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7th Nearest Palindrome Coding
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7th Nearest Palindrome Coding

HardSQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

7th Nearest Palindrome

Given the input_values table, find the seventh nearest palindrome for every nonnegative input value. Exclude the input value itself when it is already a palindrome. Order ties by the smaller palindrome, and exclude NULL and negative inputs.

Output

  1. One row per valid input value, with input_id, target_value, seventh_nearest_palindrome, and distance
  2. Return the seventh candidate by ascending distance, then ascending palindrome value
  3. Sort by input_id

Schema

input_values
ColumnTypeDescription
input_idPKINTUnique identifier for the input row
target_valueINTInteger for which the seventh nearest palindrome is required
Tablesinput_values
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