Convert a Number to Hexadecimal solution using TypeScript

This post outlines my TypeScript solution to the LeetCode "Convert a Number to Hexadecimal" question using an iterative bitwise solution.

Algorithm: The solution iterates over the base 10 input to find a hexadecimal representation of the number by doing the following:

• Create a map of decimal digits to hexadecimal digits. This can be represented by a string of every hexadecimal digit.
• Take the last 4 binary digits (a nibble) of the input, use its decimal value as an index of the created map to retrieve its hexadecimal value. Prepend the hexadecimal value to returned string.
• Shift the input 4 binary digits to the right.
• Continue taking and shifting binary digits (the above 2 steps) until the input is 0.
• Return the hexadecimal string.

Time Complexity: Because the input gets divided by 16 on every iteration, the time complexity is O(log(n)) where n represents the size of the input.

Space Complexity: Because the stored hex value is the remainder of dividing the input by 16 on every iteration, the space complexity is also O(log(n)) where n represents the size of the input.

/**
 * Convert a Number to Hexadecimal
 * Given an integer, write an algorithm to 
 * convert it to hexadecimal. For negative 
 * integer, two’s complement method is used. 
 *
 * Time Complexity: O(log(n))
 * Space Complexity: O(log(n))
 *
 * toHex(26) // "1a"
 * toHex(4)  // "4"
 * toHex(-1) // "ffffffff"
 */
function toHex(num: number): string {
    const map = "0123456789abcdef";
    let hex = num === 0 ? "0" : "";
    while (num !== 0) {
        hex = map[num & 15] + hex;
        num = num >>> 4;
    }
    return hex;
}