Smallest power of 4 greater than or equal to N

Last Updated : 14 Apr, 2021

Given an integer N, the task is to find the smallest power of four greater than or equal to N.

Examples:

Input: N = 12
Output: 16
2⁴ = 16 which is the next required
greater number after 12.
Input: N = 81
Output: 81

Approach:

Find the fourth root of the given n.
Calculate its floor value using floor() function.
If n is itself a power of four then return n.
Else add 1 to the floor value.
Return the fourth power of that number.

Below is the implementation of the above approach:

C++

// C++ implementation of above approach
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
 
// Function to return the smallest power
// of 4 greater than or equal to n
int nextPowerOfFour(int n)
{
    int x = floor(sqrt(sqrt(n)));
 
    // If n is itself is a power of 4
    // then return n
    if (pow(x, 4) == n)
        return n;
    else {
        x = x + 1;
        return pow(x, 4);
    }
}
 
// Driver code
int main()
{
    int n = 122;
    cout << nextPowerOfFour(n);
    return 0;
}

Java

// Java implementation of above approach
import java.util.*;
import java.lang.Math;
import java.io.*;
 
class GFG
{
     
// Function to return the smallest power
// of 4 greater than or equal to n
static int nextPowerOfFour(int n)
{
    int x = (int)Math.floor(Math.sqrt(Math.sqrt(n)));
 
    // If n is itself is a power of 4
    // then return n
    if (Math.pow(x, 4) == n)
        return n;
    else {
        x = x + 1;
        return (int)Math.pow(x, 4);
    }
}
 
// Driver code
public static void main (String[] args)
              throws java.lang.Exception
{
    int n = 122;
    System.out.println(nextPowerOfFour(n));
}
}
 
// This code is contributed by nidhiva

Python3

# Python3 implementation of above approach
import math
 
# Function to return the smallest power
# of 4 greater than or equal to n
def nextPowerOfFour(n):
    x = math.floor((n**(1/2))**(1/2));
 
    # If n is itself is a power of 4
    # then return n
    if ((x**4) == n):
        return n;
    else:
        x = x + 1;
        return (x**4);
 
# Driver code
 
n = 122;
print(nextPowerOfFour(n));
 
# This code is contributed by Rajput-Ji

C#

// C# implementation of above approach
using System;
class GFG
{
     
// Function to return the smallest power
// of 4 greater than or equal to n
static int nextPowerOfFour(int n)
{
    int x = (int)Math.Floor(Math.Sqrt(Math.Sqrt(n)));
 
    // If n is itself is a power of 4
    // then return n
    if (Math.Pow(x, 4) == n)
        return n;
    else
    {
        x = x + 1;
        return (int)Math.Pow(x, 4);
    }
}
 
// Driver code
public static void Main ()
{
    int n = 122;
    Console.WriteLine(nextPowerOfFour(n));
}
}
 
// This code is contributed by anuj_67..

Javascript

<script>
 
// Javascript implementation of above approach
 
// Function to return the smallest power
// of 4 greater than or equal to n
function nextPowerOfFour(n)
{
    let x = Math.floor(Math.sqrt(
            Math.sqrt(n)));
 
    // If n is itself is a power of 4
    // then return n
    if (Math.pow(x, 4) == n)
        return n;
    else
    {
        x = x + 1;
        return Math.pow(x, 4);
    }
}
 
// Driver code
let n = 122;
document.write(nextPowerOfFour(n));
 
// This code is contributed by mohit kumar 29
 
</script>

Output:

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