Java reverse an int value without using array

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Can anyone explain to me how to reverse an integer without using array or String. I got this code from online, but not really understand why + input % 10 and divide again.

while (input != 0) {
    reversedNum = reversedNum * 10 + input % 10;
    input = input / 10;   
}

And how to do use this sample code to reverse only odd number. Example I got this input 12345, then it will reverse the odd number to output 531.

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Java reverse an int value - Principles

  1. Modding (%) the input int by 10 will extract off the rightmost digit. example: (1234 % 10) = 4

  2. Multiplying an integer by 10 will "push it left" exposing a zero to the right of that number, example: (5 * 10) = 50

  3. Dividing an integer by 10 will remove the rightmost digit. (75 / 10) = 7

Java reverse an int value - Pseudocode:

a. Extract off the rightmost digit of your input number. (1234 % 10) = 4

b. Take that digit (4) and add it into a new reversedNum.

c. Multiply reversedNum by 10 (4 * 10) = 40, this exposes a zero to the right of your (4).

d. Divide the input by 10, (removing the rightmost digit). (1234 / 10) = 123

e. Repeat at step a with 123

Java reverse an int value - Working code

public int reverseInt(int input) {
    long reversedNum = 0;
    long input_long = input;

    while (input_long != 0) {
        reversedNum = reversedNum * 10 + input_long % 10;
        input_long = input_long / 10;
    }

    if (reversedNum > Integer.MAX_VALUE || reversedNum < Integer.MIN_VALUE) {
        throw new IllegalArgumentException();
    }
    return (int) reversedNum;
}

You will never do anything like this in the real work-world. However, the process by which you use to solve it without help is what separates people who can solve problems from the ones who want to, but can't unless they are spoon fed by nice people on the blogoblags.

See to get the last digit of any number we divide it by 10 so we either achieve zero or a digit which is placed on last and when we do this continuously we get the whole number as an integer reversed.

    int number=8989,last_num,sum=0;
    while(number>0){
    last_num=number%10; // this will give 8989%10=9
    number/=10;     // now we have 9 in last and now num/ by 10= 898
    sum=sum*10+last_number; //  sum=0*10+9=9;
    }
    // last_num=9.   number= 898. sum=9
    // last_num=8.   number =89.  sum=9*10+8= 98
   // last_num=9.   number=8.    sum=98*10+9=989
   // last_num=8.   number=0.    sum=989*10+8=9898
  // hence completed
   System.out.println("Reverse is"+sum);

Just to add on, in the hope to make the solution more complete.

The logic by @sheki already gave the correct way of reversing an integer in Java. If you assume the input you use and the result you get always fall within the range [-2147483648, 2147483647], you should be safe to use the codes by @sheki. Otherwise, it'll be a good practice to catch the exception.

Java 8 introduced the methods addExact, subtractExact, multiplyExact and toIntExact. These methods will throw ArithmeticException upon overflow. Therefore, you can use the below implementation to implement a clean and a bit safer method to reverse an integer. Generally we can use the mentioned methods to do mathematical calculation and explicitly handle overflow issue, which is always recommended if there's a possibility of overflow in the actual usage.

public int reverse(int x) {
    int result = 0;

    while (x != 0){
        try {
            result = Math.multiplyExact(result, 10);
            result = Math.addExact(result, x % 10);
            x /= 10;
        } catch (ArithmeticException e) {
            result = 0; // Exception handling
            break;
        }
    }

    return result;
}

Java solution without the loop. Faster response.

int numberToReverse;//your number 
StringBuilder sb=new StringBuilder();
sb.append(numberToReverse);
sb=sb.reverse();
String intermediateString=sb.toString();
int reversedNumber=Integer.parseInt(intermediateString);

Here is a complete solution(returns 0 if number is overflown):

public int reverse(int x) {
    boolean flag = false;

    // Helpful to check if int is within range of "int"
    long num = x;

    // if the number is negative then turn the flag on.
    if(x < 0) {
        flag = true;
        num = 0 - num;
    }

    // used for the result.
    long result = 0;

    // continue dividing till number is greater than 0
    while(num > 0) {
        result = result*10 + num%10;
        num= num/10;
    }

    if(flag) {
        result = 0 - result;
    }

    if(result > Integer.MAX_VALUE || result < Integer.MIN_VALUE) {
        return 0;
    }
    return (int) result;
}
    Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
        System.out.print("Enter number  :");
        int num = input.nextInt(); 
        System.out.print("Reverse number   :");
        int value;
        while( num > 0){
            value = num % 10;
            num  /=  10;
            System.out.print(value);  //value = Reverse
            
             }

123 maps to 321, which can be calculated as 3*(10^2)+2*(10^1)+1 Two functions are used to calculate (10^N). The first function calculates the value of N. The second function calculates the value for ten to power N.

Function<Integer, Integer> powerN = x -> Double.valueOf(Math.log10(x)).intValue();
Function<Integer, Integer> ten2powerN = y -> Double.valueOf(Math.pow(10, y)).intValue();

// 123 => 321= 3*10^2 + 2*10 + 1
public int reverse(int number) {
    if (number < 10) {
        return number;
    } else {
        return (number % 10) * powerN.andThen(ten2powerN).apply(number) + reverse(number / 10);
    }
}

If you wanna reverse any number like 1234 and you want to revers this number to let it looks like 4321. First of all, initialize 3 variables int org ; int reverse = 0; and int reminder ; then put your logic like

    Scanner input = new Scanner (System.in);
    System.out.println("Enter number to reverse ");
    int org = input.nextInt();
    int getReminder;
    int r = 0;
    int count = 0;

    while (org !=0){
        getReminder = org%10;
         r = 10 * r + getReminder;
         org = org/10;



    }
        System.out.println(r);

    }

You can use recursion to solve this.

first get the length of an integer number by using following recursive function.

int Length(int num,int count){
    if(num==0){
        return count;
    }
    else{
        count++;
        return Lenght(num/10,count);
    }
}

and then you can simply multiply remainder of a number by 10^(Length of integer - 1).

int ReturnReverse(int num,int Length,int reverse){
    if(Length!=0){
        reverse = reverse + ((num%10) * (int)(Math.pow(10,Length-1)));
        return ReturnReverse(num/10,Length-1,reverse);
    }
    return reverse;
}

The whole Source Code :

import java.util.Scanner;

public class ReverseNumbers {

    int Length(int num, int count) {
        if (num == 0) {
            return count;
        } else {
            return Length(num / 10, count + 1);
        }
    }

    int ReturnReverse(int num, int Length, int reverse) {
        if (Length != 0) {
            reverse = reverse + ((num % 10) * (int) (Math.pow(10, Length - 1)));
            return ReturnReverse(num / 10, Length - 1, reverse);
        }
        return reverse;
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);

        int N = scanner.nextInt();

        ReverseNumbers reverseNumbers = new ReverseNumbers();
        reverseNumbers.ReturnReverse(N, reverseNumbers.Length(N, 0), reverseNumbers.ReturnReverse(N, reverseNumbers.Length(N, 0), 0));

        scanner.close();
    }
}
public int getReverseNumber(int number)
{
    int reminder = 0, result = 0;
    while (number !=0)
    {
        if (number >= 10 || number <= -10)
        {
            reminder = number % 10;
            result = result + reminder;
            result = result * 10;
            number = number / 10;
        }
        else
        {
            result = result + number;
            number /= 10;
        }
    }
    return result;

}

// The above code will work for negative numbers also

Reversing integer

  int n, reverse = 0;
  Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);
  n = in.nextInt();

  while(n != 0)
  {
      reverse = reverse * 10;
      reverse = reverse + n%10;
      n = n/10;
  }

  System.out.println("Reverse of the number is " + reverse);
 public static int reverseInt(int i) {
    int reservedInt = 0;

    try{
        String s = String.valueOf(i);
        String reversed = reverseWithStringBuilder(s);
        reservedInt = Integer.parseInt(reversed);

    }catch (NumberFormatException e){
        System.out.println("exception caught was " + e.getMessage());
    }
    return reservedInt;
}

public static String reverseWithStringBuilder(String str) {
    System.out.println(str);
    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(str);
    StringBuilder reversed = sb.reverse();
    return reversed.toString();
}
public static int reverse(int x) {
    int tmp = x;
    int oct = 0;
    int res = 0;
    while (true) {
        oct = tmp % 10;
        tmp = tmp / 10;
        res = (res+oct)*10;
        if ((tmp/10) == 0) {
            res = res+tmp;
            return res;
        }
    }
}
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