Snap Inc Interview Question for Software Developers


Country: United States
Interview Type: Phone Interview




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Sample input and output:
Input: (hi)

(
hi
)


Input: (hi hello)

(
hi
hello
)


Input: (hi hello (bye))

(
hi
hello
(
bye
)
)

- Priyanka September 14, 2020 | Flag Reply
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Just did a quick one in Python:

str1 = "(hi hello (bye))"
#print (str1)

strx=""
for i in range(len(str1)):
    if (str1[i] == "(") or (str1[i] == " "):
        strx+=str1[i]+"\n"
    elif (str1[i]== ")"):
        strx+="\n"+str1[i]
    else:
        strx+=str1[i]

print (strx)

Output:

(
hi 
hello
)

- seenu September 16, 2020 | Flag Reply
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public static void sameIndentLevel (String toIndent) {

    int openParenthesis = 0;
    int closeParenthesis = 0;

    for (int i=0; i<toIndent.length(); i++) {
      if (toIndent.charAt(i) == '(')
        openParenthesis ++;
      else if (toIndent.charAt(i) == ')')
        closeParenthesis ++;
    }

    if ((openParenthesis-closeParenthesis) != 0) {
      System.out.println("Please provide a well formatted string");
      return;
    }

    int indentationLevel = 0;
    String currentString = "";

    for (int i=0; i<toIndent.length(); i++) {
      currentString = "";
      if (toIndent.charAt(i) == '(') {
        indentationLevel ++;
      }
      else if (toIndent.charAt(i) == ')') {
        indentationLevel --;
      }
      else {
        while (i<toIndent.length() && (toIndent.charAt(i) != '(' && toIndent.charAt(i) != ')')) {
          currentString = currentString += (Character.toString(toIndent.charAt(i)));
          i++;
        }
        i--;
        for (int j=0; j<indentationLevel; j++)
          System.out.print("\t");
        System.out.print(currentString);
        System.out.println("\n");
      }
    }

  }

- Nightbridge October 03, 2020 | Flag Reply
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public static void sameIndentLevel (String toIndent) {

    int openParenthesis = 0;
    int closeParenthesis = 0;

    for (int i=0; i<toIndent.length(); i++) {
      if (toIndent.charAt(i) == '(')
        openParenthesis ++;
      else if (toIndent.charAt(i) == ')')
        closeParenthesis ++;
    }

    if ((openParenthesis-closeParenthesis) != 0) {
      System.out.println("Please provide a well formatted string");
      return;
    }

    int indentationLevel = 0;
    String currentString = "";

    for (int i=0; i<toIndent.length(); i++) {
      currentString = "";
      if (toIndent.charAt(i) == '(') {
        indentationLevel ++;
      }
      else if (toIndent.charAt(i) == ')') {
        indentationLevel --;
      }
      else {
        while (i<toIndent.length() && (toIndent.charAt(i) != '(' && toIndent.charAt(i) != ')')) {
          currentString = currentString += (Character.toString(toIndent.charAt(i)));
          i++;
        }
        i--;
        for (int j=0; j<indentationLevel; j++)
          System.out.print("\t");
        System.out.print(currentString);
        System.out.println("\n");
      }
    }

  }

- Nightbridge October 03, 2020 | Flag Reply
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public static void sameIndentLevel (String toIndent) {

int openParenthesis = 0;
int closeParenthesis = 0;

for (int i=0; i<toIndent.length(); i++) {
if (toIndent.charAt(i) == '(')
openParenthesis ++;
else if (toIndent.charAt(i) == ')')
closeParenthesis ++;
}

if ((openParenthesis-closeParenthesis) != 0) {
System.out.println("Please provide a well formatted string");
return;
}

int indentationLevel = 0;
String currentString = "";

for (int i=0; i<toIndent.length(); i++) {
currentString = "";
if (toIndent.charAt(i) == '(') {
indentationLevel ++;
}
else if (toIndent.charAt(i) == ')') {
indentationLevel --;
}
else {
while (i<toIndent.length() && (toIndent.charAt(i) != '(' && toIndent.charAt(i) != ')')) {
currentString = currentString += (Character.toString(toIndent.charAt(i)));
i++;
}
i--;
for (int j=0; j<indentationLevel; j++)
System.out.print("\t");
System.out.print(currentString);
System.out.println("\n");
}
}

}

- Nightbridge October 03, 2020 | Flag Reply
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const results = [];
const finalResults = [];
const ipString = "This is (John Doe (Lin Dan), (Carolina) (Woe)) (Kadambi)";
const markStart = index => {
  if (results.length === 0) {
    results.push({s: index, e: null, l: 0});
  } else {
    const newPoint = {...results[results.length - 1]};
    newPoint.l++;
    newPoint.s = index;
    results.push(newPoint);
  }
}
const markEnd = index => {
  const lastEntry = results.pop();
  lastEntry.e = index;
  finalResults.push(lastEntry);
}
const parseChar = (char, index) => {
  if (char === "(") markStart(index);
  else if (char === ")") markEnd(index);
}

ipString.split("").forEach(parseChar);
finalResults.sort((a, b) =>
  a.l < b.l
    ?  -1
    : a.l > b.l
      ? 1
      : 0).map(entry => {
        const spacer = [];
        for (let i=0; i<Math.pow(4, entry.l); i++) spacer.push(" ");
        console.log(`${spacer.join("")}${ipString.slice(entry.s, entry.e + 1)}`);
      });

- SamV October 29, 2020 | Flag Reply
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// java solution
/* output 
(
	hi
)
(
	hi
	hello
)
(
	hi
	(
		hello
		(
			what
			a
			wonderful
			life!
		)
	)
	bye
)
*/
import java.util.*;

public class MyClass {
    public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {
      String input1 = "(hi)";
      printExpressionIndented(input1);
      
      String input2 = "(hi hello)";
      printExpressionIndented(input2);
      
      String input3 = "(hi (hello (what a wonderful life!)) bye)";
      printExpressionIndented(input3);
      
    }
    
    static void printLineWithIndent(String str, int indentLevel) {
        for (int i = 0; i < indentLevel; i++) {
            System.out.print('\t');
        }
        System.out.println(str);
    }
    
    static void printExpressionIndented(String input) throws Exception {
        printExpressionIndented(input, 0, 0);
    }
    
    static int printExpressionIndented(String input, int i, int indentLevel) throws Exception {
        char curChar = input.charAt(i);
        if (curChar != '(') throw new Exception("expected opening paranthesis at index " + i);
        printLineWithIndent("" + curChar, indentLevel);
        indentLevel++;
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        
        for (int j = i + 1; j < input.length(); ) {
            curChar = input.charAt(j);
            if (curChar == ')') {
                if (sb.length() > 0) {
                    printLineWithIndent(sb.toString(), indentLevel);
                    sb.setLength(0);
                }
                indentLevel--;
                printLineWithIndent("" + curChar, indentLevel);
                return j + 1;
            } else if (curChar == ' ') {
                if (sb.length() > 0) {
                    printLineWithIndent(sb.toString(), indentLevel);
                    sb.setLength(0);
                }
                j++;
            } else if (curChar == '(') {
                j = printExpressionIndented(input, j, indentLevel);
            } else {
                sb.append(curChar);
                j++;
            }
        }
        
        throw new Exception("mismatched paranthesis");
    }
}

- hk1ll3r December 13, 2021 | Flag Reply


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