Compare Version Numbers

Posted by Leetcode Solution on May 31, 2020

Compare two version numbers version1 and version2. If *version1* > *version2* return 1; if *version1* < *version2* return -1;otherwise return 0.

You may assume that the version strings are non-empty and contain only digits and the . character.

The . character does not represent a decimal point and is used to separate number sequences.

For instance, 2.5 is not “two and a half” or “half way to version three”, it is the fifth second-level revision of the second first-level revision.

You may assume the default revision number for each level of a version number to be 0. For example, version number 3.4 has a revision number of 3 and 4 for its first and second level revision number. Its third and fourth level revision number are both 0.

Example 1:

Input: version1 = "0.1", version2 = "1.1"
Output: -1

Example 2:

Input: version1 = "1.0.1", version2 = "1"
Output: 1

Example 3:

Input: version1 = "7.5.2.4", version2 = "7.5.3"
Output: -1

Example 4:

Input: version1 = "1.01", version2 = "1.001"
Output: 0
Explanation: Ignoring leading zeroes, both “01” and “001" represent the same number “1”

Example 5:

Input: version1 = "1.0", version2 = "1.0.0"
Output: 0
Explanation: The first version number does not have a third level revision number, which means its third level revision number is default to "0"

solution

这个题的思路就是把2个字符串按.分割逐步比较,同时处理0的情况。

class Solution:
    def compareVersion(self, version1: str, version2: str) -> int:
        if len(version1)==0 and len(version2)==0:
            return 0
        s1 = version1.split('.')[0]
        s2 =version2.split('.')[0]
        
        i1= i2 = None
        if s1 !='':
                i1 = int(s1)
        else:
            i1=0
        if s2 != '':
            i2 = int(s2) 
        else:
            i2=0 
        if i1>i2:
            return 1
        elif i1<i2:
            return -1
        else:
            return self.compareVersion(version1[len(s1)+1:],version2[len(s2)+1:])

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