Convert a number to another by dividing by its factor or removing first occurrence of a digit from an array

Last Updated : 02 Jul, 2021

Given two positive integers A, B, and an array D[] consisting only of digits [0-9], the task is to check if it is possible to reduce A to B by repeatedly dividing by any of its factors which is present the array D[] or by removing the first occurrence of any of its digit which is present in the array D[].

Examples:

Input: A = 5643, B = 81, D[] = {3, 8, 1}
Output: Yes
Explanation:
Operation 1: Divide A (= 5643) by 3, then the value of A becomes 1881.
Operation 2: Remove the first occurrence of 8 from A(= 1881), then the value of A becomes 181.
Operation 3: Remove the first occurrence of 1 from A(= 181), then the value of A becomes 81.

Input: A = 82, B = 2, D[] = {8, 2}
Output: Yes

Approach: The given problem can be solved by performing all the possible operation on the value A using the Queue and check if at any step the value of A modifies to B or not. Follow the steps below to solve the problem:

Initialize a queue, say Q and initially push A to it.
Initialize a HashMap, say M to store the elements present in the queue Q and initialize a variable, ans as “No” to store the required result.
Iterate until Q is not empty, and perform the following steps:
- Store the front of the Q in a variable, top.
- If the value of the top is equal to B, update the value of ans to “Yes” and break out of the loop.
- Otherwise, traverse the array, D[] and for each element, D[i] check the two conditions:
  - If D[i] is a factor of top, then push the value quotient obtained on dividing top by D[i] in the queue Q and mark it as visited in M.
  - If D[i] is present in the number top, then remove its first occurrence and push the new number obtained in the queue Q and mark it as visited in M.
After completing the above steps, print the value of ans as the result.

Below is the implementation of the above approach:

C++

// C++ program for the above approach
 
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
 
// Function to check if a digit x is
// present in the number N or not
int isPresent(int n, int x)
{
    // Convert N to string
    string num = to_string(n);
 
    // Traverse the string num
    for (int i = 0; i < num.size();
         i++) {
 
        // Return first occurrence
        // of the digit x
        if ((num[i] - '0') == x)
            return i;
    }
    return -1;
}
 
// Function to remove the character
// at a given index from the number
int removeDigit(int n, int index)
{
    // Convert N to string
    string num = to_string(n);
 
    // Store the resultant string
    string ans = "";
 
    // Traverse the string num
    for (int i = 0;
         i < num.size(); i++) {
        if (i != index)
            ans += num[i];
    }
 
    // If the number becomes empty
    // after deletion, then return -1
    if (ans == "" || (ans.size() == 1
                      && ans[0] == '0'))
        return -1;
 
    // Return the number
    int x = stoi(ans);
    return x;
}
 
// Function to check if A can be
// reduced to B by performing the
// operations any number of times
bool reduceNtoX(int a, int b,
                int d[], int n)
{
    // Create a queue
    queue<int> q;
 
    // Push A into the queue
    q.push(a);
 
    // Hashmap to check if the element
    // is present in the Queue or not
    unordered_map<int, bool> visited;
 
    // Set A as visited
    visited[a] = true;
 
    // Iterate while the queue is not empty
    while (!q.empty()) {
 
        // Store the front value of the
        // queue and pop it from it
        int top = q.front();
        q.pop();
 
        if (top < 0)
            continue;
 
        // If top is equal to B,
        // then return true
        if (top == b)
            return true;
 
        // Traverse the array, D[]
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
 
            // Divide top by D[i] if
            // it is possible and
            // push the result in q
            if (d[i] != 0 && top % d[i] == 0
                && !visited[top / d[i]]) {
 
                q.push(top / d[i]);
                visited[top / d[i]] = true;
            }
 
            // If D[i] is present at the top
            int index = isPresent(top, d[i]);
            if (index != -1) {
 
                // Remove the first occurrence
                // of D[i] from the top and
                // store the new number
                int newElement
                    = removeDigit(top, index);
 
                // Push newElement into the queue q
                if (newElement != -1
                    && (!visited[newElement])) {
                    q.push(newElement);
                    visited[newElement] = true;
                }
            }
        }
    }
 
    // Return false if A can
    // not be reduced to B
    return false;
}
 
// Driver Code
int main()
{
 
    int A = 5643, B = 81;
    int D[] = { 3, 8, 1 };
    int N = sizeof(D) / sizeof(D[0]);
 
    if (reduceNtoX(A, B, D, N))
        cout << "Yes";
    else
        cout << "No";
 
    return 0;
}

Java

// Java program for the above approach
import java.util.*;
 
class GFG
{
   
// Function to check if a digit x is
// present in the number N or not
static int isPresent(int n, int x)
{
   
    // Convert N to string
    String num = String.valueOf(n);
 
    // Traverse the string num
    for (int i = 0; i < num.length();
         i++) {
 
        // Return first occurrence
        // of the digit x
        if ((num.charAt(i) - '0') == x)
            return i;
    }
    return -1;
}
 
// Function to remove the character
// at a given index from the number
static int removeDigit(int n, int index)
{
   
    // Convert N to string
    String num = String.valueOf(n);
 
    // Store the resultant string
    String ans = "";
 
    // Traverse the string num
    for (int i = 0;
         i < num.length(); i++)
    {
        if (i != index)
            ans += num.charAt(i);
    }
 
    // If the number becomes empty
    // after deletion, then return -1
    if (ans == "" || (ans.length() == 1
                      && ans.charAt(0) == '0'))
        return -1;
 
    // Return the number
    int x = Integer.valueOf(ans);
    return x;
}
 
// Function to check if A can be
// reduced to B by performing the
// operations any number of times
static boolean reduceNtoX(int a, int b,
                int d[], int n)
{
   
    // Create a queue
    Queue<Integer> q=new LinkedList<>();
 
    // Push A into the queue
    q.add(a);
 
    // Hashmap to check if the element
    // is present in the Queue or not
    Map<Integer, Boolean> visited= new HashMap<>();
 
    // Set A as visited
    visited.put(a,true);
 
    // Iterate while the queue is not empty
    while (!q.isEmpty()) {
 
        // Store the front value of the
        // queue and pop it from it
        int top = q.peek();
        q.poll();
 
        if (top < 0)
            continue;
 
        // If top is equal to B,
        // then return true
        if (top == b)
            return true;
 
        // Traverse the array, D[]
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
 
            // Divide top by D[i] if
            // it is possible and
            // push the result in q
            if (d[i] != 0 && top % d[i] == 0
                && !visited.getOrDefault(top / d[i], false)) {
 
                q.add(top / d[i]);
                visited.put(top / d[i], true);
            }
 
            // If D[i] is present at the top
            int index = isPresent(top, d[i]);
            if (index != -1) {
 
                // Remove the first occurrence
                // of D[i] from the top and
                // store the new number
                int newElement
                    = removeDigit(top, index);
 
                // Push newElement into the queue q
                if (newElement != -1
                    && (!visited.getOrDefault(newElement,false))) {
                    q.add(newElement);
                    visited.put(newElement, true);
                }
            }
        }
    }
 
    // Return false if A can
    // not be reduced to B
    return false;
}
   
  // Driver code
public static void main (String[] args)
{
   
      // Given inputs
    int A = 5643, B = 81;
    int D[] = { 3, 8, 1 };
    int N = D.length;
 
    if (reduceNtoX(A, B, D, N))
        System.out.println("Yes");
    else
        System.out.println("No");
 
    }
}
 
// This code is contributed by offbeat

Python3

# Python3 program for the above approach
from collections import deque
 
# Function to check if a digit x is
# present in the number N or not
def isPresent(n, x):
     
    # Convert N to string
    num = str(n)
 
    # Traverse the num
    for i in range(len(num)):
         
        # Return first occurrence
        # of the digit x
        if ((ord(num[i]) - ord('0')) == x):
            return i
             
    return -1
 
# Function to remove the character
# at a given index from the number
def removeDigit(n, index):
     
    # Convert N to string
    num = str(n)
 
    # Store the resultant string
    ans = ""
 
    # Traverse the num
    for i in range(len(num)):
        if (i != index):
            ans += num[i]
 
    # If the number becomes empty
    # after deletion, then return -1
    if (ans == "" or (len(ans) == 1 and
        ans[0] == '0')):
        return -1
 
    # Return the number
    x = int(ans)
    return x
 
# Function to check if A can be
# reduced to B by performing the
# operations any number of times
def reduceNtoX(a, b, d, n):
     
    # Create a queue
    q = deque()
 
    # Push A into the queue
    q.append(a)
 
    # Hashmap to check if the element
    # is present in the Queue or not
    visited = {}
 
    # Set A as visited
    visited[a] = True
 
    # Iterate while the queue is not empty
    while (len(q) > 0):
         
        # Store the front value of the
        # queue and pop it from it
        top = q.popleft()
 
        if (top < 0):
            continue
 
        # If top is equal to B,
        # then return true
        if (top == b):
            return True
 
        # Traverse the array, D[]
        for i in range(n):
             
            # Divide top by D[i] if
            # it is possible and
            # push the result in q
            if (d[i] != 0 and top % d[i] == 0 and
               (top // d[i] not in visited)):
                q.append(top // d[i])
                 visited[top // d[i]] = True
 
            # If D[i] is present at the top
            index = isPresent(top, d[i])
 
            if (index != -1):
 
                # Remove the first occurrence
                # of D[i] from the top and
                # store the new number
                newElement = removeDigit(top, index)
 
                # Push newElement into the queue q
                if (newElement != -1 and
                   (newElement not in  visited)):
                    q.append(newElement)
                    visited[newElement] = True
 
    # Return false if A can
    # not be reduced to B
    return False
 
# Driver Code
if __name__ == '__main__':
     
    A, B = 5643, 81
    D = [ 3, 8, 1 ]
    N = len(D)
     
    if (reduceNtoX(A, B, D, N)):
        print("Yes")
    else:
        print("No")
 
# This code is contributed by mohit kumar 29

C#

// C# program for the above approach
 
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
 
class GFG{
 
// Function to check if a digit x is
// present in the number N or not
static int isPresent(int n, int x)
{
    // Convert N to string
    string num = n.ToString();
 
    // Traverse the string num
    for (int i = 0; i < num.Length;
         i++) {
 
        // Return first occurrence
        // of the digit x
       if (((int)num[i] - 97) == x)
            return i;
    }
    return -1;
}
 
// Function to remove the character
// at a given index from the number
static int removeDigit(int n, int index)
{
    // Convert N to string
    string num = n.ToString();
 
    // Store the resultant string
    string ans = "";
 
    // Traverse the string num
    for (int i = 0;
         i < num.Length; i++) {
        if (i != index)
            ans += num[i];
    }
 
    // If the number becomes empty
    // after deletion, then return -1
    if (ans == "" || (ans.Length == 1
                      && ans[0] == '0'))
        return -1;
 
    // Return the number
    int x =  Int32.Parse(ans);;
    return x;
}
 
// Function to check if A can be
// reduced to B by performing the
// operations any number of times
static bool reduceNtoX(int a, int b,
                int []d, int n)
{
    // Create a queue
    Queue<int> q = new Queue<int>();
 
    // Push A into the queue
    q.Enqueue(a);
 
    // Hashmap to check if the element
    // is present in the Queue or not
    Dictionary<int,bool> visited = new Dictionary<int,bool>();
 
    // Set A as visited
    visited[a] = true;
 
    // Iterate while the queue is not empty
    while (q.Count>0) {
 
        // Store the front value of the
        // queue and pop it from it
        int top = q.Peek();
        q.Dequeue();
 
        if (top < 0)
            continue;
 
        // If top is equal to B,
        // then return true
        if (top == b)
            return true;
 
        // Traverse the array, D[]
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
 
            // Divide top by D[i] if
            // it is possible and
            // push the result in q
            if (d[i] != 0 && top % d[i] == 0 &&
                visited.ContainsKey(top / d[i]) && visited[top / d[i]]==false) {
 
                q.Enqueue(top / d[i]);
                   visited[top / d[i]] = true;
               
            }
 
            // If D[i] is present at the top
            int index = isPresent(top, d[i]);
            if (index != -1) {
 
                // Remove the first occurrence
                // of D[i] from the top and
                // store the new number
                int newElement = removeDigit(top, index);
 
                // Push newElement into the queue q
                if (newElement != -1 && (visited.ContainsKey(newElement) && visited[newElement]==false)) {
                    q.Enqueue(newElement);
                    
                        visited[newElement] = true;
                }
            }
        }
    }
 
    // Return false if A can
    // not be reduced to B
    return true;
}
 
// Driver Code
public static void Main()
{
 
    int A = 5643, B = 81;
    int []D = { 3, 8, 1 };
    int N = D.Length;
 
    if (reduceNtoX(A, B, D, N))
        Console.Write("Yes");
    else
        Console.Write("No");
 
}
}
 
// This code is contributed by SURENDRA_GANGWAR.

Javascript

<script>
// Javascript program for the above approach
 
// Function to check if a digit x is
// present in the number N or not
function isPresent(n,x)
{
// Convert N to string
    let num = (n).toString();
  
    // Traverse the string num
    for (let i = 0; i < num.length;
         i++) {
  
        // Return first occurrence
        // of the digit x
        if ((num[i].charCodeAt(0) - '0'.charCodeAt(0)) == x)
            return i;
    }
    return -1;
}
 
// Function to remove the character
// at a given index from the number
function removeDigit(n,index)
{
    // Convert N to string
    let num = (n).toString();
  
    // Store the resultant string
    let ans = "";
  
    // Traverse the string num
    for (let i = 0;
         i < num.length; i++)
    {
        if (i != index)
            ans += num[i];
    }
  
    // If the number becomes empty
    // after deletion, then return -1
    if (ans == "" || (ans.length == 1
                      && ans[0] == '0'))
        return -1;
  
    // Return the number
    let x = parseInt(ans);
    return x;
}
 
// Function to check if A can be
// reduced to B by performing the
// operations any number of times
function reduceNtoX(a,b,d,n)
{
    // Create a queue
    let q=[];
  
    // Push A into the queue
    q.push(a);
  
    // Hashmap to check if the element
    // is present in the Queue or not
    let visited= new Map();
  
    // Set A as visited
    visited.set(a,true);
  
    // Iterate while the queue is not empty
    while (q.length!=0) {
  
        // Store the front value of the
        // queue and pop it from it
        let top = q.shift();
         
  
        if (top < 0)
            continue;
  
        // If top is equal to B,
        // then return true
        if (top == b)
            return true;
  
        // Traverse the array, D[]
        for (let i = 0; i < n; i++) {
  
            // Divide top by D[i] if
            // it is possible and
            // push the result in q
             
            if(!visited.has(top / d[i]))
                visited.set(top / d[i],false);
             
            if (d[i] != 0 && top % d[i] == 0
                && !visited.get(top / d[i])) {
  
                q.push(top / d[i]);
                visited.set(top / d[i], true);
            }
  
            // If D[i] is present at the top
            let index = isPresent(top, d[i]);
            if (index != -1) {
  
                // Remove the first occurrence
                // of D[i] from the top and
                // store the new number
                let newElement
                    = removeDigit(top, index);
                  
                if(!visited.has(newElement))
                    visited.set(newElement,false);
                 
                // Push newElement into the queue q
                if (newElement != -1
                    && (!visited.get(newElement))) {
                    q.push(newElement);
                    visited.set(newElement, true);
                }
            }
        }
    }
  
    // Return false if A can
    // not be reduced to B
    return false;
}
 
// Driver code
// Given inputs
let A = 5643, B = 81;
let D = [ 3, 8, 1 ];
let N = D.length;
 
if (reduceNtoX(A, B, D, N))
    document.write("Yes");
else
    document.write("No");
 
// This code is contributed by unknown2108
</script>