Python/maths/remove_digit.py
2023-05-11 06:55:48 +12:00

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def remove_digit(num: int) -> int:
"""
returns the biggest possible result
that can be achieved by removing
one digit from the given number
>>> remove_digit(152)
52
>>> remove_digit(6385)
685
>>> remove_digit(-11)
1
>>> remove_digit(2222222)
222222
>>> remove_digit("2222222")
Traceback (most recent call last):
TypeError: only integers accepted as input
>>> remove_digit("string input")
Traceback (most recent call last):
TypeError: only integers accepted as input
"""
if not isinstance(num, int):
raise TypeError("only integers accepted as input")
else:
num_str = str(abs(num))
num_transpositions = [list(num_str) for char in range(len(num_str))]
for index in range(len(num_str)):
num_transpositions[index].pop(index)
return max(
int("".join(list(transposition))) for transposition in num_transpositions
)
if __name__ == "__main__":
__import__("doctest").testmod()