Qualcomm Interview Question for Software Engineer / Developers


Country: United States
Interview Type: In-Person




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AND with 111000001111 and then OR the resultant with 000xxxxx0000 ... correct me if I am wrong

- imrhk July 28, 2012 | Flag Reply
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correction:
AND with 111000001111 and then OR the resultant with 000xxxxx0000 ... correct me if I am wrong

- imrhk July 28, 2012 | Flag
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Is m given to be some value b/w 1 to 27?

- loveCoding July 23, 2012 | Flag Reply
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yes, m is some value between 1 to 32

- coolLane July 23, 2012 | Flag
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use right shift by 5

- abhishek July 24, 2012 | Flag Reply
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answer in c
#define bitmtomplusn(x,m,n) (((0x01 << m) & i) << n) | (i & ~(0x01 << (m+n)))

- ashok.g15 August 06, 2012 | Flag Reply
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the pattern to be replaced from mth bit to m+5th bit can be assumed as xxxxxx is stored. now "<<" the stored number to m places and then do OR operation on original number

pattern = xxxxxx;
pattern = pattern >> m;
changed_number = given_number | pattern;

- Anonymous August 28, 2012 | Flag Reply
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Using Xor
number x
int y = ((x>>m)^(x>>(m+5))) & 1
int result = (x ^ (y<<m)) | (x ^ (y<<(m+1))

- Anonymous February 16, 2013 | Flag Reply
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If N is the given number and i is the integer that replaces the selected bits,

[ N | (63<<(m) ) ] & [i <<(m)]

- Erick April 15, 2013 | Flag Reply
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Sorry, it should be [N & (~(63<<m))] | [i << m]

- Erick April 15, 2013 | Flag
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OR it with 000xxxxx0000... where xxxxx are the values at the m to m+5th position you want replaced .

- faiz July 24, 2012 | Flag Reply


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