Largest Odd Number
Greedy
easy
Score: 10
You are given a string num
, representing a large integer. Return the largest-valued odd integer (as a string) that is a non-empty substring of num
, or "null"
if no odd integer exists.
A substring is a contiguous sequence of characters within a string.
Input Format
First Parameter: String num
Output Format
Return a string
Example 1
Input: num = "52"
Output: "5"
Explanation: The only non-empty substrings are "5", "2", and "52". "5" is the only odd number.
Example 2
Input: num = "4206"
Output: "null"
Explanation: There are no odd numbers in "4206".
Example 3
Input: num = "35427"
Output: "35427"
Explanation: "35427" is already an odd number.
Constraints
1 <= num.length <= 10^5
num
only consists of digits and does not contain any leading zeros.- Expected Time Complexity -
O(n)
- Expected Space Complexity -
O(1)