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feat: Add FirstDifferentBit new algorithm with Junit tests
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package com.thealgorithms.bitmanipulation;
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/**
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* This class provides a method to find the first differing bit
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* between two integers.
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*
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* Example:
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* x = 10 (1010 in binary)
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* y = 12 (1100 in binary)
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* The first differing bit is at index 1 (0-based)
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* So, the output will be 1
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*
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* @author Hardvan
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*/
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public final class FirstDifferentBit {
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private FirstDifferentBit() {
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}
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/**
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* Identifies the index of the first differing bit between two integers.
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* Steps:
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* 1. XOR the two integers to get the differing bits
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* 2. Find the index of the first set bit in the XOR result
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*
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* @param x the first integer
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* @param y the second integer
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* @return the index of the first differing bit (0-based)
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*/
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public static int firstDifferentBit(int x, int y) {
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int diff = x ^ y;
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return Integer.numberOfTrailingZeros(diff);
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}
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}
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package com.thealgorithms.bitmanipulation;
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import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
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import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
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import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.CsvSource;
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public class FirstDifferentBitTest {
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@ParameterizedTest
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@CsvSource({"10, 8, 1", "7, 5, 1", "15, 14, 0", "1, 2, 0"})
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void testFirstDifferentBit(int x, int y, int expected) {
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assertEquals(expected, FirstDifferentBit.firstDifferentBit(x, y));
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}
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}

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