1432. Max Difference You Can Get From Changing an Integer

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Description

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You are given an integer num. You will apply the following steps exactly two times:

• Pick a digit x (0 <= x <= 9).
• Pick another digit y (0 <= y <= 9). The digit y can be equal to x.
• Replace all the occurrences of x in the decimal representation of num by y.
• The new integer cannot have any leading zeros, also the new integer cannot be 0.

Let a and b be the results of applying the operations to num the first and second times, respectively.

Return the max difference between a and b.

 

Example 1:

Input: num = 555
Output: 888
Explanation: The first time pick x = 5 and y = 9 and store the new integer in a.
The second time pick x = 5 and y = 1 and store the new integer in b.
We have now a = 999 and b = 111 and max difference = 888

Example 2:

Input: num = 9
Output: 8
Explanation: The first time pick x = 9 and y = 9 and store the new integer in a.
The second time pick x = 9 and y = 1 and store the new integer in b.
We have now a = 9 and b = 1 and max difference = 8

 

Constraints:

• 1 <= num <= 108

Solution

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Python3

class Solution:
    def maxDiff(self, num: int) -> int:
        
        a = b = str(num)
        
        for c in a:
            if c != "9":
                a = a.replace(c,"9")
                break
        
        if b[0] != "1":
            b = b.replace(b[0], "1")
        else:
            for c in b[1:]:
                if c not in "01":
                    b = b.replace(c, "0")
                    break
        
        return int(a) - int(b)