Find Kth Bit in Nth Binary String

Given two positive integers n and k, the binary string Sn is formed as follows:

  • S1 = "0"
  • Si = Si - 1 + "1" + reverse(invert(Si - 1)) for i > 1

Where + denotes the concatenation operation, reverse(x) returns the reversed string x, and invert(x) inverts all the bits in x (0 changes to 1 and 1 changes to 0).

For example, the first four strings in the above sequence are:

  • S1 = "0"
  • S2 = "0**1**1"
  • S3 = "011**1**001"
  • S4 = "0111001**1**0110001"

Return the k^th bit in Sn. It is guaranteed that k is valid for the given n.

Example 1
Inputn = 3, k = 1
Output"0"
S3 is "0" followed by the rest of the string, so the 1st bit is "0".
Example 2
Inputn = 4, k = 11
Output"1"
S4 is "011100110110001", so the 11th bit is "1".

Constraints

  • 1 <= n <= 20
  • 1 <= k <= 2^n - 1

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