Divide two integers

Time: O(LogN)=O(1); Space: O(1); medium

Given two integers dividend and divisor, divide two integers without using multiplication, division and mod operator.

Return the quotient after dividing dividend by divisor.

The integer division should truncate toward zero, which means losing its fractional part. For example, truncate(8.345) = 8 and truncate(-2.7335) = -2.

Example 1:

Input: dividend = 10, divisor = 3

Output: 3

Explanation:

  • 10/3 = truncate(3.33333..) = 3.

Example 2:

Input: dividend = 7, divisor = -3

Output: -2

Explanation:

  • 7/-3 = truncate(-2.33333..) = -2.

Notes:

  • Both dividend and divisor will be 32-bit signed integers.

  • The divisor will never be 0.

  • Assume we are dealing with an environment which could only store integers within the 32-bit signed integer range: (-2^31, 2^31 - 1). For the purpose of this problem, assume that your function returns 2^31 ? 1 when the division result overflows.

[1]:
class Solution1(object):
    def divide(self, dividend, divisor):
        """
        :type dividend: int
        :type divisor: int
        :rtype: int
        """
        result, dvd, dvs = 0, abs(dividend), abs(divisor)

        while dvd >= dvs:
            inc = dvs
            i = 0
            while dvd >= inc:
                dvd -= inc
                result += 1 << i
                inc <<= 1
                i += 1
        if dividend > 0 and divisor < 0 or dividend < 0 and divisor > 0:
            return -result
        else:
            return result
[2]:
s = Solution1()
dividend = 10
divisor = 3
assert s.divide(dividend, divisor) == 3
dividend = 7
divisor = -3
assert s.divide(dividend, divisor) == -2
[3]:
class Solution2(object):
    def divide(self, dividend, divisor):
        """
        :type dividend: int
        :type divisor: int
        :rtype: int
        """
        positive = (dividend < 0) is (divisor < 0)
        dividend, divisor = abs(dividend), abs(divisor)
        res = 0

        while dividend >= divisor:
            temp, i = divisor, 1
            while dividend >= temp:
                dividend -= temp
                res += i
                i <<= 1
                temp <<= 1
        if not positive:
            res = -res

        return min(max(-2147483648, res), 2147483647)
[4]:
s = Solution2()
dividend = 10
divisor = 3
assert s.divide(dividend, divisor) == 3
dividend = 7
divisor = -3
assert s.divide(dividend, divisor) == -2