Count Odd Numbers in an Interval Range

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Given two non-negative integers low and high. Return the count of odd numbers between low and high (inclusive).

Examples #

Example 1:

Input: low = 3, high = 7
Output: 3
Explanation: The odd numbers between 3 and 7 are [3,5,7].

Example 2:

Input: low = 8, high = 10
Output: 1
Explanation: The odd numbers between 8 and 10 are [9].

Constraints #

Solutions #


class Solution {
public:
    int countOdds(int low, int high) {
        int tot = high - low + 1;
        int res = 0;
        if(tot % 2 && low % 2) {
            res = (tot + 1) / 2; 
        }
        else {
            res = tot / 2;
        }
        return res;
    }
};