"maximum possible value obtained by inserting integer N" in java code example
Example: program to find maximum number by inserting 5 in java
using System;
namespace MyApp
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
string str = "Maximum possible number for {0} after inserting {1} is: {2}";
Console.WriteLine(string.Format(str, 276, 3, MaximumPossible(276, 3)));
Console.WriteLine(string.Format(str, -999, 4, MaximumPossible(-999, 4)));
Console.WriteLine(string.Format(str, 0, 3, MaximumPossible(0, 3)));
Console.WriteLine(string.Format(str, 860, 7, MaximumPossible(860, 7)));
Console.ReadKey();
}
/// <summary>
/// method to get the maximum possible number obtained by inserting given digit
/// at any position in the given number.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="num">given number</param>
/// <param name="digit">digit to insert in given number</param>
/// <returns>possible maximum number after inserting given digit at any position</returns>
static int MaximumPossible(int num, int digit)
{
// edge case
if (num == 0)
{
return digit * 10;
}
// -1 if num is negative number else 1
int negative = num / Math.Abs(num);
// get the absolute value of given number
num = Math.Abs(num);
int n = num;
// maximum number obtained after inserting digit.
int maxVal = int.MinValue;
int counter = 0;
int position = 1;
// count the number of digits in the given number.
while (n > 0)
{
counter++;
n = n / 10;
}
// loop to place digit at every possible position in the number,
// and check the obtained value.
for (int i = 0; i <= counter; i++)
{
int newVal = ((num / position) * (position * 10)) + (digit * position) + (num % position);
// if new value is greater the maxVal
if (newVal * negative > maxVal)
{
maxVal = newVal * negative;
}
position = position * 10;
}
return maxVal;
}
}
}