PU Power of Four

Jan 01, 1970

Given an integer (signed 32 bits), write a function to check whether it is a power of 4.

Example:

  • Given num = 16, return true. Given num = 5, return false.

Follow up:

  • Could you solve it without loops/recursion?

C Solution:

bool isPowerOfFour(int num) {
    return !(num & (num - 1)) && (num & 0x55555555);
}

Summary:

  • Similar to

LeetCode: 342. Power of Four