class Solution { private class LargerNumberComparator implements Comparator { @Override public int compare(String a, String b) { String order1 = a + b; String order2 = b + a; return order2.compareTo(order1); } } public String largestNumber(int[] nums) { // Get input integers as strings. String[] asStrs = new String[nums.length]; for (int i = 0; i < nums.length; i++) { asStrs[i] = String.valueOf(nums[i]); } // Sort strings according to custom comparator. Arrays.sort(asStrs, new LargerNumberComparator()); // If, after being sorted, the largest number is `0`, the entire number // is zero. if (asStrs[0].equals("0")) { return "0"; } // Build largest number from sorted array. String largestNumberStr = new String(); for (String numAsStr : asStrs) { largestNumberStr += numAsStr; } return largestNumberStr; } }