Microsoft Interview Question for Software Engineer / Developers


Country: United States
Interview Type: In-Person




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Why not add two variables to save the results of the mod operations so as to save doing them once more?

void FooBar(int n){
        int i, r3, r5;
        for(i = 1; i <= n; ++i){
            r3 = i % 3;
            r5 = i % 5;
            if(r3 && r5) printf("%d", i);
            else{
                if(!r3) printf("Foo");
                if(!r5) printf("Bar");
            }
            putchar('\n');
        }
    }

If we don't use the mod operation, will it be faster?

void FooBar(int n){
        int i1 = 1, i3 = 3, i5 = 5;
        for(; i1 <= n; ++i1){
            if(i1 != i3 && i1 != i5) printf("%d", i1);
            else{
                if(i1 == i3){
                    printf("Foo");
                    i3 += 3;
                }
                if(i1 == i5){
                    printf("Bar");
                    i5 += 5;
                }
            }
            putchar('\n');
        }
    }

- uuuouou December 01, 2013 | Flag Reply
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Brilliant :) I never thought such an easy question would have an elegant answer

- chid1989 January 10, 2014 | Flag
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Second solution does not cover the case of a number being divisible by both 3 and 5 right!

- Sailakshmi June 27, 2014 | Flag
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void FooBar(int n)
{
	for( int i=1;  i <= n;  i++, print("\n") )
	{
		if( i%3 && i%5)	 print( i ), continue;
		if( i % 3 ==0) 	 print( "Foo");
		if( i % 5 ==0)  	 print( "Bar");
	}
}

- = November 14, 2013 | Flag Reply
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where is the case of "FooBar" ?

- smashit December 06, 2013 | Flag
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It is 'if' not 'if else'

- Sugarcane_farmer May 19, 2014 | Flag
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public static void FooBar(int n){
		for(int i=1;i<=n;i++){
			
			if(i%5!=0 && i%3!=0){
				System.out.println(i);
				continue;
			}
			if(i%3==0){
				System.out.print("Foo");
			}
			if(i%5==0){
				System.out.print("Bar");
			}
			System.out.println();
		}
	}

- rpisid November 14, 2013 | Flag Reply
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My husband is at it again

ripsid is my hubs

- Subbu's wife November 14, 2013 | Flag Reply
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You two bit hoare.

- Subbu November 14, 2013 | Flag
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Typical of microsoft. Copy others and give their own boring name.

Fizz -> Foo
Buzz -> Bar.

- Anonymous November 14, 2013 | Flag Reply
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public void fooBar(int n) {
	for (int i = 1; i <= n; i++) {
	    if (i % 3 == 0 && i % 5 == 0) {
		System.out.println("FooBar");
	    } else if (i % 3 == 0) {
		System.out.println("Foo");
	    } else if (i % 5 == 0) {
		System.out.println("Bar");
	    } else {
		System.out.println(i);
	    }
	}
    }

- Anonymous November 14, 2013 | Flag Reply
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I think there should be some clever way other than this

- smashit December 06, 2013 | Flag
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In above code.say my n= 20 and when the value of i= 15; it will go into first if statement and print FooBar but will it also execute other if statements as well to print foo and Bar. Can I use break; in first if ststement if I found FooBar there only. so that it will come out mmediately

- megh August 09, 2015 | Flag
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how about n is negative number

- tt November 14, 2013 | Flag Reply
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Seriously? Microsoft really asked this question?

- Anonymous November 14, 2013 | Flag Reply
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may be ...they wanted to know how a person might solve this without using mod and minimum calls to out stream .

- devikiranr April 27, 2014 | Flag
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public static void FooBar(int n){
		
		for(int i=1;i<=n;i++){
			if(i%3==0 && i%5==0){System.out.println("FooBar");}
			else if(i%3==0){System.out.println("Foo");}
			else if(i%5==0){System.out.println("Bar");}
			else{System.out.println(i);}
		}
	}

- rohitgarg.alwar November 14, 2013 | Flag Reply
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public static void FooBar(int n){

for(int i=1;i<=n;i++){
if(i%3==0 && i%5==0){System.out.println("FooBar");}
else if(i%3==0){System.out.println("Foo");}
else if(i%5==0){System.out.println("Bar");}
else{System.out.println(i);}
}
}

- Anonymous November 22, 2013 | Flag Reply
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F#:

let rec FooBar(n : int) = 
    let InnerCall x txt = 
        printf "%A\n" txt
        FooBar(x - 1)
    match n with
    | 0 -> printf ""
    | x when x % 15 = 0 -> InnerCall x "FooBar"
    | x when x % 3 = 0 -> InnerCall x "Foo"
    | x when x % 5 = 0 -> InnerCall x "Bar"
    | x -> InnerCall x x

- sattar.imamov January 14, 2014 | Flag Reply
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string temp = string.Empty;
for (int i = 1; i <=15; i++)
{
temp= (i % 3 == 0 && i % 5 == 0)?"Foo Bar":(i%5==0?"Bar":(i%3==0?"Foo":Convert.ToString(i)));
lstBoxGetName.Items.Add(temp);
}

- searcher January 16, 2014 | Flag Reply
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This was asked in Philips too ..

- swathi sathya prakash January 30, 2014 | Flag Reply
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public class FooBar {

	public static void fooBar(int num){
		int i1 = 1, i3 = 3, i5 = 5, i15 = 15;
		for(; i1 <= num+1; i1++){		 
			if(i1 == i15){
				System.out.println(i1+" FooBar");
				i15 += 15;
				i3 += 3;
				i5 += 5;
			}
			else if(i1 == i3){
				System.out.println(i1+" Foo");
				i3 += 3;
			}
			else if(i1 == i5){
				System.out.println(i1+" Bar");
				i5 += 5;
			}
		}
	}

	public static void main(String[] args){
		fooBar(75);
	}
}

- Milky September 29, 2014 | Flag Reply
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You know you can nest if statements, right?

public static void FooBar(int n)
        {
            for(int i = 1; i <= n; i++)
            {
                if(i % 3 == 0)
                {
                    if(i % 5 == 0)
                    {
                        Console.WriteLine("FooBar");
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        Console.WriteLine("Foo");
                    }
                }
                else if(i % 5 == 0)
                {
                    Console.WriteLine("Foo");
                }
                else
                {
                    Console.WriteLine(i);
                }
            }
        }

Same version, condensed:

public static void FooBar(int n)
        {
            for(int i = 1; i <= n; i++)
                Console.WriteLine(i % 3 == 0 ? (i % 5 == 0 ? "FooBar" : "Foo") : (i % 5 == 0 ? "Bar" : i.ToString()));
        }

- Julien October 08, 2014 | Flag Reply
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If I were the interviewer, I would tell you that trying to optimize the int arithmetics in the loop is ridiculous vs the cost of the print functions, so no need to bother, just wasting time for nothing.
1st aim of the writing style should be to keep it concise and understandable at first glance. I notice none of the solutions include any comment.
So to me this is a no-pass.

- Greg May 13, 2015 | Flag Reply
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Minified JavaScript version:

FooBar=(n)=>{for(i=0;i++<n;)console.log(((i%3?"":"Foo")+(i%5?"":"Bar"))||i)};

- Stefan Berkner December 23, 2016 | Flag Reply
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function FooBar(n){

var r3, r5;

for(var i = 1; i <= n; i++){

r3 = i % 3;
r5 = i % 5;

if(r3 != 0 && r5 !=0){
    console.log(i + '\n');
}

if(r3 == 0 && r5 == 0){
    console.log('FooBar \n');
}else if(i % 3 == 0){
    console.log('Foo \n');
} else if(i % 5 == 0){
    console.log('Bar \n');
}

}

}

- Mike July 20, 2018 | Flag Reply
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public static void fooBar (int n){
    for (int i=1; i<=n; i++){
         System.out.println((i%3==0?(i%5==0?"FooBar":"Foo"):(i%5==0?"Bar":i)));
    }
}

- Sindhu Venkatachary December 10, 2018 | Flag Reply
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let arr = [];
for(let i=1;i<=100;i++){
  arr.push(i)
};
arr.forEach(item=> {
  return (item%5===0 && item%3===0) ? console.log('foobar') 
  : item%5===0 ? console.log('bar') 
  : item%3===0 ? console.log('foo') 
  : console.log(item)
})

- Michael September 07, 2019 | Flag Reply
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private static String FOO = "Foo";
    private static String BAR = "Bar";

    private void fooBarUpTo(int n){
        for(int i = 1; i <= n; i++) System.out.println(fooBar(i));
    }

    private String fooBar(int i) {
        if (i % 15 == 0) return FOO + BAR;
        if (i % 3 == 0) return FOO;
        if (i % 5 == 0) return BAR;
        return "" + i;
    }

- Bram Dooddejong August 01, 2020 | Flag Reply
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public class Book{
static class Cover{
public void foo(){
System.out.println("Inside foo");
}
}
bar(){
System.out.println("Inside bar");
}
public static void main (String args [])
{
Cover a = new Cover();
a.foo();
a.bar();
}
}

- Saad Mahmud November 17, 2021 | Flag Reply
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public class Book{
static class Cover{
public void foo(){
System.out.println("Inside foo");
}
}
bar(){
System.out.println("Inside bar");
}
public static void main (String args [])
{
Cover a = new Cover();
a.foo();
a.bar();
}
}

- mdsaad2038 November 17, 2021 | Flag Reply
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public static void FooBar(int n){
for(int i=1;i<=n;i++){

if(i%5!=0 && i%3!=0){
System.out.println(i);
continue;
}
if(i%3==0){
System.out.print("Foo");
}
if(i%5==0){
System.out.print("Bar");
}
System.out.println();
}
}

- Anonymous January 19, 2023 | Flag Reply
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public void fooBar(int n) {
for (int i = 1; i <= n; i++) {
if (i % 3 == 0 && i % 5 == 0) {
System.out.println("FooBar");
} else if (i % 3 == 0) {
System.out.println("Foo");
} else if (i % 5 == 0) {
System.out.println("Bar");
} else {
System.out.println(i);
}
}
}

- Anonymous January 19, 2023 | Flag Reply
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public void fooBar(int n) {
for (int i = 1; i <= n; i++) {
if (i % 3 == 0 && i % 5 == 0) {
System.out.println("FooBar");
} else if (i % 3 == 0) {
System.out.println("Foo");
} else if (i % 5 == 0) {
System.out.println("Bar");
} else {
System.out.println(i);
}
}
}

- Zoro January 19, 2023 | Flag Reply
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#include <stdio.h>
#include <iostream>

int main()
{   
    for(int i = 1; i < 201; ++i)
    {
        const int isFoo = (i%3 == 0);
        const int isBar = (i%5 == 0);
        
        if (isFoo + isBar)
        {
            const int start = !isFoo * 3; 
            const int end =  (isFoo + isBar) * 3;

            std::cout << std::string_view{"FooBar" + start, end};
        }
        else
        {
            std::cout << i;
        }
        
        std::cout << "\n";
    }

    return 0;
}

- Keiko November 15, 2023 | Flag Reply
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#include <stdio.h>
#include <iostream>

int main()
{   
    for(int i = 1; i < 201; ++i)
    {
        const int isFoo = (i%3 == 0);
        const int isBar = (i%5 == 0);
        
        if (isFoo + isBar)
        {
            const int start = !isFoo * 3; 
            const int end =  (isFoo + isBar) * 3;

            std::cout << std::string_view{"FooBar" + start, end};
        }
        else
        {
            std::cout << i;
        }
        
        std::cout << "\n";
    }

    return 0;
}

- Keiko November 15, 2023 | Flag Reply


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