Question
Given a non-negative integer num
, repeatedly add all its digits until the result has only one digit.
For example:
Given num = 38
, the process is like: 3 + 8 = 11
, 1 + 1 = 2
. Since 2
has only one digit, return it.
Follow up
Could you do it without any loop/recursion in O(1) runtime?
Hint:
- A naive implementation of the above process is trivial. Could you come up with other methods?
- What are all the possible results?
- How do they occur, periodically or randomly?
- You may find this Wikipedia article useful.
Solution
Naive way is to use two loops.
public class Solution {
public int addDigits(int num) {
int copy = num;
while (copy / 10 > 0) {
int newNum = 0;
while (copy / 10 > 0) {
newNum += copy % 10;
copy /= 10;
}
newNum += copy;
copy = newNum;
}
return copy;
}
}
There is a math relationship.
public class Solution {
public int addDigits(int num) {
if (num == 0)
return num;
if (num % 9 == 0)
return 9;
return (num % 9);
}
}