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how to determine if a number is a smart number in java?

I have this question I am trying to solve. I have tried coding for the past 4 hours.
An integer is defined to be a Smart number if it is an element in the infinite sequence
1, 2, 4, 7, 11, 16 …
Note that 2-1=1, 4-2=2, 7-4=3, 11-7=4, 16-11=5 so for k>1, the kth element of the sequence is equal to the k-1th element + k-1. For example, for k=6, 16 is the kth element and is equal to 11 (the k-1th element) + 5 ( k-1).
Write function named isSmart that returns 1 if its argument is a Smart number, otherwise it returns 0. So isSmart(11) returns 1, isSmart(22) returns 1 and isSmart(8) returns 0
I have tried the following code to
import java.util.Arrays;
public class IsSmart {
public static void main(String[] args) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
int x = isSmart(11);
System.out.println(x);
}
public static int isSmart(int n) {
int[] y = new int[n];
int j = 0;
for (int i = 1; i <= n; i++) {
y[j] = i;
j++;
}
System.out.println(Arrays.toString(y));
for (int i = 0; i <= y.length; i++) {
int diff = 0;
y[j] = y[i+1] - y[i] ;
y[i] = diff;
}
System.out.println(Arrays.toString(y));
for (int i = 0; i < y.length; i++) {
if(n == y[i])
return 1;
}
return 0;
}
}
When I test it with 11 it is giving me 0 but it shouldn't. Any idea how to correct my mistakes?

It can be done in a simpler way as follows
import java.util.Arrays;
public class IsSmart {
public static void main(String[] args) {
int x = isSmart(11);
System.out.println("Ans: "+x);
}
public static int isSmart(int n) {
//------------ CHECK THIS LOGIC ------------//
int[] y = new int[n];
int diff = 1;
for (int i = 1; i < n; i++) {
y[0] =1;
y[i] = diff + y[i-1];
diff++;
}
//------------ CHECK THIS LOGIC ------------//
System.out.println(Arrays.toString(y));
for (int i = 0; i < y.length; i++) {
if(n == y[i])
return 1;
}
return 0;
}
}

One of the problems is the way that your populating your array.
The array can be populated as such
for(int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
y[i] = (i == 0) ? 1 : y[i - 1] + i;
}
The overall application of the function isSmart can be simplified to:
public static int isSmart(int n) {
int[] array = new int[n];
for(int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
array[i] = (i == 0) ? 1 : array[i - 1] + i;
}
for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
if (array[i] == n) return 1;
}
return 0;
}

Note that you don't need to build an array:
public static int isSmart(int n) {
int smart = 1;
for (int i = 1; smart < n; i++) {
smart = smart + i;
}
return smart == n ? 1 : 0;
}

Here is a naive way to think of it to get you started - you need to fill out the while() loop. The important thing to notice is that:
The next value of the sequence will be the number of items in the sequence + the last item in the sequence.
import java.util.ArrayList;
public class Test {
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println(isSmart(11));
}
public static int isSmart(int n) {
ArrayList<Integer> sequence = new ArrayList<Integer>();
// Start with 1 in the ArrayList
sequence.add(1);
// You need to keep track of the index, as well as
// the next value you're going to add to your list
int index = 1; // or number of elements in the sequence
int nextVal = 1;
while (nextVal < n) {
// Three things need to happen in here:
// 1) set nextVal equal to the sum of the current index + the value at the *previous* index
// 2) add nextVal to the ArrayList
// 3) incriment index by 1
}
// Now you can check to see if your ArrayList contains n (is Smart)
if (sequence.contains(n)) { return 1; }
return 0;
}
}

First think of a mathematical solution.
Smart numbers form a sequence:
a0 = 1
an+1 = n + an
This gives a function for smart numbers:
f(x) = ax² + bx + c
f(x + 1) = f(x) + x = ...
So the problem is to find for a given y a matching x.
You can do this by a binary search.
int isSmart(int n) {
int xlow = 1;
int xhigh = n; // Exclusive. For n == 0 return 1.
while (xlow < xhigh) {
int x = (xlow + xhigh)/2;
int y = f(x);
if (y == n) {
return 1;
}
if (y < n) {
xlow = x + 1;
} else {
xhigh = x;
}
}
return 0;
}
Yet smarter would be to use the solution for x and look whether it is an integer:
ax² + bx + c' = 0 where c' = c - n
x = ...

I was playing around with this and I noticed something. The smart numbers are
1 2 4 7 11 16 22 29 ...
If you subtract one you get
0 1 3 6 10 15 21 28 ...
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ...
The above sequence happens to be the sum of the first n numbers starting with 0 which is n*(n+1)/2. So add 1 to that and you get a smart number.
Since n and n+1 are next door to each other you can derive them by reversing the process.
Take 29, subtract 1 = 28, * 2 = 56. The sqrt(56) rounded up is 8. So the 8th smart number (counting from 0) is 29.
Using that information you can detect a smart number without a loop by simply reversing the process.
public static int isSmart(int v) {
int vv = (v-1)*2;
int sq = (int)Math.sqrt(vv);
int chk = (sq*(sq+1))/2 + 1;
return (chk == v) ? 1 : 0;
}
Using a version which supports longs have verified this against the iterative process from 1 to 10,000,000,000.

Time efficient recursion for Magical Number

I was solving the Magical Number Problem where the number at nth position is the sum of the previous 3 numbers, minus 1. For example: 0 1 1 1 2 3 5 9 16.... and so on.
I solved it in 2 ways.
Code 1) Using Recursion
int magicNumber(int n){
int f = 0;
if (n == 1)
return 0;
else if (n > 1 && n <= 4)
return 1;
else
f = (magicNumber(n-1) + magicNumber(n-2) + magicNumber(n-3)) - 1;
return f;
}
Code 2) Using Array
void magicNumber(int n){
long arr[] = new long[100];
int i=1;
for(i = 1; i <= n; i++)
{
if(i==1)
arr[i] = 0;
else if(i>1&&i<=4)
arr[i] = 1;
else
arr[i] = (arr[i-1] + arr[i-2] + arr[i-3]) - 1;
}
System.out.println("Result is : "+arr[n]);
}
Code 1 works fine when I provide a small integer number to the program, but it hangs with the input of bigger integer numbers and Code 2 runs fine without any problem.
So I need your suggestions, how can I improve the performance of the recursion program Code 1?

You can speed up your recursion like this:
int magicNumber2(int n, int a, int b, int c){
if (n <= 1) return a;
return magicNumber2(n - 1, b, c, a + b + c - 1);
}
int magicNumber(int n) {
magicNumber2(n, 0, 1, 1);
}

You're experiencing delay for higher numbers because each recursive call ends up in 3 more recursive calls. Hence the time rises exponentially. Try this approach:
Maintain a lookup table. Here I have an array magic_num[100] with all it's elements initialized to -1.
int magicNumber(int n){
if(n == 1)
{
magic_num[n] = 0;
return 0;
}
else if(n>1 && n<=4)
{
magic_num[n] = 1;
return 1;
}
else if(magic_num[n] == -1)
{
magic_num[n] = magicNumber(n-1) + magicNumber(n-2) + magicNumber(n-3) - 1;
return magic_num[n];
}
else
return magic_num[n];
}

substring difference between two strings

Given two strings of length n,P = p1...pn and Q = q1...qn, we define M(i, j, k) as the number of mismatches between pi...pi+k-1 and qj..qj+k-1. That is in set notation, M(i, j, k) refers to the size of the set { 0<=x<k | pi+x not equal to qj+x| }.
Given an integer K, your task is to find the maximum length L such that there exists pair of indices (i,j) for which we have M(i, j, L) <= K. Of course, we should also have i+L-1 <=n and j+L-1 <=n.
Input
First line of input contains a single integer T (1 <=T <=10). T test cases follow.
Each test case consists of an integer K and two strings P and Q separated by a single space.
Output
For each test case output a single integer L which is the maximum value for which there exists pair of indices (i,j) such that M(i, j, L) <=K.
Constraints
0 <= K <= length of the string P
Both P & Q would have the same length
The size of each of the string would be at the max 1500
All characters in P & Q are lower-case English letters.
Sample Input
3
2 tabriz torino
0 abacba abcaba
3 helloworld yellomarin
Sample Output
4
3
8
Explanation:
First test-case: If we take "briz" from the first string, and "orin" from the second string, then the number of mismatches between these two substrings is equal to 2, and the length of these substrings are 4. That's we have chosen i=3, j=2, L=4, and we have M(3,2,4) = 2.
Second test-case: Since K=0, we should find the longest common substring for the given input strings. We can choose "aba" as the result, and we don't have longer common substring between two strings. So, the answer is 3 for this test-case. That's we have chosen i=1, j=4, and L=3, and we have M(1,4,3)=0.
Third test-case: We can choose "hellowor" from first string and "yellomar" from the second string. So, we have chosen i=1, j=1, and L=8, and we have M(1,1,8)=3. Of course we can also choose i=2, j=2, and L=8 and we still have M(2,2,8)=3.
here is my implementation
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
class Solution {
public static int mismatch(String a, String b, int ii, int jj, int xx) {
int i, j = 0;
for (i = 0; i < xx; i++) {
if (a.charAt(ii) != b.charAt(jj)) {
j++;
}
ii++;
jj++;
}
return j;
}
public static boolean find(int x, String a, String b, int kx) {
int nn = a.length();
for (int i = 0; i <= (nn - x); i++) {
for (int j = 0; j <= (nn - x); j++) {
int k;
k = mismatch(a, b, i, j, x);
if (k == kx) {
return true;
}
}
}
return false;
}
public static void main(String args[]) throws IOException {
Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);
int t = scanner.nextInt();
while (t > 0) {
int k, n;
String a, b;
k = scanner.nextInt();
a = scanner.next();
b = scanner.next();
n = a.length();
int i = (n + k) / 2;
int st = k, en = n
while (i != k || i != n) {
boolean ch = false, chh = false;
ch = find(i, a, b, k);
if (i != n) {
chh = find(i + 1, a, b, k);
}
if (i == n && ch == true) {
System.out.println(i);
break;
}
if (ch == true && chh == false) {
System.out.println(i);
break;
}
if (ch) {
st = i;
i = (i + en + 1) / 2;
} else {
en = i;
i = (st + i) / 2;
}
}
t--;
}
}
}
the above implementation is taking 5.1 sec for input 0f 1500 string length.But maximum time limit in java is 5sec.if any one can improve this code,please kindly share yor thougths

Your code doesn't take 5.1s on the site. They stop running your code as soon as it exceeds the time limit. Your code might be taking even minutes. So, even if you optimize it with this algorithm you will again get 5.1s in details section. So work on your algo, not optimization!

You could make a boolean array compare[n,n], for which compare[i,j]=(a[i]==b[j]). Later use it instead of making repeating comparisons. You'll have incomparably less comparisons and addressing.
public static int mismatch(String a, String b, int ii, int jj, int xx) {
int i, j = 0;
for (i = 0; i < xx; i++) {
if (! compare[ii,jj]) {
j++;
}
ii++;
jj++;
}
return j;
}

A better algorithm to find the next palindrome of a number string

Firstly here is the problem:
A positive integer is called a palindrome if its representation in the decimal system is the same when read from left to right and from right to left. For a given positive integer K of not more than 1000000 digits, write the value of the smallest palindrome larger than K to output. Numbers are always displayed without leading zeros.
Input: The first line contains integer t, the number of test cases. Integers K are given in the next t lines.
Output: For each K, output the smallest palindrome larger than K.
Example
Input:
2
808
2133
Output:
818
2222
Secondly here is my code:
// I know it is bad practice to not cater for erroneous input,
// however for the purpose of the execise it is omitted
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.util.Scanner;
import java.lang.Exception;
import java.math.BigInteger;
public class Main
{
public static void main(String [] args){
try{
Main instance = new Main(); // create an instance to access non-static
// variables
// Use java.util.Scanner to scan the get the input and initialise the
// variable
Scanner sc=null;
BufferedReader r = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
String input = "";
int numberOfTests = 0;
String k; // declare any other variables here
if((input = r.readLine()) != null){
sc = new Scanner(input);
numberOfTests = sc.nextInt();
}
for (int i = 0; i < numberOfTests; i++){
if((input = r.readLine()) != null){
sc = new Scanner(input);
k=sc.next(); // initialise the remainder of the variables sc.next()
instance.palindrome(k);
} //if
}// for
}// try
catch (Exception e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
}
}// main
public void palindrome(String number){
StringBuffer theNumber = new StringBuffer(number);
int length = theNumber.length();
int left, right, leftPos, rightPos;
// if incresing a value to more than 9 the value to left (offset) need incrementing
int offset, offsetPos;
boolean offsetUpdated;
// To update the string with new values
String insert;
boolean hasAltered = false;
for(int i = 0; i < length/2; i++){
leftPos = i;
rightPos = (length-1) - i;
offsetPos = rightPos -1; offsetUpdated = false;
// set values at opposite indices and offset
left = Integer.parseInt(String.valueOf(theNumber.charAt(leftPos)));
right = Integer.parseInt(String.valueOf(theNumber.charAt(rightPos)));
offset = Integer.parseInt(String.valueOf(theNumber.charAt(offsetPos)));
if(left != right){
// if r > l then offest needs updating
if(right > left){
// update and replace
right = left;
insert = Integer.toString(right);
theNumber.replace(rightPos, rightPos + 1, insert);
offset++; if (offset == 10) offset = 0;
insert = Integer.toString(offset);
theNumber.replace(offsetPos, offsetPos + 1, insert);
offsetUpdated = true;
// then we need to update the value to left again
while (offset == 0 && offsetUpdated){
offsetPos--;
offset =
Integer.parseInt(String.valueOf(theNumber.charAt(offsetPos)));
offset++; if (offset == 10) offset = 0;
// replace
insert = Integer.toString(offset);
theNumber.replace(offsetPos, offsetPos + 1, insert);
}
// finally incase right and offset are the two middle values
left = Integer.parseInt(String.valueOf(theNumber.charAt(leftPos)));
if (right != left){
right = left;
insert = Integer.toString(right);
theNumber.replace(rightPos, rightPos + 1, insert);
}
}// if r > l
else
// update and replace
right = left;
insert = Integer.toString(right);
theNumber.replace(rightPos, rightPos + 1, insert);
}// if l != r
}// for i
System.out.println(theNumber.toString());
}// palindrome
}
Finally my explaination and question.
My code compares either end and then moves in
if left and right are not equal
if right is greater than left
(increasing right past 9 should increase the digit
to its left i.e 09 ---- > 10) and continue to do
so if require as for 89999, increasing the right
most 9 makes the value 90000
before updating my string we check that the right
and left are equal, because in the middle e.g 78849887
we set the 9 --> 4 and increase 4 --> 5, so we must cater for this.
The problem is from spoj.pl an online judge system. My code works for all the test can provide but when I submit it, I get a time limit exceeded error and my answer is not accepted.
Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I can improve my algorithm. While writing this question i thought that instead of my while (offset == 0 && offsetUpdated) loop i could use a boolean to to make sure i increment the offset on my next [i] iteration. Confirmation of my chang or any suggestion would be appreciated, also let me know if i need to make my question clearer.

This seems like a lot of code. Have you tried a very naive approach yet? Checking whether something is a palindrome is actually very simple.
private boolean isPalindrome(int possiblePalindrome) {
String stringRepresentation = String.valueOf(possiblePalindrome);
if ( stringRepresentation.equals(stringRepresentation.reverse()) ) {
return true;
}
}
Now that might not be the most performant code, but it gives you a really simple starting point:
private int nextLargestPalindrome(int fromNumber) {
for ( int i = fromNumber + 1; ; i++ ) {
if ( isPalindrome( i ) ) {
return i;
}
}
}
Now if that isn't fast enough you can use it as a reference implementation and work on decreasing the algorithmic complexity.
There should actually be a constant-time (well it is linear on the number of digits of the input) way to find the next largest palindrome. I will give an algorithm that assumes the number is an even number of digits long (but can be extended to an odd number of digits).
Find the decimal representation of the input number ("2133").
Split it into the left half and right half ("21", "33");
Compare the last digit in the left half and the first digit in the right half.
a. If the right is greater than the left, increment the left and stop. ("22")
b. If the right is less than the left, stop.
c. If the right is equal to the left, repeat step 3 with the second-last digit in the left and the second digit in the right (and so on).
Take the left half and append the left half reversed. That's your next largest palindrome. ("2222")
Applied to a more complicated number:
1. 1234567887654322
2. 12345678 87654322
3. 12345678 87654322
^ ^ equal
3. 12345678 87654322
^ ^ equal
3. 12345678 87654322
^ ^ equal
3. 12345678 87654322
^ ^ equal
3. 12345678 87654322
^ ^ equal
3. 12345678 87654322
^ ^ equal
3. 12345678 87654322
^ ^ equal
3. 12345678 87654322
^ ^ greater than, so increment the left
3. 12345679
4. 1234567997654321 answer
This seems a bit similar to the algorithm you described, but it starts at the inner digits and moves to the outer.

There is no reason to fiddle with individual digits when the only needed operation is one simple addition. The following code is based on Raks' answer.
The code stresses simplicity over execution speed, intentionally.
import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
import java.math.BigInteger;
import org.junit.Test;
public class NextPalindromeTest {
public static String nextPalindrome(String num) {
int len = num.length();
String left = num.substring(0, len / 2);
String middle = num.substring(len / 2, len - len / 2);
String right = num.substring(len - len / 2);
if (right.compareTo(reverse(left)) < 0)
return left + middle + reverse(left);
String next = new BigInteger(left + middle).add(BigInteger.ONE).toString();
return next.substring(0, left.length() + middle.length())
+ reverse(next).substring(middle.length());
}
private static String reverse(String s) {
return new StringBuilder(s).reverse().toString();
}
#Test
public void testNextPalindrome() {
assertEquals("5", nextPalindrome("4"));
assertEquals("11", nextPalindrome("9"));
assertEquals("22", nextPalindrome("15"));
assertEquals("101", nextPalindrome("99"));
assertEquals("151", nextPalindrome("149"));
assertEquals("123454321", nextPalindrome("123450000"));
assertEquals("123464321", nextPalindrome("123454322"));
}
}

Well I have constant order solution(atleast of order k, where k is number of digits in the number)
Lets take some examples
suppose n=17208
divide the number into two parts from middle
and reversibly write the most significant part onto the less significant one.
ie, 17271
if the so generated number is greater than your n it is your palindrome, if not just increase the center number(pivot) ie, you get 17371
other examples
n=17286
palidrome-attempt=17271(since it is less than n increment the pivot, 2 in this case)
so palidrome=17371
n=5684
palidrome1=5665
palidrome=5775
n=458322
palindrome=458854
now suppose n = 1219901
palidrome1=1219121
incrementing the pivot makes my number smaller here
so increment the number adjacent pivot too
1220221
and this logic could be extended

public class NextPalindrome
{
int rev, temp;
int printNextPalindrome(int n)
{
int num = n;
for (int i = num+1; i >= num; i++)
{
temp = i;
rev = 0;
while (temp != 0)
{
int remainder = temp % 10;
rev = rev * 10 + remainder;
temp = temp / 10;
}
if (rev == i)
{
break;
}
}
return rev;
}
public static void main(String args[])
{
NextPalindrome np = new NextPalindrome();
int nxtpalin = np.printNextPalindrome(11);
System.out.println(nxtpalin);
}
}

Here is my code in java. Whole idea is from here.
import java.util.Scanner;
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println("Enter number of tests: ");
int t = sc.nextInt();
for (int i = 0; i < t; i++) {
System.out.println("Enter number: ");
String numberToProcess = sc.next(); // ne proveravam dal su brojevi
nextSmallestPalindrom(numberToProcess);
}
}
private static void nextSmallestPalindrom(String numberToProcess) {
int i, j;
int length = numberToProcess.length();
int[] numberAsIntArray = new int[length];
for (int k = 0; k < length; k++)
numberAsIntArray[k] = Integer.parseInt(String
.valueOf(numberToProcess.charAt(k)));
numberToProcess = null;
boolean all9 = true;
for (int k = 0; k < length; k++) {
if (numberAsIntArray[k] != 9) {
all9 = false;
break;
}
}
// case 1, sve 9ke
if (all9) {
whenAll9(length);
return;
}
int mid = length / 2;
if (length % 2 == 0) {
i = mid - 1;
j = mid;
} else {
i = mid - 1;
j = mid + 1;
}
while (i >= 0 && numberAsIntArray[i] == numberAsIntArray[j]) {
i--;
j++;
}
// case 2 already polindrom
if (i == -1) {
if (length % 2 == 0) {
i = mid - 1;
j = mid;
} else {
i = mid;
j = i;
}
addOneToMiddleWithCarry(numberAsIntArray, i, j, true);
} else {
// case 3 not polindrom
if (numberAsIntArray[i] > numberAsIntArray[j]) { // 3.1)
while (i >= 0) {
numberAsIntArray[j] = numberAsIntArray[i];
i--;
j++;
}
for (int k = 0; k < numberAsIntArray.length; k++)
System.out.print(numberAsIntArray[k]);
System.out.println();
} else { // 3.2 like case 2
if (length % 2 == 0) {
i = mid - 1;
j = mid;
} else {
i = mid;
j = i;
}
addOneToMiddleWithCarry(numberAsIntArray, i, j, false);
}
}
}
private static void whenAll9(int length) {
for (int i = 0; i <= length; i++) {
if (i == 0 || i == length)
System.out.print('1');
else
System.out.print('0');
}
}
private static void addOneToMiddleWithCarry(int[] numberAsIntArray, int i,
int j, boolean palindrom) {
numberAsIntArray[i]++;
numberAsIntArray[j] = numberAsIntArray[i];
while (numberAsIntArray[i] == 10) {
numberAsIntArray[i] = 0;
numberAsIntArray[j] = numberAsIntArray[i];
i--;
j++;
numberAsIntArray[i]++;
numberAsIntArray[j] = numberAsIntArray[i];
}
if (!palindrom)
while (i >= 0) {
numberAsIntArray[j] = numberAsIntArray[i];
i--;
j++;
}
for (int k = 0; k < numberAsIntArray.length; k++)
System.out.print(numberAsIntArray[k]);
System.out.println();
}
}

Try this
public static String genNextPalin(String base){
//check if it is 1 digit
if(base.length()==1){
if(Integer.parseInt(base)==9)
return "11";
else
return (Integer.parseInt(base)+1)+"";
}
boolean check = true;
//check if it is all 9s
for(char a: base.toCharArray()){
if(a!='9')
check = false;
}
if(check){
String num = "1";
for(int i=0; i<base.length()-1; i++)
num+="0";
num+="1";
return num;
}
boolean isBasePalin = isPalindrome(base);
int mid = base.length()/2;
if(isBasePalin){
//if base is palin and it is odd increase mid and return
if(base.length()%2==1){
BigInteger leftHalf = new BigInteger(base.substring(0,mid+1));
String newLeftHalf = leftHalf.add(BigInteger.ONE).toString();
String newPalin = genPalin2(newLeftHalf.substring(0,mid),newLeftHalf.charAt(mid));
return newPalin;
}
else{
BigInteger leftHalf = new BigInteger(base.substring(0,mid));
String newLeftHalf = leftHalf.add(BigInteger.ONE).toString();
String newPalin = genPalin(newLeftHalf.substring(0,mid));
return newPalin;
}
}
else{
if(base.length()%2==1){
BigInteger leftHalf = new BigInteger(base.substring(0,mid));
BigInteger rightHalf = new BigInteger(reverse(base.substring(mid+1,base.length())));
//check if leftHalf is greater than right half
if(leftHalf.compareTo(rightHalf)==1){
String newPalin = genPalin2(base.substring(0,mid),base.charAt(mid));
return newPalin;
}
else{
BigInteger leftHalfMid = new BigInteger(base.substring(0,mid+1));
String newLeftHalfMid = leftHalfMid.add(BigInteger.ONE).toString();
String newPalin = genPalin2(newLeftHalfMid.substring(0,mid),newLeftHalfMid.charAt(mid));
return newPalin;
}
}
else{
BigInteger leftHalf = new BigInteger(base.substring(0,mid));
BigInteger rightHalf = new BigInteger(reverse(base.substring(mid,base.length())));
//check if leftHalf is greater than right half
if(leftHalf.compareTo(rightHalf)==1){
return genPalin(base.substring(0,mid));
}
else{
BigInteger leftHalfMid = new BigInteger(base.substring(0,mid));
String newLeftHalfMid = leftHalfMid.add(BigInteger.ONE).toString();
return genPalin(newLeftHalfMid);
}
}
}
}
public static String genPalin(String base){
return base + new StringBuffer(base).reverse().toString();
}
public static String genPalin2(String base, char middle){
return base + middle +new StringBuffer(base).reverse().toString();
}
public static String reverse(String in){
return new StringBuffer(in).reverse().toString();
}
static boolean isPalindrome(String str) {
int n = str.length();
for( int i = 0; i < n/2; i++ )
if (str.charAt(i) != str.charAt(n-i-1))
return false;
return true;
}

HI Here is another simple algorithm using python,
def is_palindrome(n):
if len(n) <= 1:
return False
else:
m = len(n)/2
for i in range(m):
j = i + 1
if n[i] != n[-j]:
return False
return True
def next_palindrome(n):
if not n:
return False
else:
if is_palindrome(n) is True:
return n
else:
return next_palindrome(str(int(n)+1))
print next_palindrome('1000010')

I have written comments to clarify what each step is doing in this python code.
One thing that need to be taken into consideration is that input can be very large that we can not simply perform integer operations on it. So taking input as string and then manipulating it would be much easier.
tests = int(input())
results = []
for i in range(0, tests):
pal = input().strip()
palen = len(pal)
mid = int(palen/2)
if palen % 2 != 0:
if mid == 0: # if the number is of single digit e.g. next palindrome for 5 is 6
ipal = int(pal)
if ipal < 9:
results.append(int(pal) + 1)
else:
results.append(11) # for 9 next palindrome will be 11
else:
pal = list(pal)
pl = l = mid - 1
pr = r = mid + 1
flag = 'n' # represents left and right half of input string are same
while pl >= 0:
if pal[pl] > pal[pr]:
flag = 'r' # 123483489 in this case pal[pl] = 4 and pal[pr] = 3 so we just need to copy left half in right half
break # 123484321 will be the answer
elif pal[pl] < pal[pr]:
flag = 'm' # 123487489 in this case pal[pl] = 4 and pal[pr] = 9 so copying left half in right half will make number smaller
break # in this case we need to take left half increment by 1 and the copy in right half 123494321 will be the anwere
else:
pl = pl -1
pr = pr + 1
if flag == 'm' or flag == 'n': # increment left half by one and copy in right half
if pal[mid] != '9': # if mid element is < 9 the we can simply increment the mid number only and copy left in right half
pal[mid] = str(int(pal[mid]) + 1)
while r < palen:
pal[r] = pal[l]
r = r + 1
l = l - 1
results.append(''.join(pal))
else: # if mid element is 9 this will effect entire left half because of carry
pal[mid] = '0' # we need to take care of large inputs so we can not just directly add 1 in left half
pl = l
while pal[l] == '9':
pal[l] = '0'
l = l - 1
if l >= 0:
pal[l] = str(int(pal[l]) + 1)
while r < palen:
pal[r] = pal[pl]
r = r + 1
pl = pl - 1
if l < 0:
pal[0] = '1'
pal[palen - 1] = '01'
results.append(''.join(pal))
else:
while r < palen: # when flag is 'r'
pal[r] = pal[l]
r = r + 1
l = l - 1
results.append(''.join(pal))
else: # even length almost similar concept here with flags having similar significance as in case of odd length input
pal = list(pal)
pr = r = mid
pl = l = mid - 1
flag = 'n'
while pl >= 0:
if pal[pl] > pal[pr]:
flag = 'r'
break
elif pal[pl] < pal[pr]:
flag = 'm'
break
else:
pl = pl -1
pr = pr + 1
if flag == 'r':
while r < palen:
pal[r] = pal[l]
r = r + 1
l = l - 1
results.append(''.join(pal))
else:
if pal[l] != '9':
pal[l] = str(int(pal[l]) + 1)
while r < palen:
pal[r] = pal[l]
r = r + 1
l = l - 1
results.append(''.join(pal))
else:
pal[mid] = '0'
pl = l
while pal[l] == '9':
pal[l] = '0'
l = l - 1
if l >= 0:
pal[l] = str(int(pal[l]) + 1)
while r < palen:
pal[r] = pal[pl]
r = r + 1
pl = pl - 1
if l < 0:
pal[0] = '1'
pal[palen - 1] = '01'
results.append(''.join(pal))
for xx in results:
print(xx)

We can find next palindrome easily like below.
private void findNextPalindrom(int i) {
i++;
while (!checkPalindrom(i)) {
i++;
}
Log.e(TAG, "findNextPalindrom:next palindrom is===" + i);
}
private boolean checkPalindrom(int num) {
int temp = num;
int rev = 0;
while (num > 0) {
int rem = num % 10;
rev = rev * 10 + rem;
num = num / 10;
}
return temp == rev;
}

Simple codes and test output:
class NextPalin
{
public static void main( String[] args )
{
try {
int[] a = {2, 23, 88, 234, 432, 464, 7887, 7657, 34567, 99874, 7779222, 2569981, 3346990, 229999, 2299999 };
for( int i=0; i<a.length; i++)
{
int add = findNextPalin(a[i]);
System.out.println( a[i] + " + " + add + " = " + (a[i]+add) );
}
}
catch( Exception e ){}
}
static int findNextPalin( int a ) throws Exception
{
if( a < 0 ) throw new Exception();
if( a < 10 ) return a;
int count = 0, reverse = 0, temp = a;
while( temp > 0 ){
reverse = reverse*10 + temp%10;
count++;
temp /= 10;
}
//compare 'half' value
int halfcount = count/2;
int base = (int)Math.pow(10, halfcount );
int reverseHalfValue = reverse % base;
int currentHalfValue = a % base;
if( reverseHalfValue == currentHalfValue ) return 0;
if( reverseHalfValue > currentHalfValue ) return (reverseHalfValue - currentHalfValue);
if( (((a-currentHalfValue)/base)%10) == 9 ){
//cases like 12945 or 1995
int newValue = a-currentHalfValue + base*10;
int diff = findNextPalin(newValue);
return base*10 - currentHalfValue + diff;
}
else{
return (base - currentHalfValue + reverseHalfValue );
}
}
}
$ java NextPalin
2 + 2 = 4
23 + 9 = 32
88 + 0 = 88
234 + 8 = 242
432 + 2 = 434
464 + 0 = 464
7887 + 0 = 7887
7657 + 10 = 7667
34567 + 76 = 34643
99874 + 25 = 99899
7779222 + 555 = 7779777
2569981 + 9771 = 2579752
3346990 + 443 = 3347433
229999 + 9933 = 239932
2299999 + 9033 = 2309032

CodeChef Array Transform Program

Here's the Problem Statement :
Given n numbers, you can perform the following operation any number of
times : Choose any subset of the
numbers, none of which are 0.
Decrement the numbers in the subset by
1, and increment the numbers not in
the subset by K. Is it possible to
perform operations such that all
numbers except one of them become 0 ?
Input : The first line contains the
number of test cases T. 2*T lines
follow, 2 for each case. The first
line of a test case contains the
numbers n and K. The next line
contains n numbers, a_1...a_n. Output
: Output T lines, one corresponding to
each test case. For a test case,
output "YES" if there is a sequence of
operations as described, and "NO"
otherwise.
Sample Input :
3
2 1
10 10
3 2
1 2 2
3 2
1 2 3
Sample Output :
YES
YES
NO
Constraints :
1 <= T <= 1000
2 <= n <= 100
1 <= K <= 10
0 <= a_i <= 1000
& here's my code :
import java.util.*;
public class ArrayTransform {
public static void main(String args[]) {
Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
int no_of_tests = sc.nextInt();
int size;
int a[] = new int[100];
boolean yes;
int j;
int k;
for (int i = 0; i < no_of_tests; i++) {
size = sc.nextInt();
k = sc.nextInt();
for (j = 0; j < size; j++) {
a[j] = sc.nextInt();
}
yes = is_possible(a, size, k + 1);
if (yes)
System.out.println("YES\n");
else
System.out.println("NO\n");
}
}
static boolean is_possible(int a[], int size, int k_1) {
int count = 0;
int m[] = { -1, -1 };
int mod;
for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
mod = a[i] % k_1;
if (m[0] != mod && m[1] != mod) {
if (m[0] == -1)
m[0] = mod;
else if (m[1] == -1)
m[1] = mod;
else
return false;
}
}
return true;
}
}

if (m[0] != mod && m[1] != mod)
Here instead of && there should be ||. Only one of the m's need to match the mod.