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A string is a sequence of characters. It is commonly used to represent text or a sequence of bytes. Use this tag along with the appropriate programming language being used.

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No more filthy words

Challenge Given a list of words mixed with extra symbols. Write a program that will clean up the words from extra numbers and symbols. Specifications The first argument is a path to a file. Eac …
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Determining the existence of string Intersections

Problem: Given 2 strings, consider all the substrings within them of length len. Len will be 1 or more. Returns true if there are any such substrings which appear in both strings. …
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These words are so dirty

Challenge: Write a program that will clean up the words from extra numbers and symbols. Specifications: The first argument is a path to a file. Each line includes a test case with a list …
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C the large print

This is the Longest lines challenge from CodeEval: Challenge Write a program which reads a file and outputs a specified number of lines, sorted on length in descending order. Specificati …
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Did you twist my words?

Challenge Given two strings, determine if the second string is a rotation of the first. Specifications The first argument is a path to a file. The file contains multiple lines. … Each line is a test case represented by two comma separated strings. For each test case print out True/False if the second string is a rotation of the first. …
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Two and a sub string

Challenge: Given two strings, A and B. Find if there is a substring that appears in both A and B. Specifications: Several test cases will be given to you in a single file. …
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Inserting data into a file

So, given a file with the following format: [header] line of data line of data line of data line of data [header 2] line of data line of data line of data ... I add a l …
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String 'expanding' - reinserting repeating characters

The challenge: Given a String, for each digit in that original string, replace that digit with that many occurrences of the character following it. So a3tx2z yields attttxzzz. My Solution: import ja …
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Finding the length of the largest run

Note: A run is a series of adjacent chars that are the same. I just want to answer a few questions: Is this readable? Does it need commenting or is it self-descriptive enough? Are there any efficie …
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Multiplying Lists

Challenge: Given 2 lists of positive integers. Write a program which multiplies corresponding elements in these lists Specifications: Your program should accept as its first argument a pat …
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Empty Line delimiter, single line output

I'm used to only processing, at most, one line of a file at a time. This is my first time changing the delimiter, and the objective here is to take a file containing lines such as: Bubbles, Blos …
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You need to diversify your strings

The file contains input strings, one per line. Print the permutations of the string separated by commas, in alphabetical order. …
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Snakes and Letters

This is the "Clean up the words" challenge from CodeEval: Challenge Given a list of words mixed with extra symbols. Write a program that will clean up the words from extra numbers and symbols …
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Converting Morse Code

The Morse Code strings are alphanumeric. Sample Input .- ...- ..--- .-- .... .. . -.-. -..- ....- ..... …
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The veiled guise of binary and string

Challenge Conceal a binary code within a word. Specifications The first argument is a path to a file. The file contains multiple lines. Each line is a test case represented by a space separated wo …
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