Reverse Bits
Reverse bits of a given 32 bits unsigned integer. Note: - Note that in some languages, such as Java, there is no unsigned integer type. In this case, both input and output will be given as a signed integer type. They should not affect your implementation, as the integer's internal binary representation is the same, whether it is signed or unsigned. - In Java, the compiler represents the signed integers using 2's complement notation. Therefore, in Example 2 above, the input represents the signed integer `-3` and the output represents the signed integer `-1073741825`.
Examples
Constraints
The input must be a binary string of length 32.
Bit by Bit Reverse
Approach
We can iterate 32 times to process all 32 bits. In each iteration `i` (from 0 to 31): 1. We extract the least significant bit of `n` using `bit = (n >> i) & 1`. 2. We shift this bit to its reversed position `31 - i` using `bit << (31 - i)`. 3. We accumulate this shifted bit into our result variable `res` using bitwise OR `|`. This effectively takes the `i`-th bit from the right of `n` and puts it at the `i`-th bit from the left of `res`.
Complexity Analysis
Time complexity is O(1) since we always do a constant number of operations (32 iterations). Space complexity is O(1).
public class Solution { // you need treat n as an unsigned value public int reverseBits(int n) { int res = 0; for (int i = 0; i < 32; i++) { // Get the i-th bit of n int bit = (n >> i) & 1; // Shift the bit to its reversed position and add it to res res = res | (bit << (31 - i)); } return res; }}