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BAN USERLook at that link there? That is the language we have created.
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AnswerSuppose there is a function given to you that:
def get_friends( person_id ) { /* returns friends of person */ }
How you are now going to recommend friends to a person based on number of mutual friends? So, come up with the function:
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Amazon SDE-3 Algorithm - 0of 0 votes
AnswersGiven billions of Identity cards of the form :
card : { my_id : "my id", "moms_id" : "mom id", "dad_id" : "dads id" }
If one gives you two Person's id, how can you tell if these 2 persons are blood related.
So, write a function that is:
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Amazon SDE-3 Algorithm - 2of 2 votes
AnswersGiven an unsorted array of integers, find the length of the longest consecutive elements sequence.
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For example,
Given [100, 4, 200, 1, 3, 2],
The longest consecutive elements sequence is [1, 2, 3, 4].
Return its length: 4.
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Uber Senior Software Development Engineer Algorithm - 1of 1 vote
AnswersThe stock exchanges work with price matching. A seller comes with a price, and a buyer, given asking for the exact same price are matched, and in quantity.
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Design a system that works.
Considerations:
1. More than a million buy/sale happens in a second.
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Myntra Software Architect Algorithm - 0of 0 votes
AnswersCreate a data structure that stores integers, let then add, delete. It also should be be able to return the minimum diff value of the current integers.
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That is,
min_diff = minimum ( | x_i - x_j | )
Example:
-1,3,4,10,11,11
min_diff = 0
-1,3,4,10,11,14
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Uber Senior Software Development Engineer Algorithm - 0of 0 votes
AnswersThe original question can be found from here :
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franklinchen.com/blog/2011/12/08/revisiting-knuth-and-mcilroys-word-count-programs/
Read a file of text, determine the *n* most frequently used words, and print out a sorted list of those words along with their frequencies.
In the same spirit of the history:
1. Do it using pure shell scripting
2. Do it in the favourite language of your choice
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Deshaw Inc Software Developer Algorithm - 0of 0 votes
Answer1. If I say quick sort takes O(e^n ) on the average, would I be wrong?
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2. Do you think O( f ) is a good idea for real engineering?
3.Given a choice, what other 'order of' measure would you propose to use ?
4. Do you see a real problem with the modified *order of* ?
5. If you were to sort 10 elements, what sorting method would you have used?
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Microsoft SDET Algorithm Math & Computation - 0of 0 votes
AnswersThe actual problem from question?id=6289136497459200
Implement pow, with :// Assume C/C++, as of now double pow ( double x, double power )
No library functions allowed.
Should return : x^power
=== Edit ===
People took it a bit trivially, thus examples should help :
- NoOne in United Statesx = pow ( 4, 0.5 ) // x = 2.0 x = pow ( 8, 0.333333333 ) // 1.99999999986137069 x = pow ( 10.1 , 2.13 ) // 137.78582031242644
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Microsoft SDET Algorithm - 0of 0 votes
AnswersFrom here : question?id=5660692209205248
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In-order traversal:
A->B->C->D->E->F->H->L->M-P->R->S->T
Write a function (pseudo-code is fine) that given a starting node, advances to the next in-order node in a binary tree.
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Arista Networks Software Developer Algorithm Trees and Graphs - 0of 0 votes
AnswersApparently DESCO asked it. It was faulty, and I am fixing it. The physics was wrong. A mono pole is an abstract magnet with either the north or the south pole of the magnet.
[ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_monopole ]
Imagine you are given such *n* monopoles, all of the same type, say North type. Thus, all of these repel one another. The force of repulsion follows inverse square law :
[ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverse-square_law ]
That is, given two such monopoles with a distance *r* between them, the force of repulsion between them is given by :F = ( 1.0 ) / ( r ** 2 )
Now, suppose you are also given an array of *n* number of positions over X axis, like : [ 0, 1, 4, 10 , 21 , .. ] where you need to place the monopoles ( imagine they are hold tight there, and do not move away ).
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After placement, you are given another monopole, of different type S, say. Find positions to place the monopole so that it is stable.
Fixes from the original question :
[geeksforgeeks.org/d-e-shaw-interview-experience-set-19-on-campus/ ]
1. Monopoles exhibit inverse square law, not inverse law.
2. It is impossible to have stable configuration using same type monopole, so one must use another type, repulsion is not stable, attraction is.
( Terrible physics mistakes )
PS. Do not try to do binary search here. Binary search assumption is underlying linearity of the structure, thus, effectively there are proportionate elements in left and right. In the classic cases of sorted array, the expectation is 50/50. But here due to non linearity (inverse square) , it won't work.| Report Duplicate | Flag | PURGE
Deshaw Inc Software Developer Algorithm - 0of 0 votes
AnswersGiven a set of numbers, find out all subsets of the set such that
the sum of all the numbers in the subset is equal to a target number.s = [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ] target = 5 op = [ [ 1,4 ] , [2,3] , [5] ]
Application: Given a fixed budget, and work items we are doing back filling to check what all we can attain with the budget.
Continuation. Imagine the set is actually a set of work items, with cost and utility involved :def work_item : { name : 'foo bar' , cost : 10 , utility : 14 }
Now, solve this to maximise utility.
Continuation. Imagine that the work items are related, so that, if work item w1 is already in the
subset of the work items selected, w2 's utility increases further!.
( Can you imagine how it can happen? Effectiveness of Mesi increases when he plays for Barca)
So, you are given a list like this :w1 -> normal utility 14, with w2 20, ....
Now maximize payoff.
NOTE: Payoff is a matrix. This comes from game theory.
Hence, a payoff matrix looks like :w1 w2 w3 w4 .... w1 w1 w2 w2 w3 w3 w4 w4
A cell ( i,j) is filled up with if a list contains both wi and wj, then how much the payoff would be. It is a symmetric matrix.
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Amazon SDE-3 Algorithm - 0of 0 votes
AnswersWe tend to use computer to solve practical problems that actually earns or save dollars. Here is something that happens across the stock exchanges : people buy and sell stocks.
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We generally use automated intelligent systems to buy and sell stocks. That part is too much mathematics, and beyond scope of this interview. There is another part. Suppose the system issues a buy order : buy 1000 Microsoft stock. Now, there are more than 1 ( in fact 10 ) active exchanges from where we can buy MSFT. There is a slight price delta, which keeps changing over time. There is another problem. In each stock exchange, prices are stacked, that is :
1. For first 100 stocks prices are 55$.
2. Next 200 stocks, prices are 55.2$.
... etc, and you got the idea. Even this stacks are changing over time.
Thus, here is the problem to solve. Design and implement a system such that one can buy n stocks with minimal price.
Also, in the same spirit, the same system should be able to sell n stocks with maximum payoff possible.
This is a non trivial problem, for Quant systems.
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Goldman Sachs Software Engineer / Developer Algorithm Cache Computer Architecture & Low Level Computer Science Distributed Computing Large Scale Computing Math & Computation Software Design - 0of 0 votes
AnswersAs you know, Computers were invented to solve practical business problems, we tend to ask practical applied questions. One of the key areas where we want to apply computers is simulation. As most of the people working in software are Engineers, here is the problem. It is called 3 body problem.
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3 Bodies with masses [ m1, m2, m3 ] are initially positioned in the 3 points in the space, thus, having positions [ P1, P2, P3 ].
Observe that each Pi is nothing but [ xi, yi, zi ].
Once the initial condition is set, definitely gravity would work and they would start falling against each other. Write code to simulate this problem. Imagine G, the constant of gravity as 1.
How do you go about simulating it?
Hint : feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/I_09.html see 9.5
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Software Developer Algorithm Computer Science Graphics Math & Computation Programming Skills - 0of 0 votes
AnswersGiven a convex polygon ( is planer as opposed to a polytope) and a point one had to tell if the point lies inside the polygon or outside the polygon.
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To understand convexity : mathopenref.com/polygonconvex.html
Thus the question comprise of 3 sub problems :
1. How to store a polygon.
2. How to define inside and outside of a polygon.
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Deshaw Inc Software Developer Algorithm - 0of 0 votes
AnswersAs you guys know, C did not have,and does not have anything called class. C++ has them. Now, C++ was written using C. In fact, C++ initially was called C with classes.
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Thus, here is the problem for you.
Given you have C, and you need to implement class like behaviour, how you would do it? Specifically, implement the following in C :
1. A Simple Hello class with hello() function printing "Hello, World" .
2. A new operator which enables creating this constructor less class.
3. A delete operator that deletes the pointer.
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Deshaw Inc SDET C - 0of 0 votes
AnswersLinux has this nice command called *tree*.
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If you did not use it, please take a look around.
You do not have to write one. BUT, you have to do something similar. Given a file name ( not a path ), and an initial directory, you have to list all the file paths, which matches the file name, case should not be considered.
Also allow regex match.
Again, the problem is non trivial.
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SDET Algorithm Operating System - 0of 0 votes
AnswersThere is this nice tiny *nix utility called *wc*.
The idea here is :wc file_name
prints :
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character count of the file.
Word count of the file.
Line count of the file.
You have to implement your own *wc* program.
NOTE: The problem is non trivial for 3 reasons.
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SDET Algorithm Operating System - 0of 0 votes
AnswersNone actually understands how garbage collection works, albeit people ask this in the interviews. Nonetheless, we are going to ask you something very similar. Here is the problem.
Take an array of bytes, perhaps 1MB in size.
Implement these two operations:ptr_structure = alloc ( amount_of_storage ) freeed = free ( ptr_structure )
Now, here is your problem. alloc must allocate contiguous storage. If it is not possible, you need to compact ( defragment ) memory. So, you need to implicitly write a :
defragment() // defragments memory
Worse is coming. Even imagining you have written a stop the world defragmenter, after you reallocate, how the ptr_structures would actually work?
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Solve this whole problem.
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SDET Algorithm Assembly Computer Architecture & Low Level Computer Science Data Structures - 0of 0 votes
AnswersImagine there are brick boulders, all of integer size.
Their sizes are stored in an array.
The figure looks something like this :
peltiertech.com/Excel/pix2/Histogram2.gif
Now, suppose someone is pouring water into it till water starts spilling.
You have to answer how much water the boulders are holding up.
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Deshaw Inc SDET Algorithm - 0of 0 votes
AnswersXPATH implementation problem.
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Here is the problem.
Implement XPATH expressions, given there is a DOM tree :
1. $x('//*[text() = "abc"])
How do you think it is implemented? Write code, imagine you have a general purpose tree.
2. $x('//span[text() = "abc"])
How do you think it is implemented? Write code, imagine you have a general purpose tree.
Now, explain which one would be faster, and why?
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SDET Algorithm Application / UI Design - 0of 0 votes
AnswerAs you know, every OS comes up with this tiny application called the calculator. It is good. Now, here is our problem. If we try to implement the function
def calculate( operand, operator, operand ) { /* Do Interviewers bidding here */ }
I have to write if upon if upon if upon if to do for all operators. Moreover, some operators are not even binary! Take example the abs() or say the negate()!
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Bigger problem persists. With the if mode, we can not even add operators as we wish to without changing code!
But that is a sin. So, what do we do? That is question 1.
In question 2, as a software tester, how do you propose to test and automate the above? Writing more if than the developer is not allowed.| Report Duplicate | Flag | PURGE
SDET Algorithm Data Structures Object Oriented Design Programming Skills Software Design - 0of 0 votes
AnswersWe all know databases are very very slow. In fact they are so slow that very serious people who wants to do volumes of read operation and search operations write their own implementation. In this question, you would be asked to do the same, for a very limited operation - select.
Every item stored has this field called timestamp.
Now, here is the problem you need to solve :select items where time < some_time select items where time < some_time and time < another_time select items where time > some_time
Imagine you have millions of data rows. How to store it in HDD, and how to load, entirely your problem. None is going to insert anything on existing data - only read.
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Write an algorithm that solves this problem, and a data structure that works as storage for the data.| Report Duplicate | Flag | PURGE
SDET Algorithm Database - 0of 0 votes
AnswersImagine you are given the instructions :
GOTO <LABEL> WHEN <CONDITION> NOP ; no operation
Implement the following using it:
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1. If condition.
2. If else condition.
3. If else if else condition.
4. While loop
5. for loop.| Report Duplicate | Flag | PURGE
SDET Assembly - 0of 0 votes
AnswersGiven brackets, e.g. '(' and ')' as the only symbols, write a function that would generate : true, if the brackets are matching, false if the brackets are not matching.
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Almost everyone can do the above.
Now, prove that it works.
Also tell which class of grammar the string belongs to.
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SDET Automata - 0of 0 votes
AnswersYou are given 20 questions to solve in 20 minutes.
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If you successfully solve the question, you would receive 2 marks.
If you failed to solve the question, and you do not try it ( let it untouched ) , you would receive 0 marks. If you solve it wrong ( i.e. not the correct answer ) - you would receive -1 ( negative) .
With the story, here are the problems:
1. Write an algorithm, which, given an input array ( set ) of questions, and varying probability ( 0 <= p <= 1 ) of can do and can not do per question, generates a strategy for solving the paper to generate maximum expected pay off.
2. Given the question paper is multiple choice, between 4 choices ( a,b,c,d ) do a bias analysis ( e.g. if more a's are coming than 'c's ), and decide if you would like to probabilistically take risk and mark some to increase pay off.
Obviously, you can get a maximum 40, and a minimum -20.
3. Now, put yourself in the position of the examiner, and try to ensure it is almost impossible to increase payoff by random selection over the questions. Try to negate the bias. That is question 3.
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unknown SDET Algorithm - 0of 0 votes
AnswersFind the n'th Ugly no. An ugly no. is defined as a no. which are of the form :
n = ( 2 ** p ) * ( 3 ** q ) * ( 5 ** r )
with p,q,r >= 0 and are integers not all equal to zero.
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You must not memorise the whole sequence, as n can be really large.
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Algorithm - 0of 0 votes
AnswersGiven an array, move the smaller no to the left and the larger nos to the right. The relative positioning between the small no's and the relative positions between the large nos should not change.
The original ( ill formulated ) question can be found here :
question?id=5756583549075456.
Example :a = [ 6 4 5 0 2 1 11 -1 ] after_a = [ 0 , 2, 1, -1, 6, 4, 5, 11 ]
Note, for lack of good explanation, please do not laugh at the poster in the solutions. After all, they are trying to help or get help.
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Arrays
/*
Imagine the problem as finding all integers with
n 1s and m 0 s such that in the binary representation
There is no '*11*'. And we are good. So....
*/
def do_garbled(m,n){
range = [0 : 2 ** ( m + n )]
count = 0
for ( x : range ){
s = str(x,2)
s = '0' ** (size(s) - m - n) + s
continue ( n != sum(s.value) -> { _'1' == $.o ? 1 : 0 } )
continue ( s =~ '.*11.*')
count += 1
}
}
// now in full ZoomBA mode, we can write this:
m = 2
n = 2
res = from ( [0 : 2 ** ( m + n )] , set() ) as {
s = str($.o,2)
s = '0' ** (size(s) - m - n) + s
} where {
n == sum($.o.value ) as { _'1' == $.o ? 1 : 0 } } where {
$.o !~ '.*11.*'
}
println ( res )
println ( size(res) )
I abhor code so.. what these guys said, they are going to get exactly that:
/*
4 digit Even.
That gives :
A | B | C | D = [0 2 4 6 8]
Such that D != C etc etc.
*/
__digits__ = list ( [0:10] )
__l_digits__ = list ( [1:10] )
def four_digit_even_unopt(){
D = random( [0,2,4,6,8] )
C = random( __digits__ - D )
B = random( __digits__ - C )
A = random( __l_digits__ - B )
1000 * A + 100 * B + 10 * C + D
}
println( four_digit_even_unopt() )
Cool to see @ChrisK back. Welcome back dude. However, as a welcome gesture,
I will love to rub something in... and here we go:
/* This is how to ZoomBA */
a = [1, 1, 3, 4, 1, 1, 2, 3]
target = 4
range_a = [0:size(a)].asList
// sequences generates all possible subset of a set
options = from ( sequences( range_a ), set() ) as {
// map back the opt to actual
list( $.o ) -> { a[$.o] }
// the where clause filter around it
} where { sum($.o) == target }
// prints it
println(options)
You want to find set intersection. Here is how we do it in ZoomBA.
(zoomba)userA = [ 2, 3, 1 ]
@[ 2,3,1 ] // ZArray
(zoomba)userB = [ 2, 5, 3 ]
@[ 2,5,3 ] // ZArray
(zoomba)userC = [ 7, 3, 1 ]
@[ 7,3,1 ] // ZArray
(zoomba)s = set()
{ } // ZSet
(zoomba)s += userA
{ 1,2,3 } // ZSet
(zoomba)s &= userB
{ 2,3 } // ZSet
(zoomba)s &= userC // &= mutable intersection
{ 3 } // ZSet
(zoomba)
Too much code. I don't like to code at all. Be lazy.
/*
For a given Sum and N print all the combinations .
This is integer partition problem.
Constrained to number of partitions := N
Given an integer is n, imagine
1 1 1 1 ... 1 ( n 1's)
Now, there can be n-1 cut positions.
Choosing or not choosing a cut position
will create a partition.
Thus, create a binary string with n-1 digits.
When 1, we choose the cut, when 0, we do not.
This will produce all the cuts and thus, all partitions.
The problem is constrained by number of cuts := N-1
*/
def partition_int( n , N ){
n_splits = n - 1
max = 2 ** n_splits
partitions = set()
for ( x : [1:max] ) {
bs = str(x,2)
// do 0 padding on left
bs = '0' ** ( n_splits - size(bs) ) + bs
nums = list()
c = 1
for ( b : bs.value ){
if ( b == _'1' ){
nums += c
c = 1
} else {
c += 1
}
}
nums += c
continue ( size(nums) != N )
// to make the partitions unique
sorta(nums)
ps = str(nums,',')
continue ( ps @ partitions )
// only when does not exist
partitions += ps
// now print
printf('%s -> %s \n', bs, ps )
}
}
partition_int( @ARGS = list( @ARGS ) -> { int($.o) } )
The result if you run it :
zmb tmp.zm 16 2
000000000000001 -> 1,15
000000000000010 -> 2,14
000000000000100 -> 3,13
000000000001000 -> 4,12
000000000010000 -> 5,11
000000000100000 -> 6,10
000000001000000 -> 7,9
000000010000000 -> 8,8
Let's try another one:
zmb tmp.zm 10 4
000000111 -> 1,1,1,7
000001011 -> 1,1,2,6
000010011 -> 1,1,3,5
000010101 -> 1,2,2,5
000100011 -> 1,1,4,4
000100101 -> 1,2,3,4
000101010 -> 2,2,2,4
001001001 -> 1,3,3,3
001001010 -> 2,2,3,3
Hope this should do fine.
- NoOne April 25, 2017// ZoomBA
def is_isomorphic( s1, s2 ){
if ( (l = size(s1))!= size(s2) ) return false
m = dict()
for ( i : [0:l] ){
if ( s1[i] @ m ){
y = m[ s1[i] ]
} else {
y = m[ s1[i] ] = s2[i]
}
if ( y != s2[i] ) return false
}
true
}
println( is_isomorphic('','' )) // true
println( is_isomorphic('aabaac','xxtxxw' )) // true
println( is_isomorphic('ac','xxt' )) // false
println( is_isomorphic('acaa','xxtw' )) // false
I am hungry, SRH lost so frustrated, but this should do the trick :
/*
The find next lower tidy number is
not a classically trivial one.
Obvious trivial solution is :
def find_unoptimal( n ){ while( !is_tidy(n) ){ n -= 1 } }
But that is a mess.
A better solution will be:
1. Search for inversion of order ( d[i] > d[i+1] ) from left.
2. If on the inversion, we can down the digit:
Down(x) = x - 1
and d[i-1] < d[i] - 1 then we can down the digit, replace rest by 9.
3. If we can not do that ( 12222334445555123 ),
we search for a digit change from right: ( d[i]<d[i+1] )
where we can change d[i+1] to d[i] and replace all right digits by 9
*/
def find_last_tidy( n ){
sn = str(n)
l = size(sn)
i = index( [0:l-1] ) :: { sn[$.o] > sn[$.o+1] }
if ( i < 0 ) return n // this is first step
// is there a left digit? if not...
if ( i == 0 ) return int( '' + ( int(sn[0]) - 1 ) + ( '9' ** (l - 1) ) )
// there is
// if it is like 12222334445555|123 ?
// then we need to check j is the repeat size
j = index( [i:-1] ) :: { sn[$.o] != sn[i] }
ns = sn[0:i-j] + ( int(sn[i]) - 1 ) + ( '9' ** (l - i + j - 2 ) )
int ( ns )
}
println( find_last_tidy(@ARGS[0]) )
@rajendra : I actually gave you an up vote. Later, I found, almost there but not there.
Observe this :
Input : 332 Expected : 299
Actual : 229
I was looking for branch conditions. Gotha.
I guess the dumb approach wins here :-)
def find_unoptimal( n ){
while( !is_tidy(n) ){ n -= 1 }
n // return
}
Obviously I will try to improve, but there are some very interesting edge scenarios.
- NoOne April 22, 2017/*
This is the one which should do it
*/
def has_3_consecutive( dates ){
if ( size(dates) < 3 ) return false
ld = list(dates)
// in long form 3 consecutive date are (D - d), D, (D + d)
exists([2: size(dates)]) where { 2 * ld[$.o -1 ] == ( ld[$.o-2] + ld[$.o] ) }
}
ms = mset( file( 'logfile.txt' ) ) as { #(date,key) = $.o.split('\t') ; key }
users_cons = select( ms ) where {
dates = sset ( $.o.value ) as { #(date,key) = $.o.split('\t') ; int( time(date,'MM/dd/yyyy') ) }
has_3_consecutive( dates )
} as { $.o.key }
(zoomba)input=[2,3,5,3,7,9,5,3,7]
@[ 2,3,5,3,7,9,5,3,7 ] // ZArray
(zoomba)ms = mset(input)
{2=1, 3=3, 5=2, 7=2, 9=1} // HashMap
(zoomba)l = list(ms.entries)
[ 2=1,3=3,5=2,7=2,9=1 ] // ZList
(zoomba)sortd(l) :: { $.l.value < $.r.value }
true // Boolean
(zoomba)l
[ 3=3,5=2,7=2,2=1,9=1 ] // ZList
(zoomba)x = fold(l,list()) -> { for(i:[0:$.o.value] ){ $.p += $.o.key } }
[ 3,3,3,5,5,7,7,2,9 ] // ZList
// ZoomBA
def get_pos( string ){
pos = { 'x' : 0 , 'y' : 0 }
tokens( string , '([NEWS](\\d*))' ) -> {
directive = $.o // the directive
direction = directive[0]
amount = int( directive[1:-1] , 1 )
printf( '%s %s\n', direction, amount )
switch( direction ){
case _'N' : pos.y += amount
case _'S' : pos.y -= amount
case _'E' : pos.x += amount
case _'W' : pos.x -= amount
}
}
pos // return it
}
// use it
s = 'E4N4S4W'
println ( get_pos(s) )
// ZoomBA.
// Basic trick, iterate over permutations, and collect elements
s = 'abcdc'
len = size(s)
sa = s.toCharArray
sorta(sa) // the base template
// iterate and select over all permutation indices
// specify the collector - classic example of from syntax
deranged = from ( perm( [0:len].asList ) , set() ) :: {
// when no element exists such that there is same char in place
!exists( $.o ) :: { sa[ $.o ] == s[ $.i ] }
// finally map permutation index back to the string
} -> { str( $.o ,'' ) -> { sa[ $.o ] } }
println( deranged )
Interesting problem. There can be at least 2 ways to get it done.
The trivial one:
def getRandomOdd( min, max){
r = random()
while ( (n = r.num(min,max)) % 2 == 0 );
n // return n
}
The problem is - not really uniform, in some sense. To generate uniform, we use a reverse map:
y_min, y_max : such that
2 * y_min + 1 -> min
2 * y_max + 1 -> max
If min, max are not that way, we change them by something. Now we have a cleaner solution:
def getRandomOdd( min, max){
r = random()
y_min = min/2
if ( 2 /? max ){ max - 1 }
y_max = max/2
2 * r.num( y_min, y_max ) + 1
}
Sorting and everything is irrelevant here.
Read very carefully about the formulation : [ wikipedia.org/wiki/Partition_problem ]
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The algorithm can be extended to the k-way multi-partitioning problem, but then takes O(n(k − 1)mk − 1) memory where m is the largest number in the input, making it impractical even for k = 3 unless the inputs are very small numbers.
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k = 2
M = [ -1,1,1,1,8,10 ]
N = size(M)
last = k ** N // the largest one k to the power N
min = num('inf') // well, infinity
min_p = null // nothing
// now we iterate - recursion only cool for divine
for ( n : [0:last] ){
s = str(n,k) // representing number n in base k
// reject when all the k digits do not exist in base k rep
continue( size(set(s.value) ) != k )
// left pad with zeros thus making the string N size
s = '0' ** ( N - size(s)) + s
// collect into k partitions ( change the char into int as key )
p = mset( M ) as def(inx){ int(s[inx]) }
// now generate total - calculating all pairs between 0,k-1
tot = sum ( comb( [0:k] , 2 ) ) as def(inx, pair){
// size(x) is abs(x)
size( sum(p[pair[0]]) - sum(p[pair[1]]))
}
// search for min m
if ( tot < min ){
min = tot
min_p = p
}
}
// well...
println(min)
println(min_p)
// and Finally, Galaxy has peace!
This problem is imprecise. Observe this:
a = [ 0 , 1000, 10000] // k = 1
a = [ 0 , 1000, 10000] // k = 3
Thus, the problem needs to be precisely stated.
The proper formulation will entail :
Given there is an array of sorted values, and a parameter k, group the values into k buckets (bucket_i s) such that :
M = sum ( abs( sum(bucket_i) - sum(bucket_j) ) )
gets minimized.
- NoOne April 03, 2017Given people already are massively overthought this - and they did not think what should be thought about : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Similarity_measure.
Take a pause and think this.
Is it transitive? That is :
A similar_to B and B similar_to C ==>(implies) A similar_to C
does it hold true? 99.999% of the real practical cases, it won't be.
Take name for example.
ram : ok, male
rama : ok, male again perhaps
ramaa : ambiguous - perhaps it is a female name ? Now thinking backward,
ramaa --> rama :: hmm. See the problem there?
what about roma? ramaa and roma are close but is ram and roma close? Well.
That... pose a problem.
How did we get it? By working in system - where close name matching may point to same individual - facebook is another classic example. Same problem persists in the Indian addresses.
Thus, we need to ask, is the similarity function transitive? That would have clear impact on any algorithm we try to apply.
// ZoomBA : the data
data = [ [1,3,5,9],
[1,2,1,2],
[1,4,7,9],
[20,25,20,35] ]
// operation 1 :
repeat_in_rows = sum ( data ) -> { (size( set($.o) ) != size($.o) )? 1:0 }
println( repeat_in_rows )
// operation 2 :
num_dup = 2
num_dup_in_rows = sum ( data ) -> {
// get mset, key, num_of_occurences
ms = mset($.o)
// when there are at least 2 keys with num_of_occurences >= num_dup :: dup
dups = select( ms.values ) :: { break( size($.p) >= num_dup ) ; $.o > 1 }
// simple
size(dups) == num_dup ? 1 : 0
}
println( num_dup_in_rows )
/*
1. bucketize on thread pool.
2. Shoot.
*/
// per thread num of file
bucket_size = 100
// assume list of files are here
files // yep, files as in like list of strings
num_files = size(files)
def process_files ( start_inx ){
end_inx = start_inx + bucket_size
end_inx = end_inx > num_files ? num_files : end_inx
sum ( [start_inx : end_inx ] ) -> { sumOfFile( files[$.o] ) }
}
num_buckets = ceil ( num_files / bucket_size )
start_inx = 0
threads = list ( [0:num_buckets] ) -> {
start_inx += bucket_size
thread( ) -> { process_files( start_inx ) }
}
// do not get into a loop, ever
succeeded = poll( 42, 300 ) :: { !exists( threads ) :: { $.o.alive } }
// zoomba threads return value, proper they are option monad
assert ( succeeded , "Why you fail in timeout???" )
total_sum = sum ( threads ) -> { $.o.value }
println( total_sum ) // should be cool
// ZoomBA
/*
We are assuming only alpha.
Thus, the general regex for the string is :
word -> [a-zA-Z][\d]+
s = ( word )+
Thus, the problem can be solved by tokenization of word
and then expanding the word
*/
word = '[a-zA-Z][\\d+]'
string = "a4b2c2a3f1g2"
println(string)
// tokenize on string
l = tokens( string , word ) -> {
// extract letter
letter = (tokens($.o, '[a-zA-Z]' ))[0]
// extract frequency
frequency = (tokens($.o, '\\d+' ))[0]
// expand the letter with frequency : a ** 2 -> aa
letter ** int(frequency)
}
// finally catenate over the list
println( str(l,'') )
/*
A better way to look it using sequences
Define a Sequence S, such that it is strictly increasing
and generated by the rule of sum of non-negative multiples of the numbers in the array.
Thus, S(0) = 0 and we go in a = [6,9,20]
S(1) = 6
S(2) = 9
S(3) = 12 = 6 * 2
S(4) = 15 = 6 + 9
S(5) = 18 = ( 3 * 6 , 9*2 )
We use ZoomBA to solve it and show a nice pattern.
This is solvable by adding 6,9,20 to each item encountered before in the sequence,
and check if the current item is minimum of the larger item than the current max
Then the next item is generated. Thus, the problem is solved when we have
Target n is such that
S(k) < n <= S(k+1)
To generate the this array a from bases is easy, and can be left as an exercise to the reader.
Hint: use the same algorithm and start with 0,min_of_base
*/
bases = [6,9,20]
// first few items of the sequence from the bases till 20
a = [ 0, 6, 9, 12 , 15 , 18, 20 ]
s = seq( a ) -> {
cached = $.p // previous items
last_no = cached[-1] // last item
maxes = list ( bases ) -> {
item = $.o // store the individual base items
ix = index ( cached ) :: { $.o + item > last_no }
cached[ix] + item // we find where we max - so store it
}
#(min,Max) = minmax( maxes ) // find min of the maxes
min // return min as the next item in the sequence
}
// now call
def find_some( n ){
if ( n <= s.history[-1] ) return n @ s.history // obvious
while ( s.history[-1] <= n ){ s.next } // iterate over
return n @ s.history // and then is trivial
}
println( find_some(47) )
println( find_some(23) )
Reasonable, but not bug free.
a = list( [ 0:10 ] ) -> { random(true)? 0 : random(10) + 1 }
def move_0_right(arr){
first_zero = 0
last_non_zero = size(arr) - 1
while ( true ){
while ( arr[last_non_zero] == 0 ) { last_non_zero -= 1 }
while ( arr[first_zero] != 0 ) { first_zero += 1 }
break( first_zero > last_non_zero )
arr[first_zero] = arr[last_non_zero]
arr[last_non_zero] = 0
}
last_non_zero + 1
}
println(a)
x = move_0_right(a)
println(a)
println(x)
// ZoomBA
word = "ffgggtvshjsdhjfffffffhvjbjcharu"
max = { 'count' : 0, 'letter' : null , 'current' : 0 }
reduce ( word.value ) -> {
continue ( $.o == $.p ){ max.current += 1 ; $.o }
if ( max.count < max.current ){
max.count = max.current
max.letter = $.p
max.current = 1
}
$.o
}
max -= 'current'
println( max )
// ZoomBA
words = ['May', 'student', 'students', 'dog', 'studentssess',
'god', 'Cat', 'act', 'tab', 'bat', 'flow', 'wolf', 'lambs',
'Amy', 'Yam', 'balms', 'looped', 'poodle', 'john', 'alice' ]
// now do magic
m = mset( words ) -> { k = $.o.toLowerCase() ; str(sset(k.value) ,'') }
fold ( m ) -> { println( $.value ) }
Now the output :
$ zmb tmp.zm
[student, students, studentssess]
[tab, bat]
[Cat, act]
[john]
[alice]
[lambs, balms]
[May, Amy, Yam]
[looped, poodle]
[dog, god]
[flow, wolf]
Too complex impl presented, we can do much simpler:
def Sample : {
$$ : def(){
$.its = list([0:random(4) + 1 ]) ->{
l = list([0:random(5)]) ->{ random(100) }
println(l)
l.iterator()
}
$.index = -1
},
hasNext : def(){
while ( !empty($.its) ) {
$.index = ($.index + 1) % size( $.its )
it = $.its[$.index]
if ( it.hasNext ) { return true }
$.its.remove( $.index )
$.index -= 1
}
false
},
next : def(){ return $.its[ $.index].next() }
}
s = new ( Sample )
while ( s.hasNext() ){
printf(' %s ', s.next())
}
println()
Amazing complex solutions.
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NOTE: When you are given a hammer - everything looks like a nail.
Thus, simply because trie exists, does not need us to use it. :-)
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A much practical solution is this:
1. Take the filter string, replace every '*' with '.*' and append '^' in the front and '$' in the back.
2. Thus
ab* ==> ^ab.*$
3. Yes, you guessed it right, now simply store these things as pattern
4. and then loop over and match the patterns.
Cool?
// NOT FOR Competitive stuff - it is meaningless for practical purposes.
// but cool...
/*
Given S is then sorted sequence of numbers such that
Binary representation contains only 2 bits set to 1.
Find S(n).
We solve it by creating an iterator.
*/
s = seq( 3 ) -> {
bs = str($.p[-1],2)
li = rindex(bs.value, _'1' )
if ( li == 1 ){
r = 2 ** #|bs| + 1
} else {
bs.value[li] = _'0'
bs.value[li-1] = _'1'
r = int(bs,2,0)
}
r
}
fold ( [1:9] ) -> { println( s.next ) }
The question is ill posed - with the definition of identifier being a string.
Yes, identifiers are a special string - but not any string. One should formulate the problem as token matching using regex.
<ID> := [a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z_0-9]*
assignment -> ID '=' [0-9]+ ';'
and we are good. Clearly in this form, we can make the assignment itself a regex and can use named patterns and that is the answer.
- NoOne February 19, 2017/* Sounds like cheating - it is not
The problem of iterating over power set
is done by sequences() function */
a = [1,2,3,20,4,9,89,54,21]
k = 16
v = find( sequences( [0:size(a)] ) ) :: {
sum( $.o ) -> { a[$.o] } == k
}
printf( 'Indices are: %s, size: %d\n', v.value, size(v.value) )
Cutting to the cheese - dropping all useless information the problem is succinctly summarised by :
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Given a list of circles of various radii and centre:
1. Would it be possible to move from one starting point to another
2. What would be the min path and the circles
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Thus we end up having a directed graph, where :
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1. Nodes are the circles
2. Edges between nodes exist, if and only if the circles overlap
3. Circles having centre with y larger than the North bank y are north bank stones
4. Circles having centre with y smaller than the South bank y are south bank stones
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Now, we need to find out all paths from one bank to another, and the minimum path.
This is doable by iterating over all source nodes - and rejecting paths.
Will the strings be one in a language dictionary? In that case, people should simply send the cardinal number ( index ) of the word in the dictionary, as well as the dictionary identifier. This is known as code-book encoding, and is the fastest, and the cheapest encoding known to mankind.
[ wikipedia.org/wiki/Block_cipher_mode_of_operation ]
This question has deep formulation problem - of speaking in English.
Observe the following :
l1 = [ 1,1,1,1,1,1,2]
l2 = [1,2]
l3 = [ ]
What is the expected output?
Now, coming back again :
l1 = [ 1,1,1,1,1,1,2]
l2 = [1,2,2,2,2,2,2]
l3 = [ ]
what will be the output?
Moreover :
l1 = [ 1,2]
l2 = [2,3]
l3 = [1,3]
what will be the output?
The terms *repeated across* is not properly defined - in conjunction with
*it is ok to have repeated item in a list*.
@ aonecoding :
- NoOne May 03, 2017How your case handles fractional power?