text: Given a HUGE number check if it 's a power of two. | returns 1 when str is power of 2 return 0 when str is not a power of 2 ; sum stores the intermediate dividend while dividing . ; if the input is "1" then return 0 because 2 ^ k = 1 where k >= 1 and here k = 0 ; Divide the number until it gets reduced to 1 if we are successfully able to reduce the number to 1 it means input string is power of two if in between an odd number appears at the end it means string is not divisible by two hence not a power of 2. ; if the last digit is odd then string is not divisible by 2 hence not a power of two return 0. ; divide the whole string by 2. i is used to track index in current number . j is used to track index for next iteration . ; if num < 2 then we have to take another digit to the right of A [ i ] to make it bigger than A [ i ] . E . g . 214 / 2 -- > 107 ; if it 's not the first index. E.g 214  then we have to include 0. ; for eg . "124" we will not write 064 so if it is the first index just ignore ; After every division by 2 the length of string is changed . ; if the string reaches to 1 then the str is a power of 2. ; Driver code .
code: def isPowerOf2 ( sttr ) : NEW_LINE INDENT len_str = len ( sttr ) ; NEW_LINE sttr = list ( sttr ) ; NEW_LINE num = 0 ; NEW_LINE if ( len_str == 1 and sttr [ len_str - 1 ] == '1' ) : NEW_LINE INDENT return 0 ; NEW_LINE DEDENT while ( len_str != 1 or sttr [ len_str - 1 ] != '1' ) : NEW_LINE INDENT if ( ( ord ( sttr [ len_str - 1 ] ) - ord ( '0' ) ) % 2 == 1 ) : NEW_LINE INDENT return 0 ; NEW_LINE DEDENT j = 0 ; NEW_LINE for i in range ( len_str ) : NEW_LINE INDENT num = num * 10 + ( ord ( sttr [ i ] ) - ord ( '0' ) ) ; NEW_LINE if ( num < 2 ) : NEW_LINE INDENT if ( i != 0 ) : NEW_LINE INDENT sttr [ j ] = '0' ; NEW_LINE j += 1 ; NEW_LINE DEDENT continue ; NEW_LINE DEDENT sttr [ j ] = chr ( ( num // 2 ) + ord ( '0' ) ) ; NEW_LINE j += 1 ; NEW_LINE num = ( num ) - ( num // 2 ) * 2 ; NEW_LINE DEDENT len_str = j ; NEW_LINE DEDENT return 1 ; NEW_LINE DEDENT str1 = "124684622466842024680246842024662202000002" ; NEW_LINE str2 = "1" ; NEW_LINE str3 = "128" ; NEW_LINE print ( " " , isPowerOf2 ( str1 ) ,   " " , isPowerOf2 ( str2 ) ,   " " , isPowerOf2 ( str3 ) ) ; NEW_LINE