英文描述
A binary gap within a positive integer N is any maximal sequence of consecutive zeros that is surrounded by ones at both ends in the binary representation of N.
For example, number 9 has binary representation 1001 and contains a binary gap of length 2. The number 529 has binary representation 1000010001 and contains two binary gaps: one of length 4 and one of length 3. The number 20 has binary representation 10100 and contains one binary gap of length 1. The number 15 has binary representation 1111 and has no binary gaps. The number 32 has binary representation 100000 and has no binary gaps.
Write a function:
class Solution { public int solution(int N); }
that, given a positive integer N, returns the length of its longest binary gap. The function should return 0 if N doesn't contain a binary gap.
For example, given N = 1041 the function should return 5, because N has binary representation 10000010001 and so its longest binary gap is of length 5. Given N = 32 the function should return 0, because N has binary representation '100000' and thus no binary gaps.
Write an efficient algorithm for the following assumptions:
N is an integer within the range [1..2,147,483,647].
中文描述
这里我不按照原文一字一字的翻译,但是尽量按照题目的要求把题目解释清楚。
这里题目的要求是,将 N 为一个整数类型的数据,转换为一个 2 进制的字符串,然后在返回的字符串中返回最大的 0 的间隔数字。
例如 529 转换为 2 进制的字符串为:1000010001,在这里,将会存在以 1 为分割的字符串 0000 和 000,这 2 个字符串的长度分别为 4 和 3。
我们的算法需要返回的值诶 4。