Morgan Stanley Interview Question for Software Developers


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A simple recursive task.
1. If string is single - return its chars as an array
2. if we have N strings - get chars of the first string, for each char of the string combine it with solution of the rest of strings.

Javascript solution:

function solution(strings){
    if (0==strings.length)
        return [];
    var chars = strings[0].split('');
    if (1==strings.length)
        return chars;
    var result = [];
    var rest = strings.slice(1);
    for (var i in chars){
        var sol = solution(rest);
        for (let j in sol)
            result.push(chars[i]+sol[j]);
    }
    return result;
}

- md.xytop May 05, 2018 | Flag Reply
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public static ArrayList<String> find(List<String> input, int aI){
ArrayList<String> result = new ArrayList<>();

if(aI == input.size()) return result;

char[] charStr = input.get(aI).toCharArray();

if(aI == input.size()-1){
for(int i=0;i<charStr.length; i++){
result.add(""+charStr[i]);
}
return result;
}

for(int i=0;i<charStr.length; i++){
ArrayList<String> rest = find(input, aI+1);
for(String s : rest){
result.add(charStr[i] + s);
}
}

return result;
}

- Anonymous July 26, 2018 | Flag Reply
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public static ArrayList<String> find(List<String> input, int aI){
		ArrayList<String> result = new ArrayList<>();
		
		if(aI == input.size()) return result;
		
		char[] charStr = input.get(aI).toCharArray();
		
		if(aI == input.size()-1){
		    for(int i=0;i<charStr.length; i++){
		        result.add(""+charStr[i]);
		    }
		    return result;
		}
		
		for(int i=0;i<charStr.length; i++){
		    ArrayList<String> rest = find(input, aI+1);
		    for(String s : rest){
		        result.add(charStr[i] + s);
		    }
		}
		
		return result;
	}

- @smurfette July 26, 2018 | Flag Reply
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void func(vector<string> &v,string &temp,int index,vector<string> &res,int n)
{
if(temp.length() == n)
{
res.push_back(temp);
return;
}

for(int i=0;i<n;++i)
{
string str = v[index];
temp.push_back(v[index][i]);
func(v,temp,index+1,res,n);
temp.pop_back();
}
}

int main() {
int n;
cin>>n;
vector<string> v;
for(int i=0;i<n;++i)
{
string temp;
cin>>temp;
v.push_back(temp);
}
string temp;
vector<string> res;
func(v,temp,0,res,n);

for(auto it : res)
cout<<it<<" ";
return 0;
}

- c++ code July 28, 2019 | Flag Reply
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void func(vector<string> &v,string &temp,int index,vector<string> &res,int n)
{
if(temp.length() == n)
{
res.push_back(temp);
return;
}

for(int i=0;i<n;++i)
{
string str = v[index];
temp.push_back(v[index][i]);
func(v,temp,index+1,res,n);
temp.pop_back();
}
}

int main() {
int n;
cin>>n;
vector<string> v;
for(int i=0;i<n;++i)
{
string temp;
cin>>temp;
v.push_back(temp);
}
string temp;
vector<string> res;
func(v,temp,0,res,n);

for(auto it : res)
cout<<it<<" ";
return 0;
}

- c++ code July 28, 2019 | Flag Reply
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void func(vector<string> &v,string &temp,int index,vector<string> &res,int n){
if(temp.length() == n){
res.push_back(temp);
return;
}

for(int i=0;i<n;++i){
string str = v[index];
temp.push_back(v[index][i]);
func(v,temp,index+1,res,n);
temp.pop_back();
}
}

int main() {
int n;
cin>>n;
vector<string> v;
for(int i=0;i<n;++i){
string temp;
cin>>temp;
v.push_back(temp);
}
string temp;
vector<string> res;
func(v,temp,0,res,n);

for(auto it : res)
cout<<it<<" ";
return 0;
}

- c++ code July 28, 2019 | Flag Reply
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void print(vector<string>& s, int i, string str){
        if (str.size() == s.size()){
            cout << str << "\n";
            return;
        }
        for (int j =0; j < s[i].size(); j++){
            str += s[i][j];
            print(s, i+1, str);
            str.pop_back();
        }
    }

- Ajith August 12, 2019 | Flag Reply
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{public class MultipleStringPermutation {

public static void main(String[] args) {
String str[] = {"abc","def","ghi"};
String s = "";
int i = 0, j= 0;
while(j < str[i].length() && j < str.length){
s += str[i].charAt(j);
i++;
if (i == str.length){
j++;
i=0;
//System.out.println(s);
permute(s, 0, s.length()-1);
s = "";
}

}
}
private static void permute(String str, int l, int r)
{
if (l == r)
System.out.println(str);
else
{
for (int i = l; i <= r; i++)
{
str = swap(str,l,i);
permute(str, l+1, r);
str = swap(str,l,i);
}
}
}
public static String swap(String a, int i, int j)
{
char temp;
char[] charArray = a.toCharArray();
temp = charArray[i] ;
charArray[i] = charArray[j];
charArray[j] = temp;
return String.valueOf(charArray);
}
}}

- Anonymous April 25, 2020 | Flag Reply
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public class MultipleStirngPermutation {

public static void main(String[] args) {
String str[] = {"abc","def","ghi"};
String s = "";
int i = 0, j= 0;
while(j < str[i].length() && j < str.length){
s += str[i].charAt(j);
i++;
if (i == str.length){
j++;
i=0;
//System.out.println(s);
permute(s, 0, s.length()-1);
s = "";
}
}
}
private static void permute(String str, int l, int r)
{
if (l == r)
System.out.println(str);
else
{
for (int i = l; i <= r; i++)
{
str = swap(str,l,i);
permute(str, l+1, r);
str = swap(str,l,i);
}
}
}
public static String swap(String a, int i, int j)
{
char temp;
char[] charArray = a.toCharArray();
temp = charArray[i] ;
charArray[i] = charArray[j];
charArray[j] = temp;
return String.valueOf(charArray);
}
}

- sTrack April 25, 2020 | Flag Reply
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static void ghumao(int i,String a[])
{
if(i==a.length)
{
out.println(path);
return;
}

for(int j=0;j<a[i].length();j++)
{
path.add(a[i].charAt(j));
ghumao(i+1,a);
path.remove(path.size()-1);
}

}

- Atharva Tripathi August 07, 2020 | Flag Reply


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