C# || How To Find Largest 3 Same Digit Number In String Using C#
The following is a module with functions which demonstrates how to find the largest 3 same digit number in a string using C#.
1. Largest Good Integer – Problem Statement
You are given a string num representing a large integer. An integer is good if it meets the following conditions:
- It is a substring of num with length 3.
- It consists of only one unique digit.
Return the maximum good integer as a string or an empty string “” if no such integer exists.
Note:
- A substring is a contiguous sequence of characters within a string.
- There may be leading zeroes in num or a good integer.
Example 1:
Input: num = "6777133339"
Output: "777"
Explanation: There are two distinct good integers: "777" and "333".
"777" is the largest, so we return "777".
Example 2:
Input: num = "2300019"
Output: "000"
Explanation: "000" is the only good integer.
Example 3:
Input: num = "42352338"
Output: ""
Explanation: No substring of length 3 consists of only one unique digit. Therefore, there are no good integers.
2. Largest Good Integer – Solution
The following is a solution which demonstrates how to find the largest 3 same digit number in a string.
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// ============================================================================ // Author: Kenneth Perkins // Date: May 23, 2024 // Taken From: http://programmingnotes.org/ // File: Solution.cs // Description: Demonstrates how to find largest odd number in a string // ============================================================================ public class Solution { public string LargestGoodInteger(string num) { // Assign 'maxDigit' to the NUL character (smallest ASCII value character) char maxDigit = '\0'; // Iterate on characters of the num string. for (int index = 0; index <= num.Length - 3; ++index) { // If 3 consecutive characters are the same, // store the character in 'maxDigit' if it's bigger than what it already stores. if (num[index] == num[index + 1] && num[index] == num[index + 2]) { maxDigit = (char) Math.Max(maxDigit, num[index]); } } // If 'maxDigit' is NUL, return an empty string; otherwise, return a string of size 3 with 'maxDigit' characters. return maxDigit == '\0' ? "" : new string(new char[]{maxDigit, maxDigit, maxDigit}); } }// http://programmingnotes.org/ |
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The code is heavily commented, so no further insight is necessary. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment below.
Once compiled, you should get this as your output for the example cases:
"777"
"000"
""
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