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Palindrome Number

Created: February 17, 2019 by [lek-tin]

Last updated: February 17, 2019

Determine whether an integer is a palindrome. An integer is a palindrome when it reads the same backward as forward.

Example 1

Input: 121
Output: true

Example 2

Input: -121
Output: false
Explanation: From left to right, it reads -121. From right to left, it becomes 121-. Therefore it is not a palindrome.

Example 3

Input: 10
Output: false
Explanation: Reads 01 from right to left. Therefore it is not a palindrome.

Follow up:

Could you solve it without converting the integer to a string?

Solution:

Convert the number to string

class Solution {
    public boolean isPalindrome(int x) {
        String num = Integer.toString(x);

        for (int i = 0; i < num.length() / 2; i++) {
            if (num.charAt(i) != num.charAt(num.length() - 1 - i)) return false;
        }

        return true;
    }
}

Iterate over each digit and then reconstruct the new number.

class Solution {
    public boolean isPalindrome(int x) {
        if (x < 0) {
          return false;
        }

        if (x < 10) {
          return true;
        }

        int oldNum = x;
        int newNum = 0;

        while (x > 0) {
          newNum = newNum * 10 + x % 10;
          x = x / 10;
        }

        return oldNum == newNum ? true : false;
    }
}