Amazon Interview Question for Software Engineer / Developers


Country: India
Interview Type: Written Test




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of 1 vote

class Turtle{
    char dir;
    int x;
    int y;
    Turtle(){
        dir= 'N';
        x=1;y=1;
    }
    void moveLeft(){
        if(dir=='N')
            dir= 'W';
       else if(dir=='W')
            dir='S';
       else if(dir=='S')
            dir='E';
        else dir='N';
        System.out.println(dir);
    }
    void moveRight(){
        if(dir=='N')
            dir= 'E';
        else if(dir=='E')
            dir='S';
        else if(dir=='S')
            dir='W';
        else dir='N';
        System.out.println(dir);
    }
    void moveForward(){
        if(dir=='N')
            y++;
        else if(dir=='S')
            y--;
        else if(dir=='E')
            x++;
        else x--;
    }
    
}

public class Solution {
    
    public static Turtle getFinalPosition(String dir,Turtle turtle){
        if(dir.length()==0){
            return turtle;
        }
          
        for(int i=0;i<dir.length();i++){
            if(dir.charAt(i)=='F')
                turtle.moveForward();
            else if(dir.charAt(i)=='L')
                turtle.moveLeft();
            else turtle.moveRight();
        }
        return turtle;
    }
    
 public static void main(String[] args) { 
     String dir ="FFFRRFLF";
    Turtle temp= new Turtle();
    getFinalPosition(dir,temp);
     System.out.println(temp.x+" "+temp.y+" "+temp.dir);
}
}

- Anonymous March 08, 2017 | Flag Reply
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of 1 vote

public class Tuttle {

	char dir;

	public char getDir() {
		return dir;
	}

	public int getX() {
		return x;
	}

	public int getY() {
		return y;
	}

	int x, y;

	public Tuttle(char direction, int xPos, int yPos) {
		dir = direction;
		x = xPos;
		y = yPos;
	}

	public void moveTuttleAround(String movement) {
		for(char step : movement.toCharArray()){
			switch (step) {
			case 'F':
				moveForward();
				break;
			case 'R':
				moveRight();
				break;
			case 'L':
				moveLeft();
				break;
			default:
				System.out.println("Invalid character found");
				return;
			}
		}
	}

	public void moveForward() {
		switch (dir) {
		case 'N':
			y++;
			break;
		case 'E':
			x++;
			break;
		case 'W':
			x--;
			break;
		case 'S':
			y--;
			break;
		default:
			break;
		}
	}

	public void moveLeft() {
		switch (dir) {
		case 'N':
			dir = 'W';
			break;
		case 'E':
			dir = 'N';
			break;
		case 'W':
			dir = 'S';
			break;
		case 'S':
			dir = 'E';
			break;
		default:
			break;
		}
	}

	public void moveRight() {
		switch (dir) {
		case 'N':
			dir = 'E';
			break;
		case 'E':
			dir = 'S';
			break;
		case 'W':
			dir = 'N';
			break;
		case 'S':
			dir = 'W';
			break;
		default:
			break;
		}
	}
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		Tuttle tuttle = new Tuttle('N', 1, 1);
		
		tuttle.moveTuttleAround("FFFRRFLF");

		System.out.println("Direction : " + tuttle.getDir() + " " + tuttle.getX() + ", "+ tuttle.getY());
	}

}

- Rimmy April 09, 2017 | Flag Reply
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In the problem the gird is NxN, that means the grid boundary's should be set and also we need to place some obstacles in the defined gird. So that the movement of the turtle should not happen near the boundary and obstacles.

- Raj k Kumar June 11, 2018 | Flag Reply
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In the problem the gird is NxN, that means the grid boundary's should be set and also we need to place some obstacles in the defined gird. So that the movement of the turtle should not happen near the boundary and obstacles.

- Raj k Kumar June 11, 2018 | Flag Reply
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In the problem the gird is NxN, that means the grid boundary's should be set and also we need to place some obstacles in the defined gird. So that the movement of the turtle should not happen near the boundary and obstacles.

- tmgopigd May 03, 2021 | Flag Reply


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