Shuffle to Double

[TimeSpaceLightForce]

Search for the smallest positive integer that if you shuffle its digits its new value becomes double.

[BMAD]

Search for the smallest positive integer that if you shuffle its digits its new value becomes double.

0

Edited April 18, 2013 by BMAD

[vinay.singh84]

0 is not a positive integer.

24.

[BMAD]

0 is not a positive integer.

24.

darn. This is why i prefer to write my own questions. I am always making simple mistakes like this.

42 is not double of 24

Edited April 18, 2013 by BMAD

[BMAD]

Search for the smallest positive integer that if you shuffle its digits its new value becomes double.

clarification

is it going to be double regardless how it is shuffled or that there exists a double if shuffled the correct way"

[Pickett]

125874...can be shuffled to be 251748

[Pickett]

Just validated my above answer with a simple program...in case you're curious, here's the source:

public class SuffleDouble {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
      for (long i = 1; i < 1000000; i++) {
         permutation("", i + "", i);
      }
   }
 
   private static void permutation(String prefix, String str, long origVal) {
      int n = str.length();
      if (n == 0) {
         long newVal = Long.parseLong(prefix);
         if (origVal * 2 == newVal) {
            System.out.println(origVal + " * 2 = " + prefix);
            System.exit(0);
         }
      } else {
         for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
            permutation(prefix + str.charAt(i), str.substring(0, i) + str.substring(i+1, n), origVal);
         }
      }
   }
}

Edited April 18, 2013 by Pickett

[TimeSpaceLightForce]

I was considering Kevink2's number 285714 from BMAD's 50% Increase problem to render 571428 , but hoping for much smaller number . Yet the 6 digits shows up again...."125874...can be shuffled to be 251748" matched with code. What other properties these 6digit combo has? Thanks for convincing solve Pickett..