LeetCode String 179 Largest Number

179. Largest Number

Given a list of non negative integers, arrange them such that they form the largest number.

Example 1:
Input: [10,2]
Output: “210”

Example 2:
Input: [3,30,34,5,9]
Output: “9534330”

Note: The result may be very large, so you need to return a string instead of an integer.

solution:

定义新的排序方法来确定每个数的先后。新定义的comparator将

    public String largestNumber(int[] nums) {
        if (nums == null || nums.length == 0) return "";
        String[] set = new String[nums.length];
        for (int i = 0; i < set.length; i++) {
            set[i] = String.valueOf(nums[i]);
        }

        Arrays.sort(set, new Comparator<String>() {
            @Override
            public int compare(String o1, String o2) {
                // compareTo(a,b) return 1 if a > b
                return (o2 + o1).compareTo(o1 + o2);
            }
        });
        if (set[0].equals("0")) return "0";

        StringBuffer res = new StringBuffer();
        for (int i = 0; i < set.length; i++) {
            res.append(set[i]);
        }
        return String.valueOf(res);
    }