Number of perfect squares between two given numbers - GeeksforGeeks


Number of perfect squares between two given numbers - GeeksforGeeks
Given two given numbers a and b where 1<=a<=b, find the number of perfect squares between a and b (a and b inclusive).
Input : a = 9, b = 25
Output : 3
The three squares in given range are 9, 
16 and 25
Method 2 (Efficient) We can simply take square root of ‘a’ and square root of ‘b’ and count the perfect squares between them using
floor(sqrt(b)) - ceil(sqrt(a)) + 1

We take floor of sqrt(b) because we need to consider 
numbers before b.

We take ceil of sqrt(a) because we need to consider 
numbers after a.


For example, let b = 24, a = 8.  floor(sqrt(b)) = 4, 
ceil(sqrt(a)) = 3.  And number of squares is 4 - 3 + 1
= 2. The two numbers are 9 and 16.
    double countSquares(int a,int b)
    {
        return (Math.floor(Math.sqrt(b)) -
                Math.ceil(Math.sqrt(a)) + 1);
    }

Time complexity of this solution is O(Log b). A typical implementation of square root for a number n takes time equal to O(Log n)


    static int countSquares(int a, int b)
    {
        int cnt = 0; // Initialize result
 
        // Traverse through all numbers
        for (int i=a; i<=b; i++)
 
            // Check if current number 'i' is perfect
            // square
            for (int j=1; j*j<=i; j++)
                if (j*j==i)
                    cnt++;
        return cnt;
    }
http://www.geeksforgeeks.org/square-root-of-an-integer/
Better Solution to do Binary Search.
Let  's' be the answer.  We know that 0 <=  s <= x.

Consider any random number r. 

    If r*r <= x, s >= r

    If r*r > x, s < r. 
Algorithm:
1) Start with 'start' = 0, end = 'x',
2) Do following while 'start' is smaller than or equal to 'end'.
      a) Compute 'mid' as (start + end)/2
      b) compare mid*mid with x.
      c) If x is equal to mid*mid, return mid.
      d) If x is greater, do binary search between mid+1 and end. In this case, we also update ans (Note that we need floor).
      e) If x is smaller, do binary search between start and mid-1
Time Complexity: O(Log x)
Note: The Binary Search can be further optimized to start with 'start' = 0 and 'end' = x/2. Floor of square root of x cannot be more than x/2 when x > 1.
    public static int floorSqrt(int x)
    {
        // Base Cases
        if (x == 0 || x == 1)
            return x;
 
        // Do Binary Search for floor(sqrt(x))
        int start = 1, end = x, ans=0;
        while (start <= end)
        {
            int mid = (start + end) / 2;
 
            // If x is a perfect square
            if (mid*mid == x)
                return mid;
 
            // Since we need floor, we update answer when mid*mid is
            // smaller than x, and move closer to sqrt(x)
            if (mid*mid < x)
            {
                start = mid + 1;
                ans = mid;
            }
            else   // If mid*mid is greater than x
                end = mid - 1;
        }
        return ans;
    }

Simple Solution to find floor of square root is to try all numbers starting from 1. For every tried number i, if i*i is smaller than x, then increment i. We stop when i*i becomes more than or equal to x.
int floorSqrt(int x)
{
    // Base cases
    if (x == 0 || x == 1)
       return x;
 
    // Staring from 1, try all numbers until
    // i*i is greater than or equal to x.
    int i = 1, result = 1;
    while (result < x)
    {
       if (result == x)
          return result;
       i++;
       result = i*i;
    }
    return i-1;
}
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