LeetCode 738, Medium. Topics: Math, Greedy. View on LeetCode.
Generate this problem as a practice environment: tested reference solution, 20 parametrized pytest cases, and a playground notebook:
Problem
An integer has monotone increasing digits if and only if each pair of adjacent digits x and y satisfy x <= y.
Given an integer n, return the largest number that is less than or equal to n with monotone increasing digits.
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Solution
Reference implementation from solution.py on GitHub, full suite in test_solution.py:
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Last modified on September 7, 2026