Uber Interview Question for SDE1s


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For each element find closest index to left and right and then take closest of two.

// Calculate element closest to the left
for (i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
   	while (stack.top() < a[i]) {
		stack.pop();
		stack_pos.pop();
	}

	left[i] = stack.top();
	left_pos[i] = stack_pos.top();
	left_pos = stack_pos.top();
	stack.push(a[i]);
	stack_pos.push(i);
}

// Similarly populate right

// Take closest of left and right
for (i = 0; i < n; ++i) 
{
	closest[i] = closest(left[i], right[i], left_post[i], right_pos[i]);
}

- sameer November 17, 2015 | Flag Reply
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Neat! Linear solution.

- Alex M. April 13, 2017 | Flag
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public void findIndex(int[] nums) {
        //find index on the right side
        int[] indexLeft = new int[nums.length];
        for(int i = 0; i < nums.length; i++) {
            int index = findIndex(indexLeft, nums, i, true);
            indexLeft[i] = index;
        }

        int[] indexRight = new int[nums.length];
        for(int i = nums.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
            int index = findIndex(indexRight, nums, i, false);
            indexRight[i] = index;
        }
        for(int i = 0; i< nums.length; i++) {
            if(indexRight[i] == -1) System.out.print(indexLeft[i]+" ");
            else if(indexLeft[i] == -1) System.out.print(indexRight[i]+" ");
            else if(i - indexLeft[i] <= indexRight[i] - i) System.out.print(indexLeft[i]+" ");
            else System.out.print(indexRight[i]+" ");
        }
    }

    private int findIndex(int[] indexes, int[] nums, int i, boolean left) {
        int index = left? i - 1: i + 1;
        if(i == 4 && !left) System.out.println(index);
        while(index >= 0 && index < nums.length) {
            if(nums[index] <= nums[i]) index = indexes[index];
            else return index;
        }
        return -1;
    }

- JJ May 04, 2016 | Flag Reply
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Python implementation -- worst case O(n^2), avg case can be better
start from i and move left and right till u find a number greater than that at index i

def nearestGreater(l):
	lengthL = len(l)
	k=[None]*lengthL

	for i,num in enumerate(l):
		j1 = j2 = i
		while True:
			j1 -= 1
			j2 += 1
			if j1>0 or j2<lengthL:
				if j1>0 and l[j1]>num:
					k[i]=j1
					break
				elif j2<lengthL-1 and l[j2]>num:
					k[i]=j2
					break
			else:
				break
	return k

- shashwath.basics August 08, 2016 | Flag Reply
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Python implementation:

def nearestGreater(l):
	lengthL = len(l)
	k=[None]*lengthL

	for i,num in enumerate(l):
		j1 = j2 = i
		while True:
			j1 -= 1
			j2 += 1
			if j1>0 or j2<lengthL:
				if j1>0 and l[j1]>num:
					k[i]=j1
					break
				elif j2<lengthL-1 and l[j2]>num:
					k[i]=j2
					break
			else:
				break
	return k

- shashwath.basics August 08, 2016 | Flag Reply
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// ZoomBA :: Simple but non-optimal way to solve it
def find_nearest ( arr , i ){
  li = index ( [0:i] ) :: { arr[ $.o ] > arr[i] }
  ri = rindex ( [i+1: #|arr|] ) :: { arr[ $.o ] > arr[i] }
  if ( li == -1 && ri == -1 ) return -1
  if ( li == -1 ) return ri 
  return li 
}
lfold ( arr ){  
  printf ('%d -> %d\n', $.i, find_nearest(arr, $.i))  
}

- NoOne October 08, 2016 | Flag Reply
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If we create a Binary search tree. Check for every i if there exists a right child. If there exists then return 1 or else return 0. The complexity would be nlogn.

The other way could be to sort the array using mergesort and then print 1's for all the elements in the sorted array except last element. Complexity= nlogn

Please correct me, I am not sure whether it is right.

- Anonymous November 17, 2015 | Flag Reply
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This approach will not be correct. Using the approach of binary search, you will be able to find greater element than a[i], but that would not mean that it is the nearest maximum element for a[i].

- dheeraj2311 December 08, 2015 | Flag
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Also it asks for index j to be returned if it exists, not 1. You return 1 if you can't find an index j that's value is greater than index i's value.

- Nick January 29, 2016 | Flag
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What does nearest index means?
Can i assume for every index i, j > i & a[j] > a[i] else print 1?

- Anonymous November 17, 2015 | Flag Reply
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c# implementation.
O(n^2).

using System;

namespace NearestBiggerValue {

    class Program {

        private static int FindBigger( int[] arr, int i ) {

            int indexL = i;
            int indexR = i;
            int? rightVal = null;
            int? leftVal = null;

            while ( indexL >= 0 || indexR < arr.Length ) {

                indexR++;
                indexL--;

                if (indexR < arr.Length ) {
                    rightVal = arr[ indexR ];
                } else {
                    rightVal = null;
                }

                if ( indexL >= 0 ) {
                    leftVal = arr[ indexL ];
                } else {
                    leftVal = null;
                }

                if ( ( rightVal != null && rightVal > arr[ i ] ) || ( leftVal != null && leftVal > arr[ i ] ) ) {
                    break;
                }
            }

            if ( ( rightVal == null && leftVal == null) || ( rightVal <= arr[ i ] && leftVal <= arr[ i ] ) ) {
                return -1;
            }
            if ( rightVal != null && leftVal != null ) {
                return rightVal > leftVal ? indexR : indexL;
            }
            return rightVal == null ? indexL: indexR;
        }

        private static void Process( int[] arr ) {

            for ( int i = 0; i < arr.Length; i++ ) {

                int val = FindBigger( arr, i );

                string str = val == -1 ? -val + " (doesn't exist)" : val.ToString();

                Console.WriteLine($"For index {i} nearest bigger value is at index {str}");
            }
            Console.ReadLine();
        }

        static void Main( string[] args ) {

            int[] arr = new int[] { 77, 2, 15, 16, 5, 3, 19, 2, 0, -2, 77, 7, 77 };

            Process(arr);
        }
    }
}

- zr.roman November 17, 2015 | Flag Reply
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do a max R-B tree of values from given array and obviously print the max element's index. print 1 for the right most leaf node.

- Peter February 19, 2016 | Flag Reply
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#include <iostream>

#include <vector>

using namespace std;

void printNearestLargerIndex(const vector<int>& a)

{

for (int i = 1; i < a.size(); ++i)

{

int bestJ = 1;

int distance = 0;

for (int j = 0; j < a.size(); ++j)

{

if (j != i)

{

if (a[j] > a[i])

{

int currentDistance = abs(i-j);

if (distance == 0)

{

bestJ = j;

distance = currentDistance;

}

else

{

if (currentDistance < distance)

{

distance = currentDistance;

bestJ = j;

}

}

}

}

cout << bestJ << endl;

}

}

}

int main()

{

vector<int> a;

a.push_back(1);

a.push_back(77);

a.push_back(-4);

a.push_back(140);

printNearestLargerIndex(a);

return 0;

}

- solarspear November 17, 2015 | Flag Reply


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