I think he means to edit the comparison function to get the order. so at a time only 2 elements are compared.
On May 28, 7:51 am, Logic King <crazy.logic.k...@gmail.com> wrote: > @sunny it will work fine if you have 2 numbers only...but what about the > list...3..4 or 5..or more....then the possible number of combinations will > be 'N!'...where n is the number of digits.......the code will work quite > slowly for larger 'n'. > > > > > > > > On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 3:33 PM, Dave <dave_and_da...@juno.com> wrote: > > @Shubham: Try 8, 89, 7. Your algorithm gives 8897, but the right > > answer is 8987. > > > Dave > > > On May 27, 1:11 pm, shubham <shubh2...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > check whether these steps work: > > > > step 1: > > > sort the given numbers in the decreasing order based on their > > first > > > digit. > > > step 2: > > > if two numbers come out to be equal in the above case & both of > > > their next digit exist then sort on the basis of their next digit, > > otherwise > > > the number > > > whose next digit doesnot exist should be placed before the other > > > number. > > > step 3: > > > concatenate these numbers. > > > > e.g. > > > > (0,1,10,100) sorting it gives: 1,10,100,0 => 1101000 > > > (97,8,9) sorting gives: 9,97,8 => 9978 > > > > correct me if i'm wrong. > > > > Shubham > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Algorithm Geeks" group. > > To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Algorithm Geeks" group. To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en.
