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 (0,104).
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:
6767
Sample Output 1:
7766 - 6677 = 1089
9810 - 0189 = 9621
9621 - 1269 = 8352
8532 - 2358 = 6174
Sample Input 2:
2222
Sample Output 2:
2222 - 2222 = 0000
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <algorithm>
using namespace std;
int main(){
int ans = -1;
string s, smin;
cin >> s;
while(ans != 0 && ans != 6174){
sort(s.begin(), s.end(), greater<char>());
while(s.length() < 4)
s += '0';
smin = s;
reverse(smin.begin(), smin.end());
ans = stoi(s) - stoi(smin);
printf("%s - %s = %04d\n",s.c_str(), smin.c_str(), ans);
s = to_string(ans);
}
}