[leetcode]Divide Two Integers @ Python

原题地址:https://oj.leetcode.com/problems/divide-two-integers/

题意:Divide two integers without using multiplication, division and mod operator.

解题思路:不许用乘、除和求余实现两数的相除。那就只能用加和减了。正常思路是被除数一个一个的减除数,直到剩下的数比除数小为止,就得到了结果。这样是无法ac的,因为时间复杂度为O(n),比如一个很大的数除1,就很慢。这里我们可以用二分查找的思路,可以说又是二分查找的变种。

代码:

class Solution:
    # @return an integer
    def divide(self, dividend, divisor):
        if (dividend < 0 and divisor > 0) or (dividend > 0 and divisor < 0):
            if abs(dividend) < abs(divisor):
                return 0
        sum = 0; count = 0; res = 0
        a = abs(dividend); b = abs(divisor)
        while a >= b:
            sum = b
            count = 1
            while sum + sum <= a:
                sum += sum
                count += count
            a -= sum
            res += count
        if (dividend < 0 and divisor > 0) or (dividend > 0 and divisor < 0):
            res = 0 - res
        return res

 

posted @ 2014-06-10 09:55  南郭子綦  阅读(5122)  评论(0编辑  收藏  举报