Largest Number
Given a list of non negative integers, arrange them such that they form the largest number. For example, given [3, 30, 34, 5, 9], the largest formed number is 9534330.
- Time: O(nlogn)
- Space: O(1)
public String largestNumber(int[] nums) {
String[] strs = new String[nums.length];
for (int i = 0; i < nums.length; i++) {
strs[i] = String.valueOf(nums[i]);
}
Arrays.sort(strs, new Comparator<String>() {
@Override
public int compare(String s1, String s2) {
return s1.concat(s2).compareTo(s2.concat(s1));
}
});
if (strs[strs.length - 1].equals("0")) {
return "0";
}
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
for (int i = nums.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
sb.append(strs[i]);
}
return sb.toString();
}