Minimum Steps to One

Question

Problem statement :

On a positive integer, you can perform any one of the following 3 steps.

1. Subtract 1 from it. ( n = n - 1 )
2. If its divis

Answer 1

Recursive Solution For this problem

public static int countMinStepsTo1(int n){

      if(n==1)
      {
          return 0;
      } 
      int count1,count2=Integer.MAX_VALUE,count3=Integer.MAX_VALUE;

      count1 = countMinStepsTo1(n-1);

       if((n%2)==0)
       {
           count2=countMinStepsTo1(n/2);
       }
        if((n%3)==0)
        {
            count3=countMinStepsTo1(n/3);
        }

        return 1+Math.min(count1,Math.min(count2,count3));
    }

DP Approch For this problem

public static int countstepsDP(int n)
    {
        int storage[] = new int[n+1];
        storage[1]=0;

        for(int i=2; i<=n;i++)
        {
            int min=storage[i-1];
            if(i%3==0)
            {
                if(min>storage[i/3])
                {
                    min=storage[i/3];
                }
            }
            if(i%2==0)
            {
                if(min>storage[i/2])
                {
                    min=storage[i/2];
                }
            }
            storage[i]=1+min;
        }

        return storage[n];

    }