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Given a number N, the task is to find the maximum distance between two 1’s in the binary representation of given N. Print -1 if binary representation contains less than two 1’s.
Examples: 
 

Input: N = 131
Output: 7
131 in binary = 10000011.
The maximum distance between two 1's = 7.

Input: N = 8
Output: -1
8 in binary = 01000.
It contains less than two 1's.

 

Approach: 
 

  • First find the binary representation of N.
  • For each bit calculated, check if its a ‘1’.
  • Store the index of first ‘1’ found in first_1, and the last ‘1’ found in last_1
  • Then check if the last_1 is less than or equal to first_1. It will be the case when N is a power of 2. Hence print -1 in this case.
  • In any other case, find the difference between the last_1 and first_1. This will be the required distance.

Below is the implementation of the above approach: 
 

C++




// C++ program to find the
// Maximum distance between two 1's
// in Binary representation of N
 
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
 
int longest_gap(int N)
{
 
    int distance = 0, count = 0,
        first_1 = -1, last_1 = -1;
 
    // Compute the binary representation
    while (N) {
 
        count++;
 
        int r = N & 1;
 
        if (r == 1) {
            first_1 = first_1 == -1
                          ? count
                          : first_1;
            last_1 = count;
        }
 
        N = N / 2;
    }
 
    // if N is a power of 2
    // then return -1
    if (last_1 <= first_1) {
        return -1;
    }
    // else find the distance
    // between the first position of 1
    // and last position of 1
    else {
        distance = (last_1 - first_1);
        return distance;
    }
}
 
// Driver code
int main()
{
    int N = 131;
    cout << longest_gap(N) << endl;
 
    N = 8;
    cout << longest_gap(N) << endl;
 
    N = 17;
    cout << longest_gap(N) << endl;
 
    N = 33;
    cout << longest_gap(N) << endl;
 
    return 0;
}


Java




// Java program to find the
// Maximum distance between two 1's
// in Binary representation of N
class GFG
{
    static int longest_gap(int N)
    {
        int distance = 0, count = 0,
            first_1 = -1, last_1 = -1;
     
        // Compute the binary representation
        while (N != 0)
        {
            count++;
     
            int r = N & 1;
     
            if (r == 1)
            {
                first_1 = first_1 == -1 ?
                                  count : first_1;
                last_1 = count;
            }
            N = N / 2;
        }
     
        // if N is a power of 2
        // then return -1
        if (last_1 <= first_1)
        {
            return -1;
        }
         
        // else find the distance
        // between the first position of 1
        // and last position of 1
        else
        {
            distance = (last_1 - first_1);
            return distance;
        }
    }
     
    // Driver code
    public static void main (String[] args)
    {
        int N = 131;
        System.out.println(longest_gap(N));
     
        N = 8;
        System.out.println(longest_gap(N));
     
        N = 17;
        System.out.println(longest_gap(N));
     
        N = 33;
        System.out.println(longest_gap(N));
    }
}
 
// This code is contributed by AnkitRai01


Python3




# Python3 program to find the
# Maximum distance between two 1's
# in Binary representation of N
def longest_gap(N):
 
    distance = 0
    count = 0
    first_1 = -1
    last_1 = -1
 
    # Compute the binary representation
    while (N > 0):
        count += 1
 
        r = N & 1
 
        if (r == 1):
            if first_1 == -1:
                first_1 = count
            else:
                first_1 = first_1
 
            last_1 = count
 
        N = N // 2
 
    # if N is a power of 2
    # then return -1
    if (last_1 <= first_1):
        return -1
         
    # else find the distance
    # between the first position of 1
    # and last position of 1
    else:
        distance = last_1 - first_1
        return distance
 
# Driver code
N = 131
print(longest_gap(N))
 
N = 8
print(longest_gap(N))
 
N = 17
print(longest_gap(N))
 
N = 33
print(longest_gap(N))
 
# This code is contributed by Mohit Kumar


C#




// C# program to find the
// Maximum distance between two 1's
// in Binary representation of N
using System;
 
class GFG
{
    static int longest_gap(int N)
    {
        int distance = 0, count = 0,
            first_1 = -1, last_1 = -1;
     
        // Compute the binary representation
        while (N != 0)
        {
            count++;
     
            int r = N & 1;
     
            if (r == 1)
            {
                first_1 = first_1 == -1 ?
                                  count : first_1;
                last_1 = count;
            }
            N = N / 2;
        }
     
        // if N is a power of 2
        // then return -1
        if (last_1 <= first_1)
        {
            return -1;
        }
         
        // else find the distance
        // between the first position of 1
        // and last position of 1
        else
        {
            distance = (last_1 - first_1);
            return distance;
        }
    }
     
    // Driver code
    public static void Main (String []args)
    {
        int N = 131;
        Console.WriteLine(longest_gap(N));
     
        N = 8;
        Console.WriteLine(longest_gap(N));
     
        N = 17;
        Console.WriteLine(longest_gap(N));
     
        N = 33;
        Console.WriteLine(longest_gap(N));
    }
}
 
// This code is contributed by Arnab Kundu


Javascript




<script>
// Javascript program to find the
// Maximum distance between two 1's
// in Binary representation of N
 
function longest_gap(N)
{
 
    let distance = 0, count = 0,
        first_1 = -1, last_1 = -1;
 
    // Compute the binary representation
    while (N) {
 
        count++;
 
        let r = N & 1;
 
        if (r == 1) {
            first_1 = first_1 == -1
                          ? count
                          : first_1;
            last_1 = count;
        }
 
        N = parseInt(N / 2);
    }
 
    // if N is a power of 2
    // then return -1
    if (last_1 <= first_1) {
        return -1;
    }
    // else find the distance
    // between the first position of 1
    // and last position of 1
    else {
        distance = (last_1 - first_1);
        return distance;
    }
}
 
// Driver code
    let N = 131;
    document.write(longest_gap(N) + "<br>");
 
    N = 8;
    document.write(longest_gap(N) + "<br>");
 
    N = 17;
    document.write(longest_gap(N) + "<br>");
 
    N = 33;
    document.write(longest_gap(N) + "<br>");
 
</script>


Output

7
-1
4
5

Time Complexity: O(log N)

Auxiliary Space: O(1)



Last Updated : 21 Jan, 2022
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