a given array and a given value, in the array find the biggest value which is smaller than the given number while has same 1s as the given value




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You want a number smaller than the one given. So "src[i]<=given_num" is incorrect, should be "src[i]<given_num".

For 1 query, you can't do better than that in the worst case. However, if there are many many queries, think about optimizing the CountOnes part. There are many interview questions about that.

- Miguel Oliveira August 26, 2013 | Flag Reply
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Counting number of set bits can be done by {{{ // let n is the positive number whose bits we want to count int cnt = 0; while(n & (n-1)) ++cnt; }} - Amit September 11, 2013 | Flag Reply
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that's still O(log n) == number of bits of n. you can do better than that with some pre-computation (assuming there are many queries, the pre-computation cost will be worth it)

- Miguel Oliveira September 12, 2013 | Flag




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