edaBit-coding-challenges/int-repeat-test/main.cpp

#include <QCoreApplication>
bool trouble(int num1, int num2);
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
   trouble(444,44);
    QCoreApplication a(argc, argv);

    return a.exec();
}
/*  Create a function that takes two integers and returns true if a number
 *  repeats three times in a row at any place in num1
 *  AND that same number repeats two times in a row in num2.
 */
bool trouble(int num1, int num2) {
    //  convert the integers to strings to access each number
    std::string num1string = std::to_string (num1);
    std::string num2string = std::to_string (num2);
    std::vector <std::string> sVal;
    for(int i = 0;i<9;i++){
        char c = i + '0';
        int counter = 0;
        //  when the counter hits 3, it will store the value into sVal
        for(int j = 0;j<num1string.size();j++){
            if(num1string[j] == c){
                if(3 == ++counter){
                    sVal.push_back(std::string(c,2));
                    break;
                }
            }
            //  reset the counter when not in a row
            else{counter = 0;}
        }
    }
    //  all numbers that repeat three times in a row have been stored into sVal
    for(int i = 0;i<sVal.size();i++){
        if(std::string::npos!= num2string.find(sVal[i])) {return true;}
    }
    return false;
}