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February 8, 2016 21:41
Toptal Codility Problem: Convert to-and-from base -2
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'use strict'; | |
function toDecimal(A) { | |
var sum = 0; | |
for (var i = 0; i < A.length; i++) { | |
sum += A[i] * Math.pow(-2, i); | |
} | |
return sum; | |
} | |
function toBaseNeg2(d) { | |
var a = []; | |
while (d != 0) { | |
var remainder = d % -2; | |
var d = Math.ceil(d / -2); | |
a.push(Math.abs(remainder)); | |
} | |
return a; | |
} | |
function solution(A, B) { | |
var d = toDecimal(A); | |
return toBaseNeg2(-d); | |
} | |
console.log(toDecimal([1,0,0,1,1]) === 9); | |
console.log(toDecimal([1,1,0,1]) === -9); | |
console.log(toDecimal([1,0,0,1,1,1]) === -23); | |
console.log(toDecimal([1,1,0,1,0,1,1]) === 23); | |
console.log(JSON.stringify(toBaseNeg2(9)) == JSON.stringify([1,0,0,1,1])); | |
console.log(JSON.stringify(toBaseNeg2(-9)) == JSON.stringify([1,1,0,1])); | |
console.log(JSON.stringify(toBaseNeg2(-23)) == JSON.stringify([1,0,0,1,1,1])); | |
console.log(JSON.stringify(toBaseNeg2(23)) == JSON.stringify([1,1,0,1,0,1,1])); | |
unfortunately this will not satisfy the requirements. JS can only hold up to 2^53 in Number yet problem description states that number can be as big as 2^100000...
This solution seems to be correct. I recently solved it with 86% score because of some corner cases that I couldn't nail.
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Here's the original problem...
