hackerrank-solutions/algorithms/bit-manipulation/maximizing-xor/README.md

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<https://www.hackerrank.com/challenges/maximizing-xor>
Given two integers, L and R, find the maximal value of A xor B, where A and B satisfy the
following condition:
```
L <= A <= B <= R
```
#Input Format
The input contains two lines; L is present in the first line and R in the second
line.
#Constraints
```
1 <= L <= L <= 10^3
```
#Output Format
The maximal value as mentioned in the problem statement.
#Sample Input
```
10
15
```
#Sample Output
```
7
```
#Explanation
The input tells us that L = 10 and R = 15. All the pairs which comply to above condition are
the following:
```
10 xor 10 = 0
10 xor 11 = 1
10 xor 12 = 6
10 xor 13 = 7
10 xor 14 = 4
10 xor 15 = 5
11 xor 11 = 0
11 xor 12 = 7
11 xor 13 = 6
11 xor 14 = 5
11 xor 15 = 4
12 xor 12 = 0
12 xor 13 = 1
12 xor 14 = 2
12 xor 15 = 3
13 xor 13 = 0
13 xor 14 = 3
13 xor 15 = 2
14 xor 14 = 0
14 xor 15 = 1
15 xor 15 = 0
```
Here two pairs (10, 13) and (11, 12) have maximum xor value 7, and this is the
answer.