Compare Version Numbers Problem
Description
LeetCode Problem 165.
Given two version numbers,version1 and version2, compare them.
Version numbers consist of one or more revisions joined by a dot ‘.’. Each revisionconsists of digitsand may contain leading zeros. Every revision contains at least one character. Revisions are 0-indexed from left to right, with the leftmost revision being revision 0, the next revision being revision 1, and so on. For example 2.5.33 and 0.1 are valid version numbers.
To compare version numbers, compare their revisions in left-to-right order. Revisions are compared using theirinteger value ignoring any leading zeros. This means that revisions 1 and 001 are consideredequal. If a version number does not specify a revision at an index, thentreat the revision as 0. For example, version 1.0 is less than version 1.1 because their revision 0s are the same, but their revision 1s are 0 and 1 respectively, and 0 < 1.
Return the following:
- If version1 < version2, return -1.
- If version1 > version2, return 1.
- Otherwise, return 0.
Example 1:
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Input: version1 = "1.01", version2 = "1.001"
Output: 0
Explanation: Ignoring leading zeroes, both "01" and "001" represent the same integer "1".
Example 2:
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Input: version1 = "1.0", version2 = "1.0.0"
Output: 0
Explanation: version1 does not specify revision 2, which means it is treated as "0".
Example 3:
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Input: version1 = "0.1", version2 = "1.1"
Output: -1
Explanation:version1's revision 0 is "0", while version2's revision 0 is "1". 0 < 1, so version1 < version2.
Example 4:
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Input: version1 = "1.0.1", version2 = "1"
Output: 1
Example 5:
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Input: version1 = "7.5.2.4", version2 = "7.5.3"
Output: -1
Constraints:
- 1 <= version1.length, version2.length <= 500
- version1 and version2only contain digits and ‘.’.
- version1 and version2are valid version numbers.
- All the given revisions inversion1 and version2can be stored ina32-bit integer.
Sample C++ Code
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class Solution {
public:
int compareVersion(string version1, string version2) {
for (; version1 != version2; version1 = nextSubstr(version1), version2 = nextSubstr(version2)) {
int gap = stoi(version1) - stoi(version2);
if (gap != 0) {
return gap > 0 ? 1 : -1;
}
}
return 0;
}
string nextSubstr(string str) {
for (int i = 0; i < str.size(); i++) {
if (str.at(i) == '.') {
return str.substr(i + 1);
}
}
return "0";
}
};