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in reply to Re: Re: Re: (Golf) Kaprekar's Process
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That's what the sprintf is there for. It formats a two-digit result into a three-digit string, eg. 099. After sorting and reversal, you get 990 - 099. 
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: (Golf) Kaprekar's Process
by srawls (Friar) on Jun 17, 2001 at 00:57 UTC
    Ok, I get it. I can modify yours than, and improve it by two chars: 
    sub a {
$_=pop;s/^..$/0$&/;/495/?0:1+a(-($_=join'',sort/./g)+reverse)
}

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