diff --git a/josephus_problem_1.cpp b/josephus_problem_1.cpp
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+#include <bits/stdc++.h>
+using namespace std;
+ 
+#define fast                    ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);  cin.tie(NULL);
+#define time                    cerr<<"Time taken : " <<(float)clock()/CLOCKS_PER_SEC <<" secs"<<"\n"  ;
+#define F                       first
+#define S                       second
+#define pb                      push_back
+typedef long long int           ll  ;
+ 
+ 
+const ll INF = (ll)1e18   ;
+const ll MOD = (ll)1e9 + 7 ;
+ 
+ 
+void solve() {
+ 
+    int n;
+    cin >> n ;
+ 
+    vector<int>arr(n) ;
+ 
+    for(int i=0 ; i<n ; i++){
+ 
+        arr[i]=i+1;
+    }
+ 
+    while(arr.size() > 1 ){
+ 
+        vector<int>s ;
+        for(int i=0 ;i<arr.size() ;i++){
+            if(i%2){
+                cout << arr[i] <<" "  ;
+            }
+            else{
+                s.pb(arr[i])  ;
+            }
+ 
+        }
+        if(arr.size()%2==1){
+            int last = s.back() ;
+            s.pop_back()  ;
+            //trace(last)  ;
+            arr.clear()  ;
+ 
+            arr.pb(last) ;
+            for(int i=0; i<s.size(); i++){
+                arr.pb(s[i]) ;
+            }
+ 
+ 
+        }
+        else
+        if(arr.size() % 2 == 0){
+ 
+            arr = s;
+        }
+ 
+ 
+    }
+    cout << arr[0] <<"\n" ;
+}
+ 
+ 
+int32_t main() {
+ 
+       fast ; time;
+ 
+       int t = 1;
+     //  cin >> t;
+ 
+       while (t--) {
+              solve()  ;
+       }
+ 
+ 
+       return 0  ;
+}