For any 4-digit integer except the ones with all the digits being the same, if we sort the digits in non-increasing order first, and then in non-decreasing order, a new number can be obtained by taking the second number from the first one. Repeat in this manner we will soon end up at the number 6174 -- the "black hole" of 4-digit numbers. This number is named Kaprekar Constant.
For example, start from 6767, we'll get:
7766 - 6677 = 1089
9810 - 0189 = 9621
9621 - 1269 = 8352
8532 - 2358 = 6174
7641 - 1467 = 6174
... ...
Given any 4-digit number, you are supposed to illustrate the way it gets into the black hole.
Input Specification:
Each input file contains one test case which gives a positive integer N in the range (0, 10000).
Output Specification:
If all the 4 digits of N are the same, print in one line the equation "N - N = 0000". Else print each step of calculation in a line until 6174 comes out as the difference. All the numbers must be printed as 4-digit numbers.
Sample Input 1:6767Sample Output 1:
7766 - 6677 = 1089 9810 - 0189 = 9621 9621 - 1269 = 8352 8532 - 2358 = 6174Sample Input 2:
2222Sample Output 2:
2222 - 2222 = 0000
#include<stdio.h>
#include<algorithm>
using namespace std;
int main(){
freopen("F://Temp/input.txt", "r", stdin);
int n;
scanf("%d", &n);
while (true){
int num[4];
num[0] = n % 10;
n /= 10;
num[1] = n % 10;
n /= 10;
num[2] = n % 10;
num[3] = n / 10;
sort(num, num + 4);
int max = num[3] * 1000 + num[2] * 100 + num[1] * 10 + num[0];
int min = num[0] * 1000 + num[1] * 100 + num[2] * 10 + num[3];
int cha = max - min;
printf("%04d - %04d = %04d\n", max, min, cha);
if (cha == 0 || cha == 6174)
break;
n = cha;
}
return 0;
}