LC 0179 [M] Largest Number - ALawliet/algorithms GitHub Wiki
class Solution:
def largestNumber(self, nums: List[int]) -> str:
for i, n in enumerate(nums):
nums[i] = str(n)
def compare(n1, n2):
if n1 + n2 > n2 + n1: # n1 is bigger and comes first
return -1
else:
return 1
nums = sorted(nums, key=cmp_to_key(compare))
# [0,0] # convert to int and then back to str to handle '000'
return str(int(''.join(nums)))