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God I wish there was an easier way to do this (programming.dev)
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[–] noddy@beehaw.org 22 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I know how to fix this!

bool IsEven(int number) {
    bool even = true;
    for (int i = 0; i < number; ++i) {
        if (even == true) {
            even = false;
        }
        else if (even == false) {
            even = true;
        }
        else {
            throw RuntimeException("Could not determine whether even is true or false.");
        }
    }

    if (even == true) {
        return even ? true : false;
    }
    else if (even == false) {
        return (!even) ? false : true;
    }
    else {
        throw RuntimeException("Could not determine whether even is true or false.");
    }
}
[–] odium@programming.dev 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Have you tried seeing if the recursive approach runs faster?

[–] noddy@beehaw.org 13 points 11 months ago

I know an even better way. We can make it run in O(1) by using a lookup table. We only need to store 2^64 booleans in an array first.