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991. Broken Calculator 👍

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class Solution {
 public:
  int brokenCalc(int startValue, int target) {
    int ops = 0;

    while (startValue < target) {
      if (target % 2 == 0)
        target /= 2;
      else
        ++target;
      ++ops;
    }

    return ops + startValue - target;
  }
};

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class Solution {
  public int brokenCalc(int startValue, int target) {
    int ops = 0;

    while (startValue < target) {
      if (target % 2 == 0)
        target /= 2;
      else
        ++target;
      ++ops;
    }

    return ops + startValue - target;
  }
}

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class Solution:
  def brokenCalc(self, startValue: int, target: int) -> int:
    ops = 0

    while startValue < target:
      if target % 2 == 0:
        target //= 2
      else:
        target += 1
      ops += 1

    return ops + startValue - target