@Piyush:  try 97,8,9
acc. to ur algo,  adding 0s:   97,80,90
then sorting : 97,90,80
so final ans acc. to ur algo: 9798
whereas the correct ans is : 9897


Ankit
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On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 6:58 AM, Piyush Sinha <ecstasy.piy...@gmail.com>wrote:

> how about adding zeroes at the end of integers to make to equal to the
> integer with maximum number of digits and sort them...
>
> ex-
> 101 10
>
> adding zeroes..
> 101 100
>
> sort 100 101
>
> therefore make number as 10110
>
> 100 1
>
> adding zeroes
> 100 100
>
> therefore number is 1100
>
> I am not sure of the method.....if there is any counter case please do
> suggest...
>
> On 5/27/11, wujin chen <wujinchen...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > @radha,  i think your solution is wrong.
> > for this case: 101,10
> > in your solution , the ans is 10101,but the max ans is 10110.
> >
> > 2011/5/27 radha krishnan <radhakrishnance...@gmail.com>
> >
> >> 10100 is max ans
> >> okay
> >> convert the numbers to strings and sort based on the first character
> >> !!!!!!!
> >> if equal do that recursively  and then if length is less give that
> >> preference !!
> >> i think this solution ..
> >> may be this is wrong !!
> >>
> >> On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 7:07 PM, wujin chen <wujinchen...@gmail.com
> >wrote:
> >>
> >>> @Piyush, how to deal with this case :100 , 10
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> 2011/5/27 Piyush Sinha <ecstasy.piy...@gmail.com>
> >>>
> >>>> we can work out if we sort according to the leftmost integer
> >>>>
> >>>> On 5/27/11, adityasir...@gmail.com <adityasir...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>> > are you kidding me. Just simple sort wont work.
> >>>> >
> >>>> > On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 9:31 AM, radha krishnan <
> >>>> > radhakrishnance...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>> >
> >>>> >> sort :)
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 6:57 PM, ross <jagadish1...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >>> Hi all,
> >>>> >>>
> >>>> >>> Given an array of elements find the largest possible number that
> can
> >>>> >>> be formed by using the elements of the array.
> >>>> >>>
> >>>> >>> eg: 10 9
> >>>> >>> ans: 910
> >>>> >>>
> >>>> >>> 2 3 5 78
> >>>> >>>
> >>>> >>> ans: 78532
> >>>> >>>
> >>>> >>> 100 9
> >>>> >>>
> >>>> >>> ans: 9100
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