Leetcode

K-th Smallest in Lexicographical Order

May 26, 2022 by aAshish

  • Time:O(\log^2 n)
  • Space:O(1)

C++

 
class Solution {
 public:
  int findKthNumber(long n, int k) {
    auto getGap = [&n](long a, long b) {
      long gap = 0;
      while (a <= n) {
        gap += min(n + 1, b) - a;
        a *= 10;
        b *= 10;
      }
      return gap;
    };

    long currNum = 1;

    for (int i = 1; i < k;) {
      long gap = getGap(currNum, currNum + 1);
      if (i + gap <= k) {
        i += gap;
        ++currNum;
      } else {
        ++i;
        currNum *= 10;
      }
    }

    return currNum;
  }
};

JAVA

 
class Solution {
  public int findKthNumber(int n, int k) {
    long currNum = 1;

    for (int i = 1; i < k;) {
      long gap = getGap(currNum, currNum + 1, n);
      if (i + gap <= k) {
        i += gap;
        ++currNum;
      } else {
        ++i;
        currNum *= 10;
      }
    }

    return (int) currNum;
  }

  private long getGap(long a, long b, long n) {
    long gap = 0;
    while (a <= n) {
      gap += Math.min(n + 1, b) - a;
      a *= 10;
      b *= 10;
    }
    return gap;
  }
}