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C++ program to find in how many bases we can represent the number not greater than M
Suppose we have a numeric string S, and another number M. Let d be the greatest digit in S. We have to find in many different integers not greater than M can be found by choosing an integer n not less than d+1 and seeing S as a base-n number?
So, if the input is like S = "999"; M = 1500, then the output will be 3, because S as base 10 number, we get 999, as base 11 number, we get 1197, as base 12 number, we get 1413. These three values are the only ones that we can obtain and are not greater than 1500.
Steps
To solve this, we will follow these steps −
if size of S is same as 1, then: if numeric value of S <= M, then: return 1 Otherwise return 0 d := 0 for each character c in S, do d := maximum of d and (c - ASCII of '0') left := d right := M + 1 while right - left > 1, do: mid := (left + right) / 2 v := 0 for each character c in S, do if v > M / mid, then: v := M + 1 Otherwise v := v * mid + (c - ASCII of '0') if v <= M, then: left := mid Otherwise right := mid return left - d
Example
Let us see the following implementation to get better understanding −
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
int solve(string S, int M){
if (S.size() == 1){
if (stoi(S) <= M)
return 1;
else
return 0;
}
int d = 0;
for (char c : S)
d = max(d, int(c - '0'));
long left = d;
long right = M + 1;
while (right - left > 1){
long mid = (left + right) / 2;
long v = 0;
for (char c : S){
if (v > M / mid)
v = M + 1;
else
v = v * mid + (c - '0');
}
if (v <= M)
left = mid;
else
right = mid;
}
return left - d;
}
int main(){
string S = "999";
int M = 1500;
cout << solve(S, M) << endl;
}Input
"999", 1500
Output
3
Updated on: 03-Mar-2022
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