@varun I think u want to write while (k % m == 0)
On Sat, Jul 2, 2011 at 1:56 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. > -- Sunny Aggrawal B-Tech IV year,CSI Indian Institute Of Technology,Roorkee -- 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.
