Duck Number Java

Last Updated : 17 Mar 2025

Duck number is another special positive non-zero number that contains zero in it. The digit zero should not be presented at the starting of the number. Zero can be present at any of the positions except the beginning of the number.

Let's understand some examples of Duck numbers.

3210 is a Duck number because it contains zero at the end of the number but not present at the beginning of it.
08237 is not a Duck number because it contains zero at the beginning of it.
7033 is a Duck number because it contains zero at the second position, not at the beginning.
030405 is not a Duck number because it also contains zero in starting of the number.
00153 is also not a Duck number because it contains leading zeros.

These are the following steps that we use to check whether the given number is a Duck number or not.

We first take a number.
We then find the last digit of the number.
If the last digit is zero, it is a Duck number.
Otherwise, we remove that digit from the number.
Perform steps 2, 3, and 4 until the number becomes zero.

Let's implement the code to check a valid Duck number.

DuckNumber.java

//import required classes and packages
import java.util.*; 
import java.io.*; 
import java.util.Scanner;

//create DuckNumberExample class to check whether the given number is a Duck number or not
public class DuckNumberExample {

   // create checkNumber() method that returns true when it founds number Buzz 
   public static boolean checkNumber(int number) {

      // use loop to repeat steps
      while(number != 0) {

         // check whether the last digit of the number is zero or not
         if(number%10 == 0)
            return true;	//return true if the number is Duck

         // divide the number by 10 to remove the last digit
         number = number / 10;
      }

      return false;	//return false if the number is not Duck
   }
       // main() method start
    public static void main(String args[]) 
    {	
		int n1, n2;
		
		//create scanner class object to get input from user
		Scanner sc=new Scanner(System.in);
		
		//show custom message
		System.out.println("Enter first number");
		
		//store user entered value into variable n1
		n1 = sc.nextInt();
		
		//show custom message
		System.out.println("Enter second number");
		
		//store user entered value into variable n2
		n2 = sc.nextInt();
		
        if (checkNumber(n1)) 
            System.out.println(n1 + " is a Duck number"); 
        else
            System.out.println(n1 + " is not a Duck number"); 
        if (checkNumber(n2)) 
            System.out.println(n2 + " is a Duck number"); 
        else
            System.out.println(n2 + " is not a Duck number"); 
    }
}

Output

Let's implement one more program to get all the Duck number in a given range

FindAllDuckNumber.java

//import required classes and packages
import java.util.*; 
import java.io.*; 
import java.util.Scanner;

//create FindAllDuckNumber class to get all the Duck number in a given range
class FindAllDuckNumber
{
	//main() method start
	public static void main(String args[])
	{
		int range;
		
		//create scanner class object
		Scanner sc=new Scanner(System.in);
		
		//show custom message
		System.out.println("Enter the value of range");
		
		//store user entered value into variable range
		range = sc.nextInt();

		for(int i = 1; i <= range; i++)
			if(checkNumber(i)){
				System.out.println(i + " is a Duck number");
			}
	}

	// create checkNumber() method that returns true when it founds number Buzz 
	public static boolean checkNumber(int number) {

		// use loop to repeat steps
		while(number != 0) {

			// check whether the last digit of the number is zero or not
			if(number%10 == 0)
				return true;	//return true if the number is Duck

			// divide the number by 10 to remove the last digit
			number = number / 10;
		}

		return false;	//return false if the number is not Duck
   }
}

Output

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