Given two 32-bit numbers, N and M, and two bit positions, i and j. Write a method to set all bits between i and j in N equal to M (e g , M becomes a substring of N located at i and starting at j)
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Example
Given N=(10000000000)2, M=(10101)2, i=2, j=6
return N=(10001010100)2
Note
In the function, the numbers N and M will given in decimal, you should also return a decimal number.
Challenge
Minimum number of operations?
Clarification
You can assume that the bits j through i have enough space to fit all of M. That is, if M=10011, you can assume that there are at least 5 bits between j and i. You would not, for example, have j=3 and i=2, because M could not fully fit between bit 3 and bit 2.
class Solution {
/**
*@param n, m: Two integer
*@param i, j: Two bit positions
*return: An integer
*/
public int updateBits(int n, int m, int i, int j) {
// write your code here
int mask;
if (j < 31) {
mask = ~((1 << (j + 1)) - (1 << i));
} else {
mask = (1 << i) - 1;
}
return (m << i) + (mask & n);
}
}