Amazon Interview Question for SDE-2s


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int countDigits(int num) {

int rem = num;
int count = 0;

while(rem > 0){

rem = rem / 10 ;
count ++;
}

return count ;

}


void digitsCountFrom(int from, int to)
{
int *digitsCount = (int *) malloc( to *sizeof(int)) ;
int i,k ;

for(i=from, k=0 ; i<=to; i++, k++)
{
digitsCount[k] = countDigits(i);
printf("digitsCount[%d] : %d\n",i,digitsCount[k] );
}

free(digitsCount);
digitsCount = NULL ;
}


int main(int argc, const char * argv[])
{
digitsCountFrom(1,100) ;

return 0;
}

- Anonymous January 28, 2014 | Flag Reply
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#include<iostream>
using namespace std;

void count(int *a,int n){
int i;
for(i=0;i<=n;i++){
int num=i;
while(num >0){
a[num%10]++;
num=num/10;

}

}
}

int main(){

int a[10]={0},n=100;
count(a,n);

int i;

for(i=0;i<10;i++){
cout<<a[i]<<"\t";
}

}

- Anonymous April 15, 2014 | Flag
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I guess i was not clear. Counting digit means total number of occurrences of digits 0,,1,2,3,4,5..9 in that range.

- Anonymous January 28, 2014 | Flag Reply
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This works for 2 digit. Not sure how to make it dynamic for all.

public static void countNumberJumbel(int from, int to){
		if(from > to){
			System.out.println("From value cannot be more than To Value");
		}else{
			for(int i=from; i<to; i++){
				int unit = i%10;
				int tens = i/10;
				numberOfDigit[unit]++;
				numberOfDigit[tens]++;
			}
			
			for(int itr=0; itr< numberOfDigit.length; itr++){
				System.out.println("numberOfDigit["+itr+"] = "+numberOfDigit[itr]);
			}
		}
	}

- Asa January 28, 2014 | Flag Reply
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a very naive implementation goes like to iterate from 0 to N.
Parse each digit and add digits to digit array.

#include <iostream>
#include "stdlib.h"
using namespace std;

void updateDigits (int *digits, int num)
{
	if (num == 0)
	{
		digits[0] += 1;
		return;
	}
	int k = 0;
	while (num > 0)
	{
		k = num%10;
		digits[k] += 1;
		num = num/10;
	}
}

void countDigits (int num)
{
	int j = 0;
	int digits[10] = {0};
	for (j = 0; j <= num; j++)
	{
		updateDigits (digits, j);
	}
	for (j = 0; j <= 9; j++)
	{
		cout << "digits[" << j <<"]" << digits[j] << endl;
	}
}
int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
	countDigits (299);
	return 0;
}

Output:
digits[0]50
digits[1]160
digits[2]160
digits[3]60
digits[4]60
digits[5]60
digits[6]60
digits[7]60
digits[8]60
digits[9]60

- SK January 28, 2014 | Flag Reply
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geekyjumps.blogspot.in/2014/01/given-number-n-now-find-number-of.html

- Anonymous January 28, 2014 | Flag Reply
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The solution is simpler than iterating from 0 to n and counting the digits:
This solution is O(log n) instead of O(n).

void countDigits(int n)
{
	int digits[10], j, multiplier = 1, m=n;
	for (j=0; j< 10; j++)
		digits[j] = 0;

	if (n == 0) // Edge case: n is 0
		digits[0] = 1;

	while (n>0)
	{
		int current = n % 10;
		for (j=0;j<10;j++)
			digits[j] += (n /10) * multiplier + (j < current)*multiplier;
		digits[current] += (m % multiplier)+1;
		if (multiplier > 1)
			digits[0] -= multiplier;
		n /= 10;
		multiplier *= 10;
	}

	for (j=0; j<10; j++)
		printf("digits[%d]=%d\n",j,digits[j]);
}

- javierturek January 28, 2014 | Flag Reply
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Output for your logic giving some wrong results, only for digit[0]
n=199,
output
digits[0]=30

n=209
output
digits[0]=31

clearly, there should be digits[0] = 41 for n=209
anyways, i didn't go through your algo.

- SK January 29, 2014 | Flag
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Thanks for point out the error. I have updated the algorithm.

The idea is simple. Count how many times does every number appear in every position using the most significant digits and using the least significant digits and itself.
The 0 should be corrected as it could not be the most significant digit.

For example:
n = 209
for the units:
0 to 9 will appear 20 times (from 00 to 19 inclusive) + 1 more time for 20
for the tens:
0 to 9 will appear 2 times * 10 (from 0 to 1 inclusive) + (9+1) more times for 0
for the hundreds:
0 to 9 will appear 0 times * 100 (from 0 to 0) + 1 more time *100 for 0 and 1 - 100 for 0 + (9+1) times for 2

- javierturek January 29, 2014 | Flag
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How will we modify this code if we want to get the number of digits within a range?
Here the range is assumed to be 0-n.

- Rahul January 29, 2014 | Flag Reply
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If you want from k to n , then count from 0 to n and remove the 0 to k part from the array of buckets.
If you need to take into account negative numbers, then add from -m to 0 (doing 0 to m).

- javierturek January 29, 2014 | Flag
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void getcount(int n)
{
     int digits[10];
     int i,pow;
     for(i=0;i<10;i++)
        digits[i]=0;
     digits[0]=1;
     for(i=1;i<=n;i++)
     {
        pow=i;
        while(i>0)
        {
            digits[i%10] += 1;
            i=i/10;
        }
        i=pow;
     }
     for(i=0;i<10;i++)
        printf("count %d is %d\n",i,digits[i]);

}

- Nitin January 29, 2014 | Flag Reply
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import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;

public class CountDigits {

public static void main(String args[]) {
countDigits(1, 200);

}

private static void countDigits(int i, int j) {
HashMap<String, Integer> numCnt = new HashMap<>();
//map<digit,count>
for (int n = i; n <= j; n++) {
String num = String.valueOf(n);
for (int k = 0; k < num.length(); k++) {
if (numCnt.containsKey(String.valueOf(num.charAt(k)))){
numCnt.put(String.valueOf(num.charAt(k)), numCnt.get(String.valueOf(num.charAt(k))) + 1);
} else {
numCnt.put(String.valueOf(num.charAt(k)), 1);
}
}
}
for (Map.Entry<String, Integer> ele : numCnt.entrySet()) {
System.out.println("Number" + ele.getKey() + ",Count:"
+ ele.getValue());
}
}

}

- Vasudevan Kalyanaraman February 03, 2014 | Flag Reply


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