k is an even number and m=2 in your code. k%2 is always 0. your while loop does nothing.
On Jul 2, 1:26 pm, varun pahwa <varunpahwa2...@gmail.com> wrote: > k -> rope of desired length. > l -> rope of given length > m = 2; > while(k % m) > m *= 2; > ans :: (log2(l) - log2(m) + 1). > ex. > k = 6,l = 8 > so initially m = 2; > after 1st iteration m = 4; > then break; > so min = log2(8) - log2(4) + 1 = 3 -2 + 1 = 2. > > > > On Sat, Jul 2, 2011 at 1:16 AM, cegprakash <cegprak...@gmail.com> wrote: > > nope > > > On Jul 2, 1:14 pm, keyan karthi <keyankarthi1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > yup :) > > > > On Sat, Jul 2, 2011 at 1:38 PM, Shalini Sah < > > shalinisah.luv4cod...@gmail.com > > > > > wrote: > > > > i guess the no. of 1s in the binary representation of the number is the > > > > answer..for 6 its 2... > > > > > On Sat, Jul 2, 2011 at 1:32 PM, cegprakash <cegprak...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > >> the length of the rope is l units. > > > >> I can only cut any rope into two halves. > > > > >> for example if the length of the rope is 8 and we need a length of > > > >> rope 6 > > > > >> we first cut into two halves and we get 4, 4 > > > >> now we cut any of the half again and we get 4,2,2 > > > > >> now we can merge 4 and 2 and form a rope of length 6. > > > > >> in this example we need a minimum of 2 cuts to get the length of rope > > > >> 6 from 8 > > > > >> assume that l is always a power of 2 and we need always a even length > > > >> of rope from it how to find the number of minimum cuts needed to get > > > >> the new rope?. > > > > >> -- > > > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups > > > >> "Algorithm Geeks" group. > > > >> To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. > > > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > >> algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > > >> For more options, visit this group at > > > >>http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. > > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups > > > > "Algorithm Geeks" group. > > > > To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Algorithm Geeks" group. > > To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. > > -- > Varun Pahwa > B.Tech (IT) > 7th Sem. > Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad. > Ph : 09793899112 ,08011820777 > Official Email :: rit2008...@iiita.ac.in > Another Email :: varunpahwa.ii...@gmail.com > > People who fail to plan are those who plan to fail. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Algorithm Geeks" group. To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en.
