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Oh, I see: 100 - 001 is 99; 99 - 99 is zero. Now we've got an infinite loop. Just out of curiosity, how would you solve that? Your solution gives 6 (which is most likely right), I just don't see how.

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Stephen Rawls

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Re: Re: Re: Re: (Golf) Kaprekar's Process
by MeowChow (Vicar) on Jun 17, 2001 at 00:11 UTC
    That's what the sprintf is there for. It formats a two-digit result into a three-digit string, eg. 099. After sorting and reversal, you get 990 - 099. 
       MeowChow                                   
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      Ok, I get it. I can modify yours than, and improve it by two chars: 
      sub a {
$_=pop;s/^..$/0$&/;/495/?0:1+a(-($_=join'',sort/./g)+reverse)
}

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      Stephen Rawls

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