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Find third highest value in a binary tree

You are given a set of N horizontal lines which are connected by equal number of vertical lines to form squares of size 1x1. Now some segments are removed. You need to count the number of squares of all sizes (1x1, 2x2, ..., NxN) with all sides present.

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In the above example you see four horizontal and vertical lines and few missing segments. Now you need to count the number of squares of all sizes with all sides.


Input :

First line is a positive integer N, number of horizontal and vertical lines.

Second line is positive integer M, number of segments removed.

Then there are m lines, each containing V,i,j or H,i,j where i and j are positive integers. H,i,j indicates a horizontal missing segment in the ith horizontal line between the jth and (j+1)th point on the line. V,i,j represents a gap in ith vertical line between the jth and (j+1)th point on the line.


Output :

Is the total number of squares in the figure with all sides along the remaining lines in the figure.


Sample Input :
4
4
H,2,1
H,3,1
V,2,2
V,2,3

Output :
5


Explanation : Here in this figure we have 4 squares of size 1x1 and 1 square of size 3x3, hence total is 5.

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String pattern: ?at
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Examples : Given a graph with values {1,2,3,4}, find total time it takes, such that all nodes have value as 10.

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Return true if it is possible to arrange else return -1.

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Examples:

Input : A = [1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 9]
B = [0, 1, 2, 1, 1, 4]
Output : [4, 5, 5, 6, 6, 6]

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for eg if int[][] matrix = {{1,2,3,4}{5.6,7,8}{9, 10, 11,12}};
The output should be 1 2 3 4 8 12 11 10 9 5 6 7
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You are given a log file with the bandwidth information of users in several lines.
Bandwidth info for a certain user may be repeated.
User:A Bandwidth:50 CountryCode:IND
User:B Bandwidth:60 CountryCode:USA
User:A Bandwidth:70 CountryCode:IND
(i) Find total amount of bandwidth consumed per user
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Ex:
1 2 3
4 5 6
7 8 9

Output:
1->2->3->NULL
| | |
v v v
4->5->6->NULL
| | |
v v v
7->8->9->NULL
| | |
v v v
--NULL-

This is my code.

class Ideone
{
	public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {
		int arr[][] = { { 1, 2, 3 }, 
				        { 4, 5, 6 } };
		LList op = convert2DArrintoList(arr, 0, 0);
		System.out.println(op);
	}
 
	public static LList convert2DArrintoList(int arr[][], int col, int row) {
		if (col >= arr[0].length || row >= arr.length)
			return null;
		return new LList(arr[row][col], convert2DArrintoList(arr, col, row + 1), convert2DArrintoList(arr, col + 1, row));
	}
 
	static class LList {
		LList(int data) {
			this.data = data;
		}
 
		LList(int data, LList down, LList next) {
			this.data = data;
			this.down = down;
			this.next = next;
		}
 
		LList() {
			this.data = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
		}
 
		@Override
		public String toString() {
			return " " + this.data + " ";
		}
 
		int data;
		LList next;
		LList prev;
		LList rand;
		LList down;
	}
}

Are there better ways of doing it?

// Create a numeric binary tree structure/classes that have left and right children and an integer numeric value.
// Write a function 'isBalanced' for a node that returns true if the sum of all the children on the left is equal
// to the sum of all the children on the right.

//Example:
// [12] [12].isBalanced() -> True. [3, 3]
// / \
// [3] [1] [1].isBalanced() -> True. [2, 2]
// / \
// [2] [0]
// / \
// [2] [0]
// - Part I: setup and isBalanced() function
// - Part II: implement “allBalancedNodes()” <— given a node, finds all balanced children
// allBalancedNodes(12) -> returns a list of balanced nodes: { [1], ... }

Given a fully connected graph with n nodes and corresponding values. One node can interact with other node at a time, to replace/ignore/add its value to other node’s value. Assuming this operation takes 1 unit of time, how much time would it take for all the nodes to have value equal to sum of all the nodes.

Examples : Given a graph with values {1,2,3,4}, find total time it takes, such that all nodes have value as 10.

I am assuming it can be done in O(N).It will take basically two traversals, one for calculating the sum of values of nodes(first traversal), other for replacing the value of the nodes(second traversal).

It will take 2*(no of nodes) time.

Are there any better ways possible ?

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..

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1. Consider most important classes & ignore Interfaces as of now
2. FIDS is not about reservation system but the dasboard to display
3. the information will look like:

DEPARTURES
----------------------
Attributes:
STD Airline Flight Destination/Via CheckInCounter# Gate Status ETD

Values :
12:50 KingFisher 6E352 Hyderabad A-B 23 Check-In Open 13:15

ARRIVALS
-----------------------
Attributes:
STA Airline Flight# Destination/Via Gate Status ETA

Values :
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