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Counting the number of patterns that exist in a particular string
I am solving this problem where the function returns the number of times a pattern is found in a said string word. It could be easily solved via ...
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Class name search algorithm
Here is a test task from a company, where I'd like to work eventually. I solved all they wanted to me to do, however failed to get an interview. I do not know what is wrong with my solution, because ...
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Interview coding test: Searcher
I did a task for an interview and the solution was not accepted. The task was to implement the class search function by name. The number of classes in the input data from 0 to 100000. Class names are ...
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Find all the missing number(s)
Recently I've attended an interview, where I faced the below question:
Question: "There is an sorted array. You need to find all the missing numbers. Write the complete code, without using any ...
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Searching in a sorted 2D matrix
If I was at an interview, and wrote this code, what would you think? Please be brutal.
Time it took to wrote it: 13 minutes
Problem:
Write an efficient algorithm that searches for a value in an m x n
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Extracting elements from multiple sorted lists efficiently
I was asked this interview question recently. I was able to come up with this which runs in \$O(k \log n)\$.
Given k <= n sorted arrays each of size n, there exists a data structure requiring \$...
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Searching in an array in less than O(n) time
I have an array where each element is either one less or one greater than the preceding element \$\{x_i = x_{i-1} \pm 1\}\$. I wish to find an element in it in less than \$O(n)\$ time. I've ...
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Finding repeating numbers in an array
I want to search through an array of n numbers and find the numbers that are repeated. So far I have this code, which does the job, but I find it to be a rather cumbersome method, but I can't seem to ...
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Searching an element in a sorted array
I was applying for a position, and they asked me to complete a coding problem for them. I did so and submitted it, but I later found out I was rejected from the position. Anyways, I have an eclectic ...
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