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Problem

Given a positive integer n, you can apply one of the following operations:

If n is even, replace n with n / 2. If n is odd, replace n with either n + 1 or n - 1. Return the minimum number of operations needed for n to become 1.

Example 1:

Input: n = 8 Output: 3 Explanation: 8 -> 4 -> 2 -> 1 Example 2:

Input: n = 7 Output: 4 Explanation: 7 -> 8 -> 4 -> 2 -> 1 or 7 -> 6 -> 3 -> 2 -> 1 Example 3:

Input: n = 4 Output: 2

Constraints:

1 <= n <= 231 - 1

Solution

naive: simple recursion