Find i’th index character in a binary string obtained after n iterations | Set 2

Last Updated : 29 Nov, 2023

Given a decimal number m, convert it into a binary string and apply n iterations, in each iteration 0 becomes “01” and 1 becomes “10”. Find ith(based indexing) index character in the string after nth iteration.
Examples:

Input: m = 5 i = 5 n = 3
Output: 1
Explanation
In the first case m = 5, i = 5, n = 3. 
Initially, the string is  101  ( binary equivalent of 5 )
After 1st iteration -   100110
After 2nd iteration - 100101101001
After 3rd iteration -   100101100110100110010110 
The character at index 5 is 1, so 1 is the answer
Input: m = 11 i = 6 n = 4
Output: 1

A naive approach to this problem has been discussed in the previous post.
Efficient algorithm: The first step will be to find which block the i-th character will be after N iterations are performed. In the n’th iteration distance between any two consecutive characters initially will always be equal to 2^n. For a general number m, the number of blocks will be ceil(log m). If M was 3, the string gets divided into 3 blocks. Find the block number in which kth character will lie by k / (2^n), where n is the number of iterations. Consider m=5, then the binary representation is 101. Then the distance between any 2 consecutive marked characters in any i’th iteration will be as follows
0th iteration: 101, distance = 0
1st iteration: 10 01 1 0, distance = 2
2nd iteration: 1001 0110 1001, distance = 4
3rd iteration: 10010110 01101001 10010110, distance = 8
In the example k = 5 and n = 3, so Block_number, when k is 5, will be 0, as 5 / (2^3) = 0
Initially, block numbers will be

Original String :    1   0    1
Block_number    :    0   1    2

There is no need to generate the entire string, only computing in the block in which the i-th character is present will give the answer. Let this character be root root = s[Block_number], where s is the binary representation of “m”. Now in the final string, find the distance of the kth character from the block number, call this distance as remaining. So remaining = k % (2^n) will be the index of i-th character in the block. If remaining is 0, the root will be the answer. Now, in order to check whether the root is the actual answer use a boolean variable flip which whether we need to flip our answer or not. Following the below algorithm will give the character at the i-th index.

bool flip = true;
while(remaining > 1){
   if( remaining is odd ) 
        flip = !flip    
   remaining = remaining/2;
}

Below is the implementation of the above approach:

C++

   // C++ program to find i’th Index character 
// in a binary string obtained after n iterations 
#include <bits/stdc++.h> 
using namespace std; 
 
// Function to find the i-th character 
void KthCharacter(int m, int n, int k) 
{ 
    // distance between two consecutive 
    // elements after N iterations 
    int distance = pow(2, n); 
    int Block_number = k / distance; 
    int remaining = k % distance; 
 
    int s[32], x = 0; 
 
    // binary representation of M 
    for (; m > 0; x++) { 
        s[x] = m % 2; 
        m = m / 2; 
    } 
 
    // kth digit will be derived from root for sure 
    int root = s[x - 1 - Block_number]; 
 
    if (remaining == 0) { 
        cout << root << endl; 
        return; 
    } 
 
    // Check whether there is need to 
    // flip root or not 
    bool flip = true; 
    while (remaining > 1) { 
        if (remaining & 1) { 
            flip = !flip; 
        } 
        remaining = remaining >> 1; 
    } 
 
    if (flip) { 
        cout << !root << endl; 
    } 
    else { 
        cout << root << endl; 
    } 
} 
 
// Driver Code 
int main() 
{ 
    int m = 5, k = 5, n = 3; 
    KthCharacter(m, n, k); 
    return 0; 
} 
 
  

Java

   // Java program to find ith 
// Index character in a binary
// string obtained after n iterations
import java.io.*;
 
class GFG 
{
// Function to find
// the i-th character
static void KthCharacter(int m, 
                         int n, int k)
{
    // distance between two 
    // consecutive elements
    // after N iterations
    int distance = (int)Math.pow(2, n);
    int Block_number = k / distance;
    int remaining = k % distance;
 
    int s[] = new int[32];
    int x = 0;
 
    // binary representation of M
    for (; m > 0; x++)
    {
        s[x] = m % 2;
        m = m / 2;
    }
 
    // kth digit will be 
    // derived from root 
    // for sure
    int root = s[x - 1 - 
                 Block_number];
 
    if (remaining == 0) 
    {
        System.out.println(root);
        return;
    }
 
    // Check whether there is 
    // need to flip root or not
    Boolean flip = true;
    while (remaining > 1) 
    {
        if ((remaining & 1) > 0)
        {
            flip = !flip;
        }
        remaining = remaining >> 1;
    }
 
    if (flip)
    {
        System.out.println((root > 0)?0:1);
    }
    else
    {
        System.out.println(root);
    }
}
 
// Driver Code
public static void main (String[] args)
{
    int m = 5, k = 5, n = 3;
    KthCharacter(m, n, k);
}
}
 
// This code is contributed 
// by anuj_67.
 
  

Python3

   # Python3 program to find 
# i’th Index character in
# a binary string obtained
# after n iterations
 
# Function to find 
# the i-th character
def KthCharacter(m, n, k):
 
    # distance between two 
    # consecutive elements
    # after N iterations
    distance = pow(2, n)
    Block_number = int(k / distance)
    remaining = k % distance
 
    s = [0] * 32
    x = 0
 
    # binary representation of M
    while(m > 0) :
        s[x] = m % 2
        m = int(m / 2)
        x += 1
         
    # kth digit will be derived
    # from root for sure
    root = s[x - 1 - Block_number]
     
    if (remaining == 0):
        print(root)
        return
     
    # Check whether there 
    # is need to flip root
    # or not
    flip = True
    while (remaining > 1):
        if (remaining & 1): 
            flip = not(flip)
         
        remaining = remaining >> 1
     
    if (flip) :
        print(not(root))
     
    else :
        print(root)
     
# Driver Code
m = 5
k = 5
n = 3
KthCharacter(m, n, k)
 
# This code is contributed 
# by smita
 
  

C#

   // C# program to find ith 
// Index character in a 
// binary string obtained
// after n iterations
using System;
 
class GFG 
{
// Function to find
// the i-th character
static void KthCharacter(int m, 
                         int n,
                         int k)
{
    // distance between two 
    // consecutive elements
    // after N iterations
    int distance = (int)Math.Pow(2, n);
    int Block_number = k / distance;
    int remaining = k % distance;
 
    int []s = new int[32];
    int x = 0;
 
    // binary representation of M
    for (; m > 0; x++)
    {
        s[x] = m % 2;
        m = m / 2;
    }
 
    // kth digit will be 
    // derived from root 
    // for sure
    int root = s[x - 1 - 
                 Block_number];
 
    if (remaining == 0) 
    {
        Console.WriteLine(root);
        return;
    }
 
    // Check whether there is 
    // need to flip root or not
    Boolean flip = true;
    while (remaining > 1) 
    {
        if ((remaining & 1) > 0)
        {
            flip = !flip;
        }
         
        remaining = remaining >> 1;
    }
 
    if (flip)
    {
        Console.WriteLine(!(root > 0));
    }
    else
    {
        Console.WriteLine(root);
    }
}
 
// Driver Code
public static void Main ()
{
    int m = 5, k = 5, n = 3;
    KthCharacter(m, n, k);
}
}
 
// This code is contributed 
// by anuj_67.
 
  

Javascript

   <script>
 
// Javascript program to find ith 
// Index character in a binary
// string obtained after n iterations
 
// Function to find
// the i-th character
function KthCharacter(m, n, k)
{
 
    // distance between two 
    // consecutive elements
    // after N iterations
    let distance = Math.pow(2, n);
    let Block_number = Math.floor(k / distance);
    let remaining = k % distance;
   
    let s = new Array(32).fill(0);
    let x = 0;
   
    // binary representation of M
    for (; m > 0; x++)
    {
        s[x] = m % 2;
        m = Math.floor(m / 2);
    }
   
    // kth digit will be 
    // derived from root 
    // for sure
    let root = s[x - 1 - 
                 Block_number];
   
    if (remaining == 0) 
    {
        document.write(root);
        return;
    }
   
    // Check whether there is 
    // need to flip root or not
    let flip = true;
    while (remaining > 1) 
    {
        if ((remaining & 1) > 0)
        {
            flip = !flip;
        }
        remaining = remaining >> 1;
    }
   
    if (flip)
    {
        document.write((root > 0)?0:1);
    }
    else
    {
        document.write(root);
    }
}
 
// driver program    
    let m = 5, k = 5, n = 3;
    KthCharacter(m, n, k);
   
  // This code is contributed by susmitakundugoaldanga.
</script>
 
  

PHP

   <?php 
// PHP program to find i’th Index character
// in a binary string obtained after n iterations
 
// Function to find the i-th character
function KthCharacter($m, $n, $k)
{
    // distance between two consecutive
    // elements after N iterations
    $distance = pow(2, $n);
    $Block_number = intval($k / $distance);
    $remaining = $k % $distance;
 
    $s = array(32);
    $x = 0;
 
    // binary representation of M
    for (; $m > 0; $x++) 
    {
        $s[$x] = $m % 2;
        $m = intval($m / 2);
    }
 
    // kth digit will be derived from 
    // root for sure
    $root = $s[$x - 1 - $Block_number];
 
    if ($remaining == 0) 
    {
        echo $root . "\n";
        return;
    }
 
    // Check whether there is need to
    // flip root or not
    $flip = true;
    while ($remaining > 1) 
    {
        if ($remaining & 1) 
        {
            $flip = !$flip;
        }
        $remaining = $remaining >> 1;
    }
 
    if ($flip) 
    {
        echo !$root . "\n";
    }
    else
    {
        echo $root . "\n";
    }
}
 
// Driver Code
$m = 5;
$k = 5;
$n = 3;
KthCharacter($m, $n, $k);
 
// This code is contributed by ita_c
?>
 
  

Output

Time Complexity: O(log Z), where Z is the distance between initially consecutive bits after N iterations
Auxiliary Space: O(1)

Approach 2: Bitset Approach

C++

   #include <bitset>
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
 
// Function to find the i-th character
void KthCharacter(int m, int n, int k)
{
    bitset<32> binary(m); // binary representation of M
 
    int distance
        = 1 << n; // Distance between two consecutive
                  // elements after N iterations
    int blockNumber = k / distance;
    int remaining = k % distance;
 
    int root = binary[n - blockNumber
                      - 1]; // Get the kth digit from root
 
    if (remaining == 0) {
        cout << root << endl;
        return;
    }
 
    bool flip = false;
    while (remaining > 1) {
        flip = !flip;
        remaining = remaining >> 1;
    }
 
    if (flip) {
        cout << !root << endl;
    }
    else {
        cout << root << endl;
    }
}
 
int main()
{
    int m = 5, k = 5, n = 3;
    KthCharacter(m, n, k);
    return 0;
}
 
  

Java

   /*package whatever //do not write package name here */
 
import java.io.*;
 
import java.util.BitSet;
 
public class Gfg {
    // Function to find the i-th character
    static void KthCharacter(int m, int n, int k) {
        BitSet binary = BitSet.valueOf(new long[] { m }); // Binary representation of M
 
        int distance = 1 << n; // Distance between two consecutive elements after N iterations
        int blockNumber = k / distance;
        int remaining = k % distance;
 
        int root = binary.get(n - blockNumber - 1) ? 1 : 0; // Get the kth digit from root
 
        if (remaining == 0) {
            System.out.println(root);
            return;
        }
 
        boolean flip = false;
        while (remaining > 1) {
            flip = !flip;
            remaining = remaining >> 1;
        }
 
        if (flip) {
            System.out.println(root == 0 ? 1 : 0);
        } else {
            System.out.println(root);
        }
    }
 
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        int m = 5, k = 5, n = 3;
        KthCharacter(m, n, k);
    }
}
 
// code is contributed by shinjanpatra
 
  

Python3

   def KthCharacter(m, n, k):
    binary = format(m, '0' + str(n) + 'b')  # Binary representation of M
 
    distance = 1 << n  # Distance between two consecutive elements after N iterations
    blockNumber = k // distance
    remaining = k % distance
 
    root = int(binary[n - blockNumber - 1])  # Get the kth digit from root
 
    if remaining == 0:
        print(root)
        return
 
    flip = False
    while remaining > 1:
        flip = not flip
        remaining = remaining >> 1
 
    if flip:
        print(int(not root))
    else:
        print(root)
 
if __name__ == "__main__":
    m = 5
    k = 5
    n = 3
    KthCharacter(m, n, k)
     
# This code is contributed by shivamgupta310570
 
  

C#

   using System;
using System.Collections;
 
class KthCharacterProgram {
    // Function to find the i-th character
    static void KthCharacter(int m, int n, int k)
    {
        // Binary representation of M
        BitArray binary
            = new BitArray(BitConverter.GetBytes(m));
 
        // Distance between two consecutive elements after N
        // iterations
        int distance = 1 << n;
 
        // Block number calculation
        int blockNumber = k / distance;
 
        // Remaining calculation
        int remaining = k % distance;
 
        // Get the kth digit from root
        int root = binary[n - blockNumber - 1] ? 1 : 0;
 
        if (remaining == 0) {
            Console.WriteLine(root);
            return;
        }
 
        bool flip = false;
        while (remaining > 1) {
            flip = !flip;
            remaining = remaining >> 1;
        }
 
        // Output the result based on flipping
        Console.WriteLine(flip ? (root ^ 1) : root);
    }
 
    static void Main()
    {
        int m = 5, k = 5, n = 3;
        KthCharacter(m, n, k);
    }
}
 
  

Javascript

   // Function to find the i-th character
function KthCharacter(m, n, k) {
    // Convert m to its binary representation
    let binary = m.toString(2);
     
    // Calculate the distance between two consecutive elements after N iterations
    let distance = 1 << n;
     
    // Calculate the block number and remaining value
    let blockNumber = Math.floor(k / distance);
    let remaining = k % distance;
     
    // Get the kth digit from the binary representation
    let root = binary[n - blockNumber - 1];
     
    if (remaining === 0) {
        console.log(root);
        return;
    }
     
    let flip = false;
    while (remaining > 1) {
        flip = !flip;
        remaining = remaining >> 1;
    }
     
    if (flip) {
        console.log(root === '0' ? '1' : '0');
    } else {
        console.log(root);
    }
}
 
// Main function
function main() {
    let m = 5, k = 5, n = 3;
    KthCharacter(m, n, k);
}
 
main();
 
  

Output

Time Complexity: O(1), since the number of iterations and the size of the bitset (32 in this case) are constant.
Auxiliary Space: O(1), since the bitset size is constant and does not depend on the input values.

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