# Find the largest number that's adjacent to a zero

Challenge:

Take a vector / list of integers as input, and output the largest number that's adjacent to a zero.

Specifications:

• As always, optional input and output format
• You may assume that there will be at least one zero, and at least one non-zero element.

Test cases:

1 4 3 6 0 3 7 0
7

9 4 9 0 9 0 9 15 -2
9

-4 -6 -2 0 -9
-2

-11 0 0 0 0 0 -12 10
0

0 20
20


Good luck and happy golfing!

• You should add a test case like the 4th one, but where the result is negative (there are positive numbers in the list). – mbomb007 Sep 21 '16 at 15:11
• I was going to try this in Retina, but then I noticed there are negatives. Retina hates negatives. – mbomb007 Sep 21 '16 at 15:12
• Don't let retina dictate what you can and cannot do. Take charge, you're the boss! – Stewie Griffin Sep 22 '16 at 10:26

# Jelly, 8 bytes

ṡ2ẠÐḟS€Ṁ


Try it online!

ṡ2            Overlapping pairs
ẠÐḟ         Remove pairs without zeroes
S€       Sum of each pair
Ṁ      Maximum


# MATL, 10 bytes

t~5BZ+g)X>


### Explanation

Let's take input [-4 -6 -2 0 -9] as an example.

t     % Input array. Duplicate
%   STACK: [-4 -6 -2 0 -9],  [-4 -6 -2 0 -9]
~     % Logical negate. Replaces zeros by logical 1, and nonzeros by logical 0
%   STACK: [-4 -6 -2 0 -9],  [0 0 0 1 0]
5B    % Push logical array [1 0 1] (5 in binary)
%   STACK: [-4 -6 -2 0 -9], [0 0 0 1 0], [1 0 1]
Z+    % Convolution, maintaining size. Gives nonzero (1 or 2) for neighbours of
% zeros in the original array, and zero for the rest
%   STACK: [-4 -6 -2 0 -9], [0 0 1 0 1]
g     % Convert to logical
%   STACK: [-4 -6 -2 0 -9], [0 0 1 0 1]
)     % Use as index into original array
%   STACK: [-2 -9]
X>    % Maximum of array.
%   STACK: -2
% Implicitly display

• x(~~(dec2bin(5)-48)). Who's idea was it to implement that one? Very clever, and useful for logical arrays! :) Nice answer! – Stewie Griffin Sep 21 '16 at 11:02
• @WeeingIfFirst Thanks! I had used dec2bin()-'0' hundreds of times in MATLAB, so I knew that one had to be in MATL :-) – Luis Mendo Sep 21 '16 at 11:04
• By the way, the fact that you included the content of the stack after every operation is worth an upvote alone. It makes it so much easier to understand (and possibly learn) MATL =) – Stewie Griffin Sep 21 '16 at 11:56
• Convolution Rocks. +1 – Suever Sep 21 '16 at 17:41

# 05AB1E, 9 bytes

ü‚D€P_ÏOZ


Explanation

ü‚         # pair up elements
D        # duplicate
€P      # product of each pair (0 if the pair contains a 0)
_     # logical negate, turns 0 into 1 and everything else to 0
Ï    # keep only the pairs containing at least 1 zero
O   # sum the pairs
Z  # take max


Doesn't work in the online interpreter, but works offline.

• This is amazing haha! Just in time :p. – Adnan Sep 21 '16 at 10:24
• Just implemented one of these operators or? :) – Stewie Griffin Sep 21 '16 at 10:27
• @WeeingIfFirst: ü was added just yesterday :) – Emigna Sep 21 '16 at 10:28
• Won’t this return 0 if the actual answer would be negative? You have to throw out the zeroes, I think. – Lynn Sep 21 '16 at 12:44
• @Lynn Nice catch! This can easily be fixed by replacing ˜ with O (sum). – Adnan Sep 21 '16 at 12:55

f x=maximum[a+b|(a,b)<-tail>>=zip$x,a*b==0]  Thanks to @MartinEnder for 4 bytes! • I think you can use a*b==0 instead of the ||. – Martin Ender Sep 21 '16 at 10:15 • You have to go back to previous version with zip. Here a and be are no longer adjacent – Damien Sep 21 '16 at 10:46 • You don't need lambdabot here. This is "regular" Haskell – Damien Sep 21 '16 at 11:00 # Pyth, 1211 10 bytes eSsM/#0,Vt  Forms pairs, filters by zero member, sorts by sum, returns largest. • ,Vt (implicit QQ) returns the same pairs as .:Q2, but with the pairs flipped. Should work, though. – PurkkaKoodari Sep 21 '16 at 14:38 • f}0T is /#0 – isaacg Sep 21 '16 at 23:10 ## JavaScript (ES6), 5957 56 bytes let f = l=>l.map((n,i)=>m=l[i-1]==0|l[i+1]==0&&n>m?n:m,m=-1/0)|m console.log(f([1, 4, 3, 6, 0, 3, 7, 0])); // 7 console.log(f([9, 4, 9, 0, 9, 0, 9, 15, -2])); // 9 console.log(f([-4, -6, -2, 0, -9])); // -2 console.log(f([-11, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, -12, 10])); // 0 console.log(f([3, 0, 5])); // 5 console.log(f([28, 0, 14, 0])); // 28 Edit: saved 2 bytes thanks to Huntro Edit: saved 1 byte thanks to ETHproductions • You can save two bytes by using == instead of === – Huntro Sep 21 '16 at 11:47 • I you can save a few bytes in several places: l=>l.map((n,i)=>m=l[i-1]*l[i+1]==0&n>m?n:m,m=-1/0)|m – ETHproductions Sep 21 '16 at 15:02 • Error: { "message": "Syntax error", "filename": "stacksnippets.net/js", "lineno": 15, "colno": 3 } – RosLuP Sep 26 '16 at 15:17 • @RosLuP - This requires ES6 with arrow function support and won't work on all browsers (including, but not limited to: all IE versions before Edge, all Safari versions below v10, etc.) – Arnauld Sep 26 '16 at 15:48 ## JavaScript (ES6), 53 bytes a=>(m=-1/0,a.reduce((l,r)=>(m=l*r||l+r<m?m:l+r,r)),m)  Because I like using reduce. Alternative solution, also 53 bytes: a=>Math.max(...a.map((e,i)=>e*a[++i]==0?e+a[i]:-1/0))  # Python, 49 bytes lambda a:max(sum(x)for x in zip(a,a[1:])if 0in x)  Tests are at ideone Zips through the pairs, sums the ones containing any zero, returns the maximum. ## Ruby, 51 bytes ->a{a.each_cons(2).map{|a,b|a*b!=0?-1.0/0:a+b}.max}  ### usage f=->a{a.each_cons(2).map{|a,b|a*b!=0?-1.0/0:a+b}.max} p f[gets.split.map(&:to_i)]  • I don't think you need the parentheses around a+b. – Martin Ender Sep 21 '16 at 11:24 • @Martin Ender syntax error occurs... ideone.com/F6Ed4B – cia_rana Sep 21 '16 at 11:28 • It works in Ruby 2.3. (available here for instance: repl.it/languages/ruby) – Martin Ender Sep 21 '16 at 11:32 • @Martin Ender When I use "!=" instead of "==", it works. Thanks for your advice! ideone.com/F6Ed4B – cia_rana Sep 21 '16 at 11:38 • There's a bug in there :(. -3 -2 0 returns 0. I think replacing ...?0:... with ...?-1.0/0:... should fix it, adding 5 bytes. – m-chrzan Sep 21 '16 at 16:11 # PHP, 7768 71 bytes -3 bytes from anonymous, -4 and -2 from MartinEnder preg_match_all("#(?<=\b0 )\S+|\S+(?= 0)#",$argv[1],$m);echo max($m[0]);


run with php -r '<code>' '<space separated values>'

• using \K to discard the match so far is shorter than using a look-behind. – user59178 Sep 21 '16 at 11:46
• You can also use space separation for input and then use \S+ to match a signed integer. You'll probably have to use \b0, so you don't have to prepend the ,. – Martin Ender Sep 21 '16 at 11:51
• Does this work for input like 4 0 0 5 ? – Ton Hospel Sep 21 '16 at 16:01
• @TonHospel No. Does \K not work with alternatives? For unknown reason, the second alternative returns 0 0, so that there is no more 0 to match before the 5. Fixed, thanks. – Titus Sep 21 '16 at 16:25
• Make a look at the other PHP solution with register_globals – Jörg Hülsermann Sep 21 '16 at 20:35

# Java 7, 118105 106 bytes

int d(int[]a){int i=0,m=1<<31,c;for(;++i<a.length;m=a[i]*a[i-1]==0&(c=a[i]+a[i-‌​1])>m?c:m);return m;}


13 bytes saved thanks to @cliffroot by using an arithmetic approach instead. 1 additional byte thank to @mrco after he discovered a bug (the added test case 2, 1, 0 would return 2 instead of 1).

Ungolfed & test code:

Try it here.

class M{
static int c(int[] a){
int i,
m = a[i=0],
c;
for(; ++i < a.length; m = a[i] * a[i-1] == 0 & (c = a[i] + a[i - 1]) > m)
? c
: m);
return m;
}

public static void main(String[] a){
System.out.println(c(new int[]{ 1, 4, 3, 6, 0, 3, 7, 0 }));
System.out.println(c(new int[]{ 9, 4, 9, 0, 9, 0, 9, 15, -2 }));
System.out.println(c(new int[]{ -4, -6, -2, 0, -9 }));
System.out.println(c(new int[]{ -11, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, -12, 10 }));
System.out.println(c(new int[]{ 0, 20 }));
System.out.println(c(new int[]{ 2, 1, 0 }));
}
}


Output:

7
9
-2
0
20
1

• slightly different approach using arithmetics, seems to be working int d(int[]a){int i,m=a[i=0],c;for(;++i<a.length;m=a[i]*a[i-1]==0&(c=a[i]+a[i-1])>m?c:m);return m;} – cliffroot Sep 21 '16 at 15:18
• The output is wrong, when the first number is not adjacent to 0, but larger than any number adjacent to 0. Reproducible by the test case {2, 1, 0}. You can fix this by initializing i with 0 directly and m with 1<<31 (+1 overall). – mrco Sep 23 '16 at 13:35

## CJam, 16 bytes

q~2ew{0&},::+:e>


Try it online! (As a test suite.)

### Explanation

q~    e# Read and eval input.
2ew   e# Get all (overlapping) pairs of adjacent values.
{0&}, e# Keep only those that contain a 0.
::+   e# Sum each pair to get the other (usually non-zero) value.
:e>   e# Find the maximum.


# MATLAB with Image Processing Toolbox, 32 bytes

@(x)max(x(imdilate(~x,[1 0 1])))


This is an anonymous function. Example use for the test cases:

>> f = @(x)max(x(imdilate(~x,[1 0 1])))
f =
function_handle with value:
@(x)max(x(imdilate(~x,[1,0,1])))

>> f([1 4 3 6 0 3 7 0])
ans =
7

>> f([9 4 9 0 9 0 9 15 -2])
ans =
9

>> f([-4 -6 -2 0 -9])
ans =
-2

>> f([-11 0 0 0 0 0 -12 10])
ans =
0

>> f([0 20])
ans =
20


# Dyalog APL, 14 bytes

⌈/∊2(+↑⍨0∊,)/⎕


⌈/ largest of

∊ the flattened ("enlisted"

2(...)/ pairwise

+ sum (zero plus something is something)

↑⍨ taken if

0 zero

∊ is a member of

, the pair (lit. the concatenation of the left-hand number and the right-hand number)

TryAPL online!

## R, 48 47 bytes

EDIT: Fixed an error thanks to @Vlo and changed it to read input from stdins, saved one byte by assigning w and skipping parantheses.

function(v)sort(v[c(w<-which(v==0)-1,w+1)],T)[1]


v=scan();w=which(v==0);sort(v[c(w-1,w+1)],T)[1]


### Unnested explanation

1. Find indices for which the vector v takes on the values 0: w <- which(v == 0)
2. Create new vector which contains the indices +-1: w-1 and w+1
3. Extract elements that match the indices w-1 and w+1
4. Sort in descending order and extract fist element

Note that if the last or first element of v is a zero, w+-1 will effectively fetch an index outside of the length of the vector which implies that v[length(v)+1] returns NA. This is generally no problem but the max() functions inconveniently returns NA if there are any occurrences in the vector unless one specifies the option na.rm=T. Thus it is 2 bytes shorter to sort and extract first element than to use max(), e.g.:

max(x,na.rm=T)
sort(x,T)[1]

• Need an extra parenthesis otherwise fails all test cases where max is to right of 0 such as c(1, 4, 3, 6, 0, 10, 7, 0) c((w<-which(v==0))-1,w+1) Also a tad bit shorter with scan sort((v<-scan())[c(w<-which(v==0)-1,w+1)],T)[1] – Vlo Sep 21 '16 at 14:15
• @Vlo Thanks for pointing that obvious error out, +1. In your suggested solution you forgot the ()too though ;). Updated the code and assigned v prior manipulation now. – Billywob Sep 21 '16 at 15:11

# Mathematica, 46 43 bytes

Saved 3 bytes due to @MartinEnder.

Max[Tr/@Partition[#,2,1]~Select~MemberQ@0]&


Anonymous function. Takes a list of integers as input and returns an integer as output. Based off of the Ruby solution.

# Perl, 42 bytes

Includes +1 for -p

Give the numbers on line on STDIN

largest0.pl <<< "8 4 0 0 5 1 2 6 9 0 6"


largest0.pl:

#!/usr/bin/perl -p
($_)=sort{$b-$a}/(?<=\b0 )\S+|\S+(?= 0)/g  ## Julia, 56 55 Bytes f(l)=max(map(sum,filter(t->0 in t,zip(l,l[2:end])))...)  Create tuples for neighboring values, take those tuples containing 0, sum tuple values and find maximum # Python 2, 74 Bytes def f(x):x=[9]+x;print max(x[i]for i in range(len(x)) if 0in x[i-1:i+2:2])  Cycle through every element, if there's a 0 in the position of either the left or the right of the current element, include it in the generator, and then run it through max. We need to pad the list with some non-0 number. It'll never be included because the slice [-1:2:2] won't include anything. # T-SQL, 182 bytes Golfed: DECLARE @x varchar(max)='1 5 4 3 6 1 3 17 1 -8 0 -7' DECLARE @a INT, @b INT, @ INT WHILE @x>''SELECT @a=@b,@b=LEFT(@x,z),@x=STUFF(@x,1,z,''),@=IIF(@a=0,IIF(@b<@,@,@b),IIF(@b<>0 or @>@a,@,@a))FROM(SELECT charindex(' ',@x+' ')z)z PRINT @  Ungolfed: DECLARE @x varchar(max)='1 5 4 3 6 1 3 17 1 -8 0 -7' DECLARE @a INT, @b INT, @ INT WHILE @x>'' SELECT @a=@b, @b=LEFT(@x,z), @x=STUFF(@x,1,z,''), @=IIF(@a=0,IIF(@b<@,@,@b),IIF(@b<>0 or @>@a,@,@a)) FROM(SELECT charindex(' ',@x+' ')z)z PRINT @  Fiddle ## PowerShell v3+, 62 bytes param($n)($n[(0..$n.count|?{0-in$n[$_-1],$n[$_+1]})]|sort)[-1]


A bit longer than the other answers, but a nifty approach.

Takes input $n. Then loops through the indices 0..$n.count, uses the Where-Object (|?{...}) to pull out those indices where the previous or next item in the array is 0, and feeds those back into array slice $n[...]. We then |sort those elements, and take the biggest [-1]. ### Examples PS C:\Tools\Scripts\golfing> @(1,4,3,6,0,3,7,0),@(9,4,9,0,9,0,9,15,-2),@(-4,-6,-2,0,-9),@(-11,0,0,0,0,0,-12,10)|%{""+$_+" --> "+(.\largest-number-beside-a-zero.ps1 $_)} 1 4 3 6 0 3 7 0 --> 7 9 4 9 0 9 0 9 15 -2 --> 9 -4 -6 -2 0 -9 --> -2 -11 0 0 0 0 0 -12 10 --> 0 PS C:\Tools\Scripts\golfing> @(0,20),@(20,0),@(0,7,20),@(7,0,20),@(7,0,6,20),@(20,0,6)|%{""+$_+" --> "+(.\largest-number-beside-a-zero.ps1 $_)} 0 20 --> 20 20 0 --> 20 0 7 20 --> 7 7 0 20 --> 20 7 0 6 20 --> 7 20 0 6 --> 20  # q, 38 bytes {max x where 0 in'x,'(next x),'prev x}  • This doesn't seem to work when the maximum comes after a 0. Also, I'm no q expert, but I think you would have to surround your code with {} to make it a function. – Dennis Sep 21 '16 at 18:07 # J, 18 bytes [:>./2(0&e.\#+/\)]  ## Explanation [:>./2(0&e.\#+/\)] Input: array A ] Identity. Get A 2 The constant 2 ( ) Operate on 2 (LHS) and A (RHS) \ Get each subarray of size 2 from A and +/ Reduce it using addition \ Get each subarray of size 2 from A and 0&e. Test if 0 is a member of it # Filter for the sums where 0 is contained [:>./ Reduce using max and return  # Perl 6, 53 bytes {max map ->$/ {$1 if !$0|!$2},(1,|@_,1).rotor(3=>-2)}  ## Expanded: # bare block lambda with implicit signature of (*@_) { max map ->$/ {           # pointy lambda with parameter ｢$/｣ # ( ｢$0｣ is the same as ｢$/[0]｣ )$1 if !$0 | !$2 # return the middle value if either of the others is false
},

( 1, |@_, 1 )     # list of inputs, with added non-zero terminals
.rotor( 3 => -2 ) # grab 3, back-up 2, repeat until less than 3 remain
}


# PHP, 66 bytes

foreach($a=$argv as$k=>$v)$v||$m=max($m,$a[$k-1],$a[$k+1]);echo$m;


Pretty straightforward. Iterates over the input, and when a number is 0, it sets $m to the highest number of the 2 adjacent numbers and any previous value of $m.

Run like this (-d added for aesthetics only):

php -d error_reporting=30709 -r 'foreach($a=$argv as$k=>$v)$v||$m=max($m,$a[$k-1],$a[$k+1]);echo$m;' -- -4 -6 -2 0 -9;echo


# C# 76 74 bytes

using System.Linq;i=>i.Zip(i.Skip(1),(a,b)=>a*b==0?1<<31:a+b).Max(‌​);


Explanation:

Use zip to join the array with itself but skipping the first value in the 2nd reference so that item zero joins to item one. Multiply a times b, if the result is zero, one of them must be zero and output a + b. Otherwise, output the minimum possible integer in the language. Given the assumption that we will always have a zero and a non-zero, this minimum value will never be output as the max.

Usage:

[TestMethod]
public void LargestFriend()
{
Assert.AreEqual(7, F(new int[] { 1, 4, 3, 6, 0, 3, 7, 0 }));
Assert.AreEqual(9, F(new int[] { 9, 4, 9, 0, 9, 0, 9, 15, -2 }));
Assert.AreEqual(-2, F(new int[] { -4, -6, -2, 0, -9 }));
Assert.AreEqual(0, F(new int[] { -11, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, -12, 10 }));
Assert.AreEqual(20, F(new int[] { 0, 20 }));
}

• Hi. you can remove the space at int[]i) {. Also, I count 75 bytes in your current code (74 if you remove the space). – Kevin Cruijssen Sep 21 '16 at 12:25
• I think you can save 4 bytes by inverting the ternaries: a?b?i.Min()).Max():a:b – Titus Sep 21 '16 at 12:46
• Plus using System.Linq;, no? – pinkfloydx33 Sep 22 '16 at 0:28
• True but this question just asked for a method, not a full program and using System.Linq; is part of the default new class template. – Grax32 Sep 22 '16 at 11:00
• @Grax Either way you need to include the using statement in your byte count – TheLethalCoder Sep 23 '16 at 14:58

# R, 48 54 bytes

s=scan()

w=which;max(s[c(w(s==0)+1,w(s==0)-1)],na.rm=T)


Reads vector from console input, then takes the maximum over all values adjacent to 0.

Edit: Catches NAs produced at the boundary, thanks rturnbull!

• Am I doing it wrong? pastebin.com/0AA11xcw – manatwork Sep 22 '16 at 11:10
• This fails for cases such as 20 0, because s[w(s==0)+1] returns NA, and max's default treatment of NA is to return it. You can fix by adding the argument na.rm=T, or re-work the code to use sort (see the other R answer posted above). – rturnbull Sep 22 '16 at 12:50
• Can you condense everything into one line? I don't know how to code in R, but I'm assuming you can. – clismique Sep 25 '16 at 7:36
• @Qwerp-Derp: Not as far as I know. scan() waits for console input to read in the vector, the input stream is closed by entering an empty line. If you were to run the two lines as one, the second part would be at least partially recognized to be input for to the vector s. – Headcrash Sep 25 '16 at 7:42

## Racket 183 bytes

(λ(k)(let*((lr(λ(l i)(list-ref l i)))(l(append(list 1)k(list 1)))(m(for/list((i(range 1(sub1(length l))))
#:when(or(= 0(lr l(sub1 i)))(= 0(lr l(add1 i)))))(lr l i))))(apply max m)))


Detailed version:

(define f
(λ(k)
(let* ((lr (λ(l i)(list-ref l i)))
(l (append (list 1) k (list 1)))
(m (for/list ((i (range 1 (sub1(length l))))
#:when (or (= 0 (lr l (sub1 i)))
(= 0 (lr l (add1 i))) ))
(lr l i) )))
(apply max m) )))


Testing:

(f (list 1 4 3 6 0 3 7 0))
(f (list 9 4 9 0 9 0 9 15 -2))
(f (list -4 -6 -2 0 -9))
(f (list -11 0 0 0 0 0 -12 10))
(f (list 0 20 ))


Output:

7
9
-2
0
20


# C 132 bytes

Outputs using main's return code:

int main(int a,char**_){int i,m=0;_[0]=_[a]="1";for(i=1;i<a;++i){m=(*_[i-1]-48||*_[i+1]-48?m>atoi(_[i])?m:atoi(_[i]):m);}return m;}


I feel like I should be able to save a few bytes by saving one of the atoi calls, but I couldn't find an efficient way. (,t plus t= plus , plus t twice is too long). Also this technically uses undefined behaviour (setting _[a] to "1") but every compiler I know of allows it by default.

Strategy: pad the start and end of the array with 1, then loop over the internal section checking each neighbor.

# PHP 69 64 bytes

Some bytes on and off from Jörg Hülsermann and Titus. = (-5)

Requires register_globals enabled. Usage: http://localhost/notnull.php?i[]=9&i[]=-5i[]=...

$x=$_GET['i'];
$y=0; foreach($x as $j){ if($y<abs($j)){$y=$j; } } echo$y;


Golfed:

$x=$_GET['i'];$y=0;foreach($x as $j)if($y<abs($j))$y=$j;echo$y;

• Why do not use directly the input as array. I could not seen the reason for json_encode. – Jörg Hülsermann Sep 21 '16 at 20:37
• For non-default settings you have to add the full length of the setting change to your byte count. (see meta.codegolf.stackexchange.com/q/4778#4778) In this case +21 bytes for -d register_globals=1 (or specify a version where register_globals is enabled by default) – Titus Sep 21 '16 at 21:14
• But json_decode is a nice idea. – Titus Sep 21 '16 at 21:15
• @Titus What I mean is ?id[]=1&id[]=2&id[]=3 and then \$_GET["id"] gives back an array. For this reason json_decode makes no sense for me – Jörg Hülsermann Sep 21 '16 at 21:42
• @JörgHülsermann It costs bytes, but it´s still a nice idea. – Titus Sep 21 '16 at 22:12