2259. Remove Digit From Number to Maximize Result

Description

You are given a string number representing a positive integer and a character digit.

Return the resulting string after removing exactly one occurrence of digit from number such that the value of the resulting string in decimal form is maximized. The test cases are generated such that digit occurs at least once in number.

 

Example 1:

Input: number = "123", digit = "3"
Output: "12"
Explanation: There is only one '3' in "123". After removing '3', the result is "12".

Example 2:

Input: number = "1231", digit = "1"
Output: "231"
Explanation: We can remove the first '1' to get "231" or remove the second '1' to get "123".
Since 231 > 123, we return "231".

Example 3:

Input: number = "551", digit = "5"
Output: "51"
Explanation: We can remove either the first or second '5' from "551".
Both result in the string "51".

 

Constraints:

  • 2 <= number.length <= 100
  • number consists of digits from '1' to '9'.
  • digit is a digit from '1' to '9'.
  • digit occurs at least once in number.

Solutions

Solution 1

Python Code
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class Solution:
    def removeDigit(self, number: str, digit: str) -> str:
        return max(
            number[:i] + number[i + 1 :] for i, d in enumerate(number) if d == digit
        )

Java Code
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class Solution {
    public String removeDigit(String number, char digit) {
        String ans = "0";
        for (int i = 0, n = number.length(); i < n; ++i) {
            char d = number.charAt(i);
            if (d == digit) {
                String t = number.substring(0, i) + number.substring(i + 1);
                if (ans.compareTo(t) < 0) {
                    ans = t;
                }
            }
        }
        return ans;
    }
}

C++ Code
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class Solution {
public:
    string removeDigit(string number, char digit) {
        string ans = "0";
        for (int i = 0, n = number.size(); i < n; ++i) {
            char d = number[i];
            if (d == digit) {
                string t = number.substr(0, i) + number.substr(i + 1, n - i);
                if (ans < t) {
                    ans = t;
                }
            }
        }
        return ans;
    }
};

Go Code
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func removeDigit(number string, digit byte) string {
	ans := "0"
	for i, d := range number {
		if d == rune(digit) {
			t := number[:i] + number[i+1:]
			if strings.Compare(ans, t) < 0 {
				ans = t
			}
		}
	}
	return ans
}

TypeScript Code
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function removeDigit(number: string, digit: string): string {
    const n = number.length;
    let last = -1;
    for (let i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
        if (number[i] === digit) {
            last = i;
            if (i + 1 < n && number[i] < number[i + 1]) {
                break;
            }
        }
    }
    return number.substring(0, last) + number.substring(last + 1);
}

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class Solution {
    /**
     * @param String $number
     * @param String $digit
     * @return String
     */
    function removeDigit($number, $digit) {
        $max = 0;
        for ($i = 0; $i < strlen($number); $i++) {
            if ($number[$i] == $digit) {
                $tmp = substr($number, 0, $i) . substr($number, $i + 1);
                if ($tmp > $max) {
                    $max = $tmp;
                }
            }
        }
        return $max;
    }
}

Solution 2

Python Code
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class Solution:
    def removeDigit(self, number: str, digit: str) -> str:
        last = -1
        n = len(number)
        for i, d in enumerate(number):
            if d == digit:
                last = i
                if i + 1 < n and d < number[i + 1]:
                    break
        return number[:last] + number[last + 1 :]

Java Code
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class Solution {
    public String removeDigit(String number, char digit) {
        int last = -1;
        int n = number.length();
        for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
            char d = number.charAt(i);
            if (d == digit) {
                last = i;
                if (i + 1 < n && d < number.charAt(i + 1)) {
                    break;
                }
            }
        }
        return number.substring(0, last) + number.substring(last + 1);
    }
}

C++ Code
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class Solution {
public:
    string removeDigit(string number, char digit) {
        int n = number.size();
        int last = -1;
        for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
            char d = number[i];
            if (d == digit) {
                last = i;
                if (i + 1 < n && number[i] < number[i + 1]) {
                    break;
                }
            }
        }
        return number.substr(0, last) + number.substr(last + 1);
    }
};

Go Code
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func removeDigit(number string, digit byte) string {
	last := -1
	n := len(number)
	for i := range number {
		if number[i] == digit {
			last = i
			if i+1 < n && number[i] < number[i+1] {
				break
			}
		}
	}
	return number[:last] + number[last+1:]
}