Yatra.com Interview Question for Software Engineer / Developers


Country: India
Interview Type: In-Person




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Here is a sample program using five states

#include<stdio.h>

enum state
{
	STATE_NONE,
   STATE_ODDA,
   STATE_EVENA,
   STATE_ODDB,
   STATE_EVENB
}s;

int
 dfa(const char*str)
 {
 	 enum state ssa=STATE_NONE;
 	 enum state ssb=STATE_NONE;
 	 	
    int i=0;
    while(str[i]!= '\0')
    {
    	if(str[i] == 'a')
    	{
    		if(ssa == STATE_NONE)
			{
				ssa = STATE_ODDA;
			}	
    		else if(ssa == STATE_EVENA)
    		{
    			ssa= STATE_ODDA;
    		}
    		else
    		{
    			ssa= STATE_EVENA;
    		}
    	}	
    	if(str[i] == 'b')
    	{
    		if(ssb == STATE_NONE)
    		{
    			ssb = STATE_ODDB;
    		}	
    		else if(ssb == STATE_EVENB)
    		{
    			ssb = STATE_ODDB;
    		}
    		else
    		{
    			ssb = STATE_EVENB;
    		}
    	}	
    	i++;
    }
 
	if(ssa == STATE_EVENA && ssb == STATE_ODDB)
	{
		return 1;
	}
	
	return 0;
 }

int
 main()
 {
   int i=0;
   const char *str = "babababaabaabab";
   
   if(dfa(str))
   {
		printf("Passed dfa\n");
	}
   else
   {
   	printf("Not passed\n");
	}	 
   return 0;
 }

- raja roy January 25, 2012 | Flag Reply
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Your program may work (haven't tried it) but, we're asked to draw a DFA, and, you have separate sets of states for As and Bs. In a DFA, all information must be combined into a single state; ie you'd have to have nodes for oddA_oddB, oddA_evenB, evenA_oddB, and evenA_evenB (plus start of course, evenA_oddB is an accepting state).

- JeffD January 28, 2012 | Flag
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Name of the states is marked with two letters wich represents a and b status (Even, Odd)

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- Joel October 05, 2012 | Flag Reply


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