# Monotone Increasing Digits in C++

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Suppose we have a non-negative integer N, we have to find the largest number that is less than or equal to N with monotone increasing digits. We know that an integer has monotone increasing digits if and only if each pair of adjacent digits’ x and y satisfy x <= y.) So if the input is like 332, then the result will be 299.

To solve this, we will follow these steps −

• s := N as string, i := 1, n := size of s
• while i < n and s[i] >= s[i – 1]
• increase i by 1
• if i < n
• while i > 0 and s[i – 1] > s[i], then
• decrease i by 1
• decrease s[i] by 1
• for j in range i + 1 to n
• s[j] := ‘9’
• return s as number

Let us see the following implementation to get better understanding −

## Example

Live Demo

#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
class Solution {
public:
int monotoneIncreasingDigits(int N) {
string s = to_string(N);
int i = 1;
int n = s.size();
while(i < n && s[i] >= s[i - 1]) i++;
if( i < n)
while(i > 0 && s[i - 1] > s[i]){
i--;
s[i]--;
}
for(int j = i + 1; j < n; j++)s[j] = '9';
return stoi(s);
}
};
main(){
Solution ob;
cout << (ob.monotoneIncreasingDigits(332));
}

## Input

332

## Output

299
Updated on 04-May-2020 13:47:09