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LeetCode 202. Happy Number

202. Happy Number

Problem

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Write an algorithm to determine if a number n is happy.

A happy number is a number defined by the following process:

Starting with any positive integer, replace the number by the sum of the squares of its digits.
Repeat the process until the number equals 1 (where it will stay), or it loops endlessly in a cycle which does not include 1.
Those numbers for which this process ends in 1 are happy.
Return true if n is a happy number, and false if not.

Questions before reading example

// is it possible to pass n zero? // what is a max number of n? // can i loop infinitely?

Example

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Input: n = 19
Output: true
Explanation:
12 + 92 = 82
82 + 22 = 68
62 + 82 = 100
12 + 02 + 02 = 1

Input: n = 2
Output: false

Solution

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class Solution {
  public boolean isHappy(int n) {
    Set<String> seen = new HashSet<>();
    String numberString = String.valueOf(n);
    seen.add(numberString);
    while (true) {
      int sum = 0;
      for (char c: numberString.toCharArray()) {
        sum += (c - '0') * (c - '0');
      }
      numberString = String.valueOf(sum);
      if (seen.contains(numberString)) {
        break;
      } else {
        seen.add(numberString);
      }
    }

    return numberString.equals("1");
  }
}

Spent time

  • 20m

Review

  • 무한 루프 탈출 조건에 대해 생각해내기 어려웠다. (단순히 length 가 2이상이면 탈출 조건으로 했었다)
  • “7이 왜 unhappy 한 number 이지” 고민하다가, solution 을 보고 cycle 이 생긴다는 것을 알아내어 Set 을 사용하여 해결했다.
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