representation or not. Here alternate pattern means that the set and unset bits in n occur in alternate order. For example- 5 has an alternate pattern i.e. 101.
Print “Yes” if it has an alternate pattern otherwise “No”.

Note: 0 < n.

Examples :

Input : 10
Output : Yes
(10)₁₀ = (1010)₂, has an alternate pattern.

Input : 12
Output : No
(12)₁₀ = (1100)₂, does not have an alternate pattern.

Recommended: Please try your approach on {IDE} first, before moving on to the solution.

Simple Approach: It has been discussed in this post having a time complexity of O(n).

Efficient Approach: Following are the steps:

Calculate num = n ^ (n >> 1). If n has an alternate pattern, then n ^ (n >> 1) operation will produce a number having set bits only. ‘^’ is a bitwise XOR operation.
Check whether all the bits in num are set or not. Refer this post.

C++

// C++ implementation to check if a number  
// has bits in alternate pattern 
#include <bits/stdc++.h> 
  
using namespace std; 
  
// function to check if all the bits are set or not 
// in the binary representation of 'n' 
bool allBitsAreSet(unsigned int n) 
{ 
    // if true, then all bits are set 
    if (((n + 1) & n) == 0) 
        return true; 
      
    // else all bits are not set 
    return false; 
} 
  
// function to check if a number  
// has bits in alternate pattern 
bool bitsAreInAltOrder(unsigned int n) 
{ 
    unsigned int num = n ^ (n >> 1); 
      
    // to check if all bits are set  
    // in 'num' 
    return allBitsAreSet(num);         
} 
  
// Driver program to test above 
int main() 
{ 
    unsigned int n = 10; 
      
    if (bitsAreInAltOrder(n)) 
        cout << "Yes"; 
    else
        cout << "No"; 
          
    return 0;         
}  

Java

// Java implementation to check if a  
// number has bits in alternate pattern 
class AlternateSetBits 
{ 
    // function to check if all the bits  
    // are set or not in the binary  
    // representation of 'n' 
    static boolean allBitsAreSet(int n) 
    { 
        // if true, then all bits are set 
        if (((n + 1) & n) == 0) 
            return true; 
            
        // else all bits are not set 
        return false; 
    } 
        
    // function to check if a number  
    // has bits in alternate pattern 
    static boolean bitsAreInAltOrder(int n) 
    { 
        int num = n ^ (n >>> 1); 
            
        // to check if all bits are set  
        // in 'num' 
        return allBitsAreSet(num);         
    } 
      
    // Driver Code 
    public static void main(String args[]) 
    { 
        int n = 10; 
          
        if (bitsAreInAltOrder(n)) 
            System.out.println("Yes"); 
        else
            System.out.println("No"); 
    } 
} 
/* This code is contributed by Danish Kaleem */

Python3

# Python implementation to check if a number  
# has bits in alternate pattern 
  
# function to check if all the bits are set or not 
# in the binary representation of 'n' 
def allBitsAreSet(n): 
      
    # if true, then all bits are set 
    if (((n + 1) & n) == 0): 
        return True; 
      
    # else all bits are not set 
    return False; 
  
  
# function to check if a number  
# has bits in alternate pattern 
def bitsAreInAltOrder(n): 
    num = n ^ (n >> 1); 
      
    # to check if all bits are set  
    # in 'num' 
    return allBitsAreSet(num);      
  
  
# Driver code 
n = 10; 
  
if (bitsAreInAltOrder(n)): 
    print("Yes"); 
else: 
    print("No"); 
  
# This code is contributed by PrinciRaj1992  

C#

// C# implementation to check if a 
// number has bits in alternate pattern 
using System; 
  
class GFG { 
  
    // function to check if all the bits 
    // are set or not in the binary 
    // representation of 'n' 
    static bool allBitsAreSet(int n) 
    { 
        // if true, then all bits are set 
        if (((n + 1) & n) == 0) 
            return true; 
  
        // else all bits are not set 
        return false; 
    } 
  
    // function to check if a number 
    // has bits in alternate pattern 
    static bool bitsAreInAltOrder(int n) 
    { 
        int num = n ^ (n >> 1); 
  
        // to check if all bits are set 
        // in 'num' 
        return allBitsAreSet(num); 
    } 
  
    // Driver Code 
    public static void Main() 
    { 
        int n = 10; 
  
        if (bitsAreInAltOrder(n)) 
            Console.WriteLine("Yes"); 
        else
            Console.WriteLine("No"); 
    } 
  
} 
  
// This code is contributed by Sam007 

PHP

<?php 
// PHP implementation to check  
// if a number has bits in  
// alternate pattern 
  
// function to check if all the  
// bits are set or not in the  
// binary representation of 'n' 
function allBitsAreSet($n) 
{ 
    // if true, then all 
    // bits are set 
    if ((($n + 1) & $n) == 0) 
        return true; 
      
    // else all bits are not set 
    return false; 
} 
  
// function to check if a number  
// has bits in alternate pattern 
function bitsAreInAltOrder($n) 
{ 
        $num = $n ^ ($n >> 1); 
      
    // to check if all bits  
    // are set in 'num' 
    return allBitsAreSet($num);  
} 
  
// Driver Code 
$n = 10; 
  
if (bitsAreInAltOrder($n)) 
    echo "Yes"; 
else
    echo "No"; 
      
// This code is contributed by aj_36 
?> 

Output :

Yes

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My Personal Notes

Recommended: Please try your approach on {IDE} first, before moving on to the solution.

C++

Java

Python3

C#

PHP

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