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October 29, 2023 |1.8K Views
PROBLEM OF THE DAY: 28/10/2023 | Bleak Numbers
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Welcome to the daily solving of our PROBLEM OF THE DAY with Siddharth Hazra. We will discuss the entire problem step-by-step and work towards developing an optimized solution. This will not only help you brush up on your concepts of Bit Magic but will also help you build up problem-solving skills.

In this problem, we are given, an integer, check whether it is Bleak or not.
A number n is called Bleak if it cannot be represented as sum of a positive number x and set bit count in x, i.e., x + countSetBits(x) is not equal to n for any non-negative number x.

Example :

Input: 
4
Output: 
1
Explanation: 
There is no x such that x + countSetbit(x) = 4

Give the problem a try before going through the video. All the best!!!
Problem Link: https://practice.geeksforgeeks.org/problems/bleak-numbers1552/1