Java DSA Day 19: Largest Odd Number in a String

🚀 Day 21 / 180 – DSA with Java 🚀 📘 Topic Covered: Strings & Pattern Detection 🧩 Problem Solved: Largest 3-Digit Repeating Number in a String Problem: Given a numeric string, find the largest substring of length 3 where all three digits are the same. If no such substring exists, return an empty string. Approach: Traversed the string and checked every group of three consecutive characters. Whenever three identical digits were found, compared them lexicographically to track the largest valid substring. Key Learning: ✔️ Detecting fixed-length patterns in strings ✔️ Using lexicographical comparison effectively ✔️ Careful boundary handling during traversal If you’re also preparing for DSA, let’s connect and learn together 🤝 #DSA #Java #180DaysOfCode #LearningInPublic #Strings #ProblemSolving #Consistency 

🚀 Day 28 / 180 – DSA with Java 🚀 📘 Topic Covered: Strings & Sliding Window 🧩 Problem Solved: Divisor Substrings Problem: Given an integer num and an integer k, find the number of substrings of length k from the digits of num such that the substring value divides num. Approach: Converted the number to a string and used a sliding window of size k to extract substrings. Each substring was converted back to an integer and checked whether it divides the original number. Key Learning: ✔️ Applying sliding window technique on strings ✔️ Converting between numeric and string representations ✔️ Handling edge cases like division by zero If you’re also preparing for DSA, let’s connect and learn together 🤝 #DSA #Java #180DaysOfCode #LearningInPublic #Strings #ProblemSolving #Consistency

🚀 Day 31 / 180 – DSA with Java 🚀 📘 Topic Covered: Strings & Substring Search 🧩 Problem Solved: Find the Index of the First Occurrence in a String Problem: Given two strings haystack and needle, return the index of the first occurrence of needle in haystack. If it is not present, return -1. Approach: Traversed the main string and checked potential starting positions where the first character matched. Then compared the substring of the same length as the target string to verify a complete match. Key Learning: ✔️ Understanding substring search logic ✔️ Optimizing comparisons by checking the first character first ✔️ Practicing careful boundary handling in string traversal If you’re also preparing for DSA, let’s connect and learn together 🤝 #DSA #Java #180DaysOfCode #LearningInPublic #Strings #ProblemSolving #Consistency 

🚀 Day 27 / 180 – DSA with Java 🚀 📘 Topic Covered: Strings & Reverse Traversal 🧩 Problem Solved: Length of Last Word Problem: Given a string containing words separated by spaces, find the length of the last word. Approach: Started traversing the string from the end, skipped trailing spaces first, and then counted characters until encountering another space or reaching the beginning of the string. Key Learning: ✔️ Efficient reverse traversal in strings ✔️ Handling edge cases like trailing spaces ✔️ Writing simple yet optimized string logic If you’re also preparing for DSA, let’s connect and learn together 🤝 #DSA #Java #180DaysOfCode #LearningInPublic #Strings #ProblemSolving #Consistency

🚀 Day 33 / 180 – DSA with Java 🚀 📘 Topic Covered: Arrays & Index Manipulation 🧩 Problem Solved: Shuffle the Array Problem: Given an array in the form [x1, x2, ..., xn, y1, y2, ..., yn], rearrange it to [x1, y1, x2, y2, ..., xn, yn]. Approach: Used two pointers to track elements from the first and second halves of the array, then alternately placed them into a new array to achieve the required shuffle pattern. Key Learning: ✔️ Managing multiple pointers in array problems ✔️ Practicing index-based rearrangement ✔️ Maintaining correct ordering while constructing a new array If you’re also preparing for DSA, let’s connect and learn together 🤝 #DSA #Java #180DaysOfCode #LearningInPublic #Arrays #ProblemSolving #Consistency

🚀 Day 34 / 180 – DSA with Java 🚀 📘 Topic Covered: Arrays & Basic Construction 🧩 Problem Solved: Concatenation of Array Problem: Given an integer array nums, create a new array that contains the elements of nums twice in sequence. Approach: Created a new array with double the size of the original array and filled the first half with the original elements, then copied the same elements again into the second half. Key Learning: ✔️ Practicing array construction and indexing ✔️ Understanding how to manipulate array sizes ✔️ Writing clean logic for simple transformation problems If you’re also preparing for DSA, let’s connect and learn together 🤝 #DSA #Java #180DaysOfCode #LearningInPublic #Arrays #ProblemSolving #Consistency 

🚀 Day 32 / 180 – DSA with Java 🚀 📘 Topic Covered: Strings & Sliding Window Technique 🧩 Problem Solved: Longest Substring Without Repeating Characters Problem: Given a string, find the length of the longest substring without repeating characters. Approach: Used a sliding window technique with two pointers and a hash array to track the last occurrence of characters. Whenever a repeating character appeared within the current window, adjusted the left pointer to maintain a substring with unique characters. Key Learning: ✔️ Applying sliding window for substring problems ✔️ Using hashing for constant-time character tracking ✔️ Optimizing from brute-force to O(n) time complexity If you’re also preparing for DSA, let’s connect and learn together 🤝 #DSA #Java #180DaysOfCode #LearningInPublic #Strings #ProblemSolving #Consistency

🚀 Day 30 / 180 – DSA with Java 🚀 📘 Topic Covered: Strings & Sorting Technique 🧩 Problem Solved: Longest Common Prefix Problem: Given an array of strings, find the longest common prefix shared among all the strings. Approach: Sorted the array of strings and compared only the first and last strings. Since sorting groups similar prefixes together, the common prefix between these two strings represents the common prefix for the entire array. Key Learning: ✔️ Using sorting to simplify string comparison problems ✔️ Observing patterns to reduce unnecessary checks ✔️ Efficient prefix detection in string arrays If you’re also preparing for DSA, let’s connect and learn together 🤝 #DSA #Java #180DaysOfCode #LearningInPublic #Strings #ProblemSolving #Consistency 

🚀 DSA Learning Journey | Day 2 | Java Solved “Next Permutation.” 💡 Key Idea: Find the first decreasing element from the right, swap it with the next greater element, then reverse the remaining suffix to get the next lexicographical permutation. ⚙ Implementation • Language: Java • Time Complexity: O(n) • Space Complexity: O(1) 📚 Learning how permutation logic works and how reversing the suffix ensures the next smallest arrangement. #Java #DSA #LeetCode #ProblemSolving #JavaDeveloper #Algorithms

🚀 Day 24 / 180 – DSA with Java 🚀 📘 Topic Covered: Binary Search & Lower Bound Concept 🧩 Problem Solved: Search Insert Position Problem: Given a sorted array and a target value, return the index if the target is found. If not, return the index where it should be inserted to maintain sorted order. Approach: Applied Binary Search while maintaining a potential answer index. Whenever the middle element was greater than or equal to the target, updated the answer and moved left to find the smallest valid position. Key Learning: ✔️ Understanding lower bound logic ✔️ Using binary search beyond simple searching ✔️ Achieving O(log n) efficiency with precise conditions If you’re also preparing for DSA, let’s connect and learn together 🤝 #DSA #Java #180DaysOfCode #LearningInPublic #BinarySearch #ProblemSolving #Consistency