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This approach involves converting each character to its corresponding position in the alphabet and forming a numeric string. We then sum the digits of this number 'k' times to get the resulting integer.
Time Complexity: O(N + kM), where N is the length of the string and M is the number of digits in the transformed number.
Space Complexity: O(M), as we store the transformed number as a string.
1function digitSum(num) {
2 return Array.from(num).reduce((acc, digit) => acc + parseInt(digit, 10), 0);
3}
4
5function sumOfDigitsAfterConvert(s, k) {
6 let num = Array.from(s).map(c => c.charCodeAt(0) - 'a'.charCodeAt(0) + 1).join('');
7
8 while (k-- > 0) {
9 num = digitSum(num).toString();
10 }
11
12 return parseInt(num, 10);
13}
14
15console.log(sumOfDigitsAfterConvert('zbax', 2));
JavaScript uses charCodeAt()
to convert characters to numeric values. The transformation through digit summation is executed iteratively as specified by k
.
This approach directly calculates the digit sum during the conversion of the string to a number by aggregating the sum of each digit representation, reducing the need for intermediate large integer string handling.
Time Complexity: O(N + k*logM), where M is the intermediate sum value.
Space Complexity: O(1).
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Python's flexible handling allows compact code for direct digit sum manipulation, using nested loops to achieve immediate conversion and summation of digits.