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Algorithm Challenge: Fuzzy Search
I recently took part in an algorithm challenge to create a Fuzzy search with the following criteria:
Given a set array, create a function that receives one argument and returns a new array containing ...
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Check if is it possible to get to a point that is presented by a number [closed]
Problem description from an Iranian online course, translated with the help of Google Translate:
Tired of coding, Mehdi has gone on to his childhood games. But because he doesn't know who to play ...
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Find the second largest number in an array with at most n + log2 n - 2 comparisons
This exercise is from Roughgarden's (excellent) course on algorithms on Coursera:
You are given as input an unsorted array of n distinct numbers, where
n is a power of 2. Give an algorithm that ...
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Ice Cream Parlor
Each time Sunny and Johnny take a trip to the Ice Cream Parlor, they
pool together m dollars for ice cream. On any given day, the parlor
offers a line of ...
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Missing Numbers
Numeros, the Artist, had two lists A and B, such that B was a
permutation of ...
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Hackerrank's Sherlock and Array
Challenge can be found here
Problem Statement
Watson gives Sherlock an array A of length N. Then he
asks him to determine if there exists an element in the array such
that the sum of the ...
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Yellow Pages Search
I've written code in Free Pascal based on a contest problem (The contest insists that I have to write with Pascal). It works like charm, but I think it still need some improvements, from memory usage ...
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HackerRank Grid Search challenge
I’ve written an answer for The Grid Search challenge on HackerRank.
Please let me know of any improvements that can be made to my implementation (specifically if there's any way to make the algorithm ...
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Finding a word within a pre-defined set using a search string with wildcards
The other day I was intrigued by this question (originally from here):
Write a program that answers YES/NO search queries containing * placeholders. Example: if the data you have is (hazem, ahmed,...
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Typeahead Talent Buddy
Problem is Talent Buddy.
Your task is to
write a function that prints to the standard output (stdout) for each query the user name that matches the query
if there are multiple user names ...
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Golang solution to Project Euler #81 (min path through a matrix)
Project Euler problem 81 asks:
In the 5 by 5 matrix below,
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