Linkedin Interview Question for Software Engineer / Developers


Country: United States
Interview Type: In-Person




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string is "a1b" (base 16): return value should be 2587.

- Anonymous November 05, 2011 | Flag Reply
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int convert(char* str, int base){
int value = 0;
int basePower = 1;
// assuming value supplied in str belongs to base
int length = strlen(str);
for(int i = length-1; i >= 0; i++){
if(i == 0 && str[i] == '-'){
value *= -1;
continue;
}
value += (str[i] - '0')*basePower; // this would have worked if digits were // followed by alphabets in ASCII table
basePower *= base;
}
return value;
}

- Anonymous November 05, 2011 | Flag Reply
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do like this
have a loop
int sum=0

iterate
sum=sum*base+str[i]-'0';

where base is the given base

- getjar.com/todotasklist my android app November 06, 2011 | Flag Reply
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for hexadecimals need special care

- getjar.com/todotasklist my android app November 06, 2011 | Flag Reply
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Convert first into binary. From binary, do octal. From binary, do hex. O(n) time each. For octal/hex conversion, create a map such that a["001"] = 1, a["111"]=7 for octal, and for hex b["1111"]="f". O(1) memory, O(n) to convert decimal to binary. Then, O(n) to map the bits to octal or hex using map.

- Jack February 09, 2013 | Flag Reply


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