Add uniform number counting algorithm (#6052)

src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/maths/UniformNumbers.java

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+package com.thealgorithms.maths;
+
+/**
+ * A positive integer is considered uniform if all
+ * of its digits are equal. For example, 222 is uniform,
+ * while 223 is not.
+ * Given two positive integers a and b, determine the
+ * number of uniform integers between a and b.
+ */
+public final class UniformNumbers {
+    // Private constructor to prevent instantiation of the utility class
+    private UniformNumbers() {
+        // Prevent instantiation
+    }
+    /**
+     * This function will find the number of uniform numbers
+     * from 1 to num
+     * @param num upper limit to find the uniform numbers
+     * @return the count of uniform numbers between 1 and num
+     */
+    public static int uniformNumbers(int num) {
+        String numStr = Integer.toString(num);
+        int uniformCount = (numStr.length() - 1) * 9;
+        int finalUniform = Integer.parseInt(String.valueOf(numStr.charAt(0)).repeat(numStr.length()));
+
+        if (finalUniform <= num) {
+            uniformCount += Integer.parseInt(String.valueOf(numStr.charAt(0)));
+        } else {
+            uniformCount += Integer.parseInt(String.valueOf(numStr.charAt(0))) - 1;
+        }
+
+        return uniformCount;
+    }
+    /**
+     * This function will calculate the number of uniform numbers
+     * between a and b
+     * @param a lower bound of range
+     * @param b upper bound of range
+     * @return  the count of uniform numbers between a and b
+     */
+    public static int countUniformIntegers(int a, int b) {
+        if (b > a && b > 0 && a > 0) {
+            return uniformNumbers(b) - uniformNumbers(a - 1);
+        } else if (b == a) {
+            return 1;
+        } else {
+            return 0;
+        }
+    }
+}