Find maximum number that can be formed using digits of a given number

Last Updated : 27 Feb, 2025

Given a number, write a program to find a maximum number that can be formed using all of the digits of this number.
Examples:

Input : 38293367
Output : 98763332

Input : 1203465
Output: 6543210

Simple Approach: The simple method to solve this problem is to extract and store the digits of the given number in an integer array and sort this array in descending order. After sorting the array, print the elements of the array.
Time Complexity: O( N log N ), where N is the number of digits in the given number.
Efficient approach : We know that the digits in a number will range from 0-9, so the idea is to create a hashed array of size 10 and store the count of every digit in the hashed array that occurs in the number. Then traverse the hashed array from index 9 to 0 and calculate the number accordingly.
Below is the implementation of above efficient approach:

C++

// CPP program to print the maximum number
// from the set of digits of a given number
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;

// Function to print the maximum number
int printMaxNum(int num)
{
    // hashed array to store count of digits
    int count[10] = {0};

    // Converting given number to string
    string str = to_string(num);

    // Updating the count array
    for (int i=0; i<str.length(); i++)
        count[str[i]-'0']++;

    // result is to store the final number
    int result = 0, multiplier = 1;

    // Traversing the count array
    // to calculate the maximum number
    for (int i = 0; i <= 9; i++)
    {
        while (count[i] > 0)
        {
            result = result + (i * multiplier);
            count[i]--;
            multiplier = multiplier * 10;
        }
    }
    // return the result
    return result;
}

// Driver program to test above function
int main()
{
    int num = 38293367;
    cout << printMaxNum(num);
    return 0;
}

Java

// Java program to print the maximum number
// from the set of digits of a given number
public class GFG
{
    // Function to print the maximum number
    static int printMaxNum(int num)
    {
        // hashed array to store count of digits
        int count[] = new int[10];
        
        // Converting given number to string
        String str = Integer.toString(num);
        
        // Updating the count array
        for(int i=0; i < str.length(); i++)
            count[str.charAt(i)-'0']++;
        
        // result is to store the final number
        int result = 0, multiplier = 1;
        
        // Traversing the count array
        // to calculate the maximum number
        for (int i = 0; i <= 9; i++)
        {
            while (count[i] > 0)
            {
                result = result + (i * multiplier);
                count[i]--;
                multiplier = multiplier * 10;
            }
        }
     
        // return the result
        return result;
    }
    
    // Driver program to test above function
    public static void main(String[] args) 
    {
        int num = 38293367;
        System.out.println(printMaxNum(num));
    }
}
// This code is contributed by Sumit Ghosh

Python

# Python program to print the maximum number
# from the set of digits of a given number

# Function to print maximum number
def printMaximum(inum):

    # Hashed array to store count of digits
    count = [0 for x in range(10)]

    # Converting given number to string
    string = str(num)

    # Updating the count array
    for i in range(len(string)):
        count[int(string[i])] = count[int(string[i])] +  1

    # Result stores final number
    result = 0
    multiplier = 1

    # traversing the count array
    # to calculate the maximum number

    for i in range(10):
        while count[i] > 0:
            result = result + ( i * multiplier )
            count[i] = count[i] - 1
            multiplier = multiplier * 10

    # return the result
    return result

# Driver code
num = 38293367
print(printMaximum(num))

# This code is contributed by Harshit Agrawal

// C# program to print the maximum number
// from the set of digits of a given number
using System;

class GFG 
{ 

// Function to print the maximum number
static int printMaxNum(int num)
{
    // hashed array to store 
    // count of digits
    int []count = new int[10];
    
    // Converting given number 
    // to string
    String str = num.ToString();
    
    // Updating the count array
    for(int i = 0; i < str.Length; i++)
        count[str[i] - '0']++;
    
    // result is to store the 
    // final number
    int result = 0, multiplier = 1;
    
    // Traversing the count array
    // to calculate the maximum number
    for (int i = 0; i <= 9; i++)
    {
        while (count[i] > 0)
        {
            result = result + (i * multiplier);
            count[i]--;
            multiplier = multiplier * 10;
        }
    }

    // return the result
    return result;
}

// Driver Code
public static void Main() 
{
    int num = 38293367;
    Console.Write(printMaxNum(num));
}
}

// This code is contributed 
// by PrinciRaj1992

JavaScript

<script>
// Javascript program to print the maximum number
// from the set of digits of a given number
    
    // Function to print the maximum number
    function printMaxNum(num)
    {
        // hashed array to store count of digits
        let count = new Array(10);
        for(let i=0;i<count.length;i++)
        {
            count[i]=0;
        }
        
        // Converting given number to string
        let str = num.toString();
          
        // Updating the count array
        for(let i=0; i < str.length; i++)
            count[str[i]-'0']++;
          
        // result is to store the final number
        let result = 0, multiplier = 1;
          
        // Traversing the count array
        // to calculate the maximum number
        for (let i = 0; i <= 9; i++)
        {
            while (count[i] > 0)
            {
                result = result + (i * multiplier);
                count[i]--;
                multiplier = multiplier * 10;
            }
        }
       
        // return the result
        return result;
    }
    
    // Driver program to test above function
    let num = 38293367;
    document.write(printMaxNum(num));
    
    //This code is contributed by avanitrachhadiya2155
    
</script>

PHP

<?php

// Php program to print the maximum number
// from the set of digits of a given number

// Function to print the maximum number
function printMaxNum($num)
{
    // hashed array to store count of digits
    $count = array_fill(0,10, NULL);
 
    // Converting given number to string
    $str = (string)$num;
 
    // Updating the count array
    for ($i=0; $i<strlen($str); $i++)
        $count[ord($str[$i])-ord('0')]++;
 
    // result is to store the final number
    $result = 0;
    $multiplier = 1;
 
    // Traversing the count array
    // to calculate the maximum number
    for ($i = 0; $i <= 9; $i++)
    {
        while ($count[$i] > 0)
        {
            $result = $result + ($i * $multiplier);
            $count[$i]--;
            $multiplier = $multiplier * 10;
        }
    }
 
    // return the result
    return $result;
}
 
// Driver program to test above function

    $num = 38293367;
    echo printMaxNum($num);
?>

Output:

98763332

Time Complexity: O( N ), where N is the number of digits in the given number.

Auxiliary Space: O(1)

Note: For very large numbers we can use strings to take input instead of storing input in integer data type.

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