How do I check if a number is a palindrome?
def ReverseNumber(n, partial=0):
if n == 0:
return partial
return ReverseNumber(n // 10, partial * 10 + n % 10)
trial = 123454321
if ReverseNumber(trial) == trial:
print("It's a Palindrome!")
Works for integers only. It's unclear from the problem statement if floating point numbers or leading zeros need to be considered.
For any given number:
n = num;
rev = 0;
while (num > 0)
{
dig = num % 10;
rev = rev * 10 + dig;
num = num / 10;
}
If n == rev
then num
is a palindrome:
cout << "Number " << (n == rev ? "IS" : "IS NOT") << " a palindrome" << endl;
Above most of the answers having a trivial problem is that the int variable possibly might overflow.
Refer to http://articles.leetcode.com/palindrome-number/
boolean isPalindrome(int x) {
if (x < 0)
return false;
int div = 1;
while (x / div >= 10) {
div *= 10;
}
while (x != 0) {
int l = x / div;
int r = x % 10;
if (l != r)
return false;
x = (x % div) / 10;
div /= 100;
}
return true;
}
This is one of the Project Euler problems. When I solved it in Haskell I did exactly what you suggest, convert the number to a String. It's then trivial to check that the string is a pallindrome. If it performs well enough, then why bother making it more complex? Being a pallindrome is a lexical property rather than a mathematical one.