ThoughtWorks Interview Question for Software Engineer / Developers


Country: India
Interview Type: Written Test




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import java.util.*;

public class ThoughtWorks {
	static int countBits(int n) {
		int count = 0;
		while (n != 0) {
			count++;
			n >>= 1;
		}

		return count;
	}


	public static boolean isWinner(int n, int p) {
		return n == p || n - 1 == p || n + 1 == p;
	}

	public static void main(String args[]) {
		try (Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in)) {
			int r = sc.nextInt();
			for (int t = 0; t < r; t++) {
				int n = sc.nextInt();
				int bits = countBits(n);
				int turn = 0, p = n;
				
				boolean isFound = false;
				bits--;
				while (bits >= 0) {
					turn++;
					boolean bit = (p & (1 << bits))!=0;
					p ^= (1 << bits);
					boolean leftbit = (p & (1 << (bits + 1)))!=0;
					
					if (leftbit== bit)
						p ^= (1 << (bits + 1));
					if (bits > 0) {
						boolean rightbit = (p & (1 << (bits - 1)))!=0;
						
						if (rightbit == bit)
							p ^= (1 << (bits - 1));
					}
					System.out.println("p "+p);
					if (isWinner(n, p)) {
							isFound = true;
							break;						
					}
					bits--;
					
					
				}
				if (!isFound)
					turn++;
				System.out.println((turn % 2 == 1) ? "X" : "Y");
			}
		}
	}
}

Could any body help me why this code is not passing all test cass

- harshit.knit July 19, 2018 | Flag Reply
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import java.util.*;
public class Hello {

    public static String binaryValue(int numberGiven)
    {
        String binary="";
        while(numberGiven>0)
        {
            binary+=numberGiven%2; //0 0 0 1
            numberGiven/=2; //4 2 1
        }
        StringBuilder sb=new StringBuilder(binary).reverse();
        return sb.toString();
    }
    public static boolean isGivenNumber(char[] binary,int numberGiven)
    {
        
        if(Integer.parseInt(String.valueOf(binary),2)==numberGiven || Integer.parseInt(String.valueOf(binary),2)==numberGiven+1 || Integer.parseInt(String.valueOf(binary),2)==numberGiven-1)
        return true;
        else
        return false;
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        
		Scanner s=new Scanner(System.in);
		int rounds=s.nextInt();
		for(int index=0;index<rounds;index++)
		{
		    int numberGiven = s.nextInt();
		    char[] binary = binaryValue(numberGiven).toCharArray();
		    int move=0,flag=0;
		    while(move<=binary.length)
		    {
		        move++;
		        for(int i=0;i<binary.length;i++)
		        {
		            if(i==move-1)
		            {
		                if(binary[i]=='1')
		                binary[i]='0';
		                else
		                binary[i]='1';
		                if(i-1>=0 && binary[i-1]!=binary[i])
		                binary[i-1]=binary[i];
		                if(i+1<binary.length && binary[i]!=binary[i+1])
		                binary[i+1]=binary[i];
		                break;
		            }
		        }
		                if(isGivenNumber(binary,numberGiven))
		                {
		                    if(move%2!=0)
		                    {
		                        System.out.println("Xavier");
		                        flag=1;
		                        break;
		                    }
		                    else
		                    {
		                        System.out.println("Yale");
		                        flag=1;
		                        break;
		                    }
		                }
		        if(flag==1)
		        break;
		    }
		    if(flag==0)
		    System.out.println("Draw");
		}

	}
}

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#include<bits/stdc++.h>
#include<vector>
using namespace std;
vector<int> convert (int n)
{
 vector<int> v;
 while(n!=0)
  {
   v.push_back(n % 2);
   n = n / 2;
  } 
  reverse(v.begin(),v.end()); 
  return v;
};
int convert_dec (vector<int> v)
{
 reverse(v.begin(),v.end());
 int sum = 0;
 for(int i=0; i<v.size(); i++)
 {
  sum += v[i]*pow(2,i);
 }
 return sum;
};

int main()
{
 int r,n,p,i;
 cin>>r;
 while(r!=0){
  vector<int> v;
  cin>>n;
  v = convert(n);
  p = v.size();
  int f=0;
  for(i=0; i<p; i++)
  {
   if(i-1!=-1 && i+1<p)
   {
    if(v[i] == v[i-1] && v[i] == v[i+1])
    {
     v[i] = 1 - v[i];
     v[i+1] = 1 - v[i+1];
     v[i-1] = 1 - v[i-1];
     f = i;
    }
    else if(v[i] == v[i-1] && v[i] != v[i+1])
    {
     v[i] = 1 - v[i];
     v[i-1] = 1 - v[i-1];
     f = i;
    }
    else if(v[i] != v[i-1] && v[i] == v[i+1])
    {
     v[i] = 1 - v[i];
     v[i+1] = 1 - v[i+1];
     f = i;
    }
   }
   else if(i-1 == -1)
   {
    if(v[i] == v[i+1])
    {
     v[i] = 1-v[i];
     v[i+1]= 1-v[i+1];
     f = i;
    }
   
   }
   else if(i+1 == p)
   {
    if(v[i] == v[i-1])
    {
     v[i] = 1-v[i];
     v[i-1]= 1-v[i-1];
    }
   
    f = i;
   }
  }
  int x = convert_dec(v);
  if(x == n || abs(x-n)==1)
  {
   cout<<(f%2==0 ? "X" : "Y" )<<endl;
  }
  r-=1;
 }
}

- Mr. X July 09, 2019 | Flag Reply
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#include<bits/stdc++.h>
#include<vector>
using namespace std;
vector<int> convert (int n)
{
 vector<int> v;
 while(n!=0)
  {
   v.push_back(n % 2);
   n = n / 2;
  } 
  reverse(v.begin(),v.end()); 
  return v;
};
int convert_dec (vector<int> v)
{
 reverse(v.begin(),v.end());
 int sum = 0;
 for(int i=0; i<v.size(); i++)
 {
  sum += v[i]*pow(2,i);
 }
 return sum;
};

int main()
{
 int r,n,p,i;
 cin>>r;
 while(r!=0){
  vector<int> v;
  cin>>n;
  v = convert(n);
  p = v.size();
  int f=0;
  for(i=0; i<p; i++)
  {
   if(i-1!=-1 && i+1<p)
   {
    if(v[i] == v[i-1] && v[i] == v[i+1])
    {
     v[i] = 1 - v[i];
     v[i+1] = 1 - v[i+1];
     v[i-1] = 1 - v[i-1];
     f = i;
    }
    else if(v[i] == v[i-1] && v[i] != v[i+1])
    {
     v[i] = 1 - v[i];
     v[i-1] = 1 - v[i-1];
     f = i;
    }
    else if(v[i] != v[i-1] && v[i] == v[i+1])
    {
     v[i] = 1 - v[i];
     v[i+1] = 1 - v[i+1];
     f = i;
    }
   }
   else if(i-1 == -1)
   {
    if(v[i] == v[i+1])
    {
     v[i] = 1-v[i];
     v[i+1]= 1-v[i+1];
     f = i;
    }
   
   }
   else if(i+1 == p)
   {
    if(v[i] == v[i-1])
    {
     v[i] = 1-v[i];
     v[i-1]= 1-v[i-1];
    }
   
    f = i;
   }
  }
  int x = convert_dec(v);
  if(x == n || abs(x-n)==1)
  {
   cout<<(f%2==0 ? "X" : "Y" )<<endl;
  }
  r-=1;
 }
}

- Swarnab Mukherjee July 09, 2019 | Flag Reply


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