I wanted to sum the digits of Long variable and add it to the variable it self, I came with the next working code:
private fun Long.sumDigits(): Long {
var n = this
this.toString().forEach { n += it.toString().toLong() }
return n
}
Usage: assert(48.toLong() == 42.toLong().sumDigits())
I had to use it.toString() in order to get it work, so I came with the next test and I don't get it's results:
#Test
fun toLongEquality() {
println("'4' as Long = " + '4'.toLong())
println("\"4\" as Long = " + "4".toLong())
println("\"42\" as Long = " + "42".toLong())
assert('4'.toString().toLong() == 4.toLong())
}
Output:
'4' as Long = 52
"4" as Long = 4
"42" as Long = 42
Is it a good practice to use char.toString().toLong() or there is a better way to convert char to Long?
Does "4" represented by chars? Why it is not equal to it char representation?
From the documentation:
class Char : Comparable (source) Represents a 16-bit Unicode
character. On the JVM, non-nullable values of this type are
represented as values of the primitive type char.
fun toLong(): Long
Returns the value of this character as a Long.
When you use '4' as Long you actually get the Unicode (ASCII) code of the char '4'
As mTak says, Char represents a Unicode value. If you are using Kotlin on the JVM, you can define your function as follows:
private fun Long.sumDigits() = this.toString().map(Character::getNumericValue).sum().toLong()
There's no reason to return Long rather than Int, but I've kept it the same as in your question.
Non-JVM versions of Kotlin don't have the Character class; use map {it - '0'} instead.
Related
I am trying to solve the following question on LeetCode; Write a function that takes an unsigned integer and returns the number of '1' bits it has. Constraints: The input must be a binary string of length 32.
I have written the following code for that which works fine for inputs 00000000000000000000000000001011 and 00000000000000000000000010000000 (provided internally by the website) but give output 0 for input 11111111111111111111111111111101 and in my local compiler for the last input it says "out of range"
class Solution {
// you need treat n as an unsigned value
fun hammingWeight(n:Int):Int {
var num = n
var setCountBit = 0
while (num > 0) {
setCountBit++
num= num and num-1
}
return setCountBit
}
}
To correctly convert binary string to Int and avoid "out of range error", you need to do the following (I believe LeetCode does the same under the hood):
fun binaryStringToInt(s: String): Int = s.toUInt(radix = 2).toInt()
"11111111111111111111111111111101" is equivalent to 4294967293. This is greater than Int.MAX_VALUE, so it will be represented as negative number after .toInt() convertion (-3 in this case).
Actually, this problem could be solved with one-liner in Kotlin 1.4:
fun hammingWeight(n: Int): Int = n.countOneBits()
But LeetCode uses Kotlin 1.3.10, so you need to adjust your solution to handle negative Ints as well.
Please change the type of your input variable from Int to a type like Double .At the moment The given value is bigger than the maximum value that a type Int number can store.
I'm trying to find the simplest way to convert a digit (0..9) into the respective character '0'..'9' in Kotlin.
My initial attempt was to write the following code:
fun convertToCharacter() {
val number = 0
val character = number.toChar()
println(character)
}
Of course, after running, I quickly saw that this produces \u0000, and not '0' like I expected. Then, remembering from how to do this in Java, I modified the code to add '0', but then this would not compile.
fun convertToCharacter() {
val number = 0
val character = number.toChar() + '0'
println(character)
}
What is the appropriate way to convert a number into its respective character counterpart in Kotlin? Ideally, I'm trying to avoid pulling up the ASCII table to accomplish this (I know I can add 48 to the number since 48 -> '0' in ASCII).
val character = '0' + number
is the shortest way, given that the number is in range 0..9
Kotlin stdlib provides this function since 1.5.0.
fun Int.digitToChar(): Char
Returns the Char that represents this decimal digit. Throws an exception if this value is not in the range 0..9.
If this value is in 0..9, the decimal digit Char with code '0'.code + this is returned.
Example
println(5.digitToChar()) // 5
println(3.digitToChar(radix = 8)) // 3
println(10.digitToChar(radix = 16)) // A
println(20.digitToChar(radix = 36)) // K
Like you said, probably the easiest way to convert an Int to the Char representation of that same digit is to add 48 and call toChar():
val number = 3
val character = (number + 48).toChar()
println(character) // prints 3
If you don't want to have the magic 48 number in your program, you could first parse the number to a String and then use toCharArray()[0] to get the Char representation:
val number = 3
val character = number.toString().toCharArray()[0]
println(character) // prints 3
Edit: in the spirit of the attempt in your question, you can do math with '0'.toInt() and get the result you were expecting:
val number = 7
val character = (number + '0'.toInt()).toChar()
println(number) // prints 7
How about 0.toString() instead of 0.toChar() ? If you are specifically after single digits, then 0.toString()[0] will give you a Char type
You can use an extension like this:
fun Int.toReadableChar(): Char {
return ('0'.toInt() + this).toChar()
}
You can apply this to any other class you want :)
Example:
println(7.toReadableChar())
>> 7
I currently start to learn Kotlin and I was making this code
val a = "1"
val b = a[0]
val c = b.toInt()
println(c)
When I run the code, the result is 49. What really happened? Because I think the result will be 1.
a is a String, which is a CharSequence. That is why you can access a[0] in the first place. a.get(0) or a[0] then returns a Char. Char on the other hand returns its character value when calling toInt(), check also the documentation of toInt().
So your code commented:
val a = "1" // a is a String
val b = a[0] // b is a Char
val c = b.toInt() // c is (an Int representing) the character value of b
If you just want to return the number you rather need to parse it or use any of the answers you like the most of: How do I convert a Char to Int?
(one simple way being b.toString().toInt()).
a is String,
when you get a[index] return type is char,
in kotlin char.toInt method return ASCII code of the character and it's 49
if you want to get the integer value of "1" just use toString method
val a = "1"
val b = a[0].toString()
val c = b.toInt()
println(c)
prints:1
In your example a is a String, but String. String is under the hood an Array of Char. And by accessing your String using a[0] operator, you get first element of this Char Array. So you get Char '1', not String "1". And now, when you run '1'.toInt() function on Char - it will return ASCII code of that Char. When you run "1".toInt() on String - it will convert this String into Int "1". When you need to get Int value of first letter in your String, you need to convert it first into String:
val a = "123"
val b = a[0].toString() // returns first Char of String "123" and converts to String
val c = b.toInt() // returns Int: 1
or in one line:
"123"[0].toString().toInt()
I was solving a problem on codeforces in which I had to sum up the digits of a big number (it can have up to 100k digits) and I'd have to repeat that process until there is only one digit left and count the number of times I did that and I came up with a working solution, however I'd like to know if some things could have been done in a more "Kotlin-ish like way", so given:
fun main(args: Array<String>) {
println(transform(readLine()!!))
}
fun transform(n: String): Int {
var count = 0
var sum : Int
var s = n
while(s.length > 1) {
sum = (0 until s.length).sumBy { s[it].toInt() - '0'.toInt() }
s = sum.toString()
count++
}
return count
}
sum = (0 until s.length).sumBy { s[it].toInt() - '0'.toInt() } is there a way to I guess map the sum of digits in the string to the sum variable, or in general a better approach than the one I used?
When converting a Char to an Int it converts it to the ASCII value so I had to add "-'0'.toInt()" is there a faster way (not that it's too much to write, asking out of curiosity)?
How to make the String n mutable without creating a new String s and manipulating it? Or is that the desired (and only) way?
P.S. I'm a beginner with Kotlin.
When converting a Char to an Int it converts it to the ASCII value so I had to add "-'0'.toInt()" is there a faster way (not that it's too much to write, asking out of curiosity)?
You can simply write s[it] - '0', because subtracting Chars in Kotlin already gives you an Int:
public class Char ... {
...
/** Subtracts the other Char value from this value resulting an Int. */
public operator fun minus(other: Char): Int
...
}
But why are looping over the indexes when you could loop over the Chars directly?
sum = s.sumBy { it - '0' }
This is a functional (and recursive) style to solve it:
private fun sum(num: String, count: Int) : Int {
return num
//digit to int
.map { "$it".toInt() }
//sum digits
.sum()
//sum to string
.toString()
//if sum's length is more than one, do it again with incremented count. Otherwise, return the current count
.let { if (it.length > 1) sum(it, count + 1) else count }
}
And you call it like this:
val number = "2937649827364918308623946..." //and so on
val count = sum(number, 0)
Hope it helps!
So, due to lack of methods like Long.valueOf(String s) I am stuck.
How to convert String to Long in Kotlin?
1. string.toLong()
Parses the string as a [Long] number and returns the result.
#throws NumberFormatException if the string is not a valid
representation of a number.
2. string.toLongOrNull()
Parses the string as a [Long] number and returns the result or null
if the string is not a valid representation of a number.
3. string.toLong(10)
Parses the string as a [Long] number and returns the result.
#throws NumberFormatException if the string is not a valid
representation of a number.
#throws IllegalArgumentException when
[radix] is not a valid radix for string to number conversion.
public inline fun String.toLong(radix: Int): Long = java.lang.Long.parseLong(this, checkRadix(radix))
4. string.toLongOrNull(10)
Parses the string as a [Long] number and returns the result or null
if the string is not a valid representation of a number.
#throws IllegalArgumentException when [radix] is not a valid radix for string
to number conversion.
public fun String.toLongOrNull(radix: Int): Long? {...}
5. java.lang.Long.valueOf(string)
public static Long valueOf(String s) throws NumberFormatException
String has a corresponding extension method:
"10".toLong()
Extension methods are available for Strings to parse them into other primitive types. Examples below:
"true".toBoolean()
"10.0".toFloat()
"10.0".toDouble()
"10".toByte()
"10".toShort()
"10".toInt()
"10".toLong()
Note: Answers mentioning jet.String are outdated. Here is current Kotlin (1.0):
Any String in Kotlin already has an extension function you can call toLong(). Nothing special is needed, just use it.
All extension functions for String are documented. You can find others for standard lib in the api reference
Actually, 90% of the time you also need to check the 'long' is valid, so you need:
"10".toLongOrNull()
There is an 'orNull' equivalent for each 'toLong' of the basic types, and these allow for managing invalid cases with keeping with the Kotlin? idiom.
It's interesting. Code like this:
val num = java.lang.Long.valueOf("2");
println(num);
println(num is kotlin.Long);
makes this output:
2
true
I guess, Kotlin makes conversion from java.lang.Long and long primitive to kotlin.Long automatically in this case. So, it's solution, but I would be happy to see tool without java.lang package usage.
In Kotlin, to convert a String to Long (that represents a 64-bit signed integer) is simple.
You can use any of the following examples:
val number1: Long = "789".toLong()
println(number1) // 789
val number2: Long? = "404".toLongOrNull()
println("number = $number2") // number = 404
val number3: Long? = "Error404".toLongOrNull()
println("number = $number3") // number = null
val number4: Long? = "111".toLongOrNull(2) // binary
println("numberWithRadix(2) = $number4") // numberWithRadix(2) = 7
With toLongOrNull() method, you can use let { } scope function after ?. safe call operator.
Such a logic is good for executing a code block only with non-null values.
fun convertToLong(that: String) {
that.toLongOrNull()?.let {
println("Long value is $it")
}
}
convertToLong("123") // Long value is 123
One good old Java possibility what's not mentioned in the answers is java.lang.Long.decode(String).
Decimal Strings:
Kotlin's String.toLong() is equivalent to Java's Long.parseLong(String):
Parses the string argument as a signed decimal long. ... The
resulting long value is returned, exactly as if the argument and the
radix 10 were given as arguments to the parseLong(java.lang.String, int) method.
Non-decimal Strings:
Kotlin's String.toLong(radix: Int) is equivalent to Java's eLong.parseLong(String, int):
Parses the string argument as a signed long in the radix specified by
the second argument. The characters in the string must all be digits of the specified radix ...
And here comes java.lang.Long.decode(String) into the picture:
Decodes a String into a Long. Accepts decimal, hexadecimal, and octal
numbers given by the following grammar: DecodableString:
(Sign) DecimalNumeral | (Sign) 0x HexDigits | (Sign) 0X HexDigits | (Sign) # HexDigits | (Sign) 0 OctalDigits
Sign: - | +
That means that decode can parse Strings like "0x412", where other methods will result in a NumberFormatException.
val kotlin_toLong010 = "010".toLong() // 10 as parsed as decimal
val kotlin_toLong10 = "10".toLong() // 10 as parsed as decimal
val java_parseLong010 = java.lang.Long.parseLong("010") // 10 as parsed as decimal
val java_parseLong10 = java.lang.Long.parseLong("10") // 10 as parsed as decimal
val kotlin_toLong010Radix = "010".toLong(8) // 8 as "octal" parsing is forced
val kotlin_toLong10Radix = "10".toLong(8) // 8 as "octal" parsing is forced
val java_parseLong010Radix = java.lang.Long.parseLong("010", 8) // 8 as "octal" parsing is forced
val java_parseLong10Radix = java.lang.Long.parseLong("10", 8) // 8 as "octal" parsing is forced
val java_decode010 = java.lang.Long.decode("010") // 8 as 0 means "octal"
val java_decode10 = java.lang.Long.decode("10") // 10 as parsed as decimal
If you don't want to handle NumberFormatException while parsing
var someLongValue=string.toLongOrNull() ?: 0
Actually, there are several ways:
Given:
var numberString : String = "numberString"
// number is the Long value of numberString (if any)
var defaultValue : Long = defaultValue
Then we have:
+—————————————————————————————————————————————+——————————+———————————————————————+
| numberString is a valid number ? | true | false |
+—————————————————————————————————————————————+——————————+———————————————————————+
| numberString.toLong() | number | NumberFormatException |
+—————————————————————————————————————————————+——————————+———————————————————————+
| numberString.toLongOrNull() | number | null |
+—————————————————————————————————————————————+——————————+———————————————————————+
| numberString.toLongOrNull() ?: defaultValue | number | defaultValue |
+—————————————————————————————————————————————+——————————+———————————————————————+
string.toLong()
where string is your variable.