LeetCode 190 Reverse Bits - Example and Complexity Analysis

Walkthrough and analysis

Trace 4-bit example: n = 1011 (binary).

result = 0.

Iter 1: result = 0 << 1 | (1011 & 1) = 0 | 1 = 1. n = 101. Iter 2: result = 1 << 1 | (101 & 1) = 10 | 1 = 11. n = 10. Iter 3: result = 11 << 1 | (10 & 1) = 110 | 0 = 110. n = 1. Iter 4: result = 110 << 1 | (1 & 1) = 1100 | 1 = 1101. n = 0.

Reversed: 1101.

O(32)=O(1)O(32) = O(1) time. O(1)O(1) space.