FreshoKartz Interview Question for Software Engineer Interns


Country: India
Interview Type: Phone Interview




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public static bool AreDigitsTidyWild(int number)
        {
            var currentDigit = 0;
            var maxDigit = number % 10;
            number /= 10;
            while(number != 0)
            {
                currentDigit = number % 10;
                if (maxDigit < currentDigit)
                    return false;
                maxDigit = currentDigit;
                number /= 10;
            }
            
            return true;
        }

- AreDigitsTidyWild July 05, 2018 | Flag Reply
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def tidynumber(number):
line=str(number)
prev_number="0"
for i in xrange(len(line)-1):
if line[i]<prev_number:
left=str(int(line[:i])-1)
right="9"*(len(line)-i)
return left+right
prev_number=line[i]
return number
n=input()
print tidynumber(n)

- batman_2702 April 21, 2017 | Flag Reply
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public static int greatestSmallerTidyNumber(int n) {
		char[] chars = String.valueOf(n).toCharArray();
		boolean foundbig = false;
		int lastEqualIndex = -1;
		for (int i = 0; i < chars.length - 1; i++) {
			if (foundbig) {
				chars[i] = '9';
				continue;
			}
			if (chars[i] == chars[i + 1]) {
				lastEqualIndex = i;
				continue;
			}
			if (chars[i] > chars[i + 1]) {
				if (lastEqualIndex != -1 && lastEqualIndex == i - 1) {
					--chars[i - 1];
				}
				if (chars[i] == '1') {
					chars[i] = '9';
				} else {
					--chars[i];
				}
				foundbig = true;
			}
		}
		if (foundbig) {
			chars[chars.length - 1] = '9';
		}
		if (Integer.valueOf(new String(chars).trim()) > n) {
			chars[chars.length - 1] = ' ';
		}
		return Integer.valueOf(new String(chars).trim());
	}

- RP April 21, 2017 | Flag Reply
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This is from the google code jam this year lol

- trevorvanloon April 21, 2017 | Flag Reply
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@rajendra : I actually gave you an up vote. Later, I found, almost there but not there.
Observe this :
Input : 332 Expected : 299
Actual : 229
I was looking for branch conditions. Gotha.
I guess the dumb approach wins here :-)

def find_unoptimal( n ){ 
   while( !is_tidy(n) ){ n -= 1 }
   n // return   
}

Obviously I will try to improve, but there are some very interesting edge scenarios.

- NoOne April 22, 2017 | Flag Reply
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I am hungry, SRH lost so frustrated, but this should do the trick :

/* 
The find next lower tidy number is 
not a classically trivial one.
Obvious trivial solution is :

def find_unoptimal( n ){ while( !is_tidy(n) ){ n -= 1 } }

But that is a mess.
A better solution will be:
1. Search for inversion of order ( d[i] > d[i+1] ) from left.
2. If on the inversion, we can down the digit:
   Down(x) = x - 1 
   and d[i-1] < d[i] - 1 then we can down the digit, replace rest by 9. 
3. If we can not do that ( 12222334445555123 ), 
   we search for a digit change from right: ( d[i]<d[i+1] ) 
   where we can change d[i+1] to d[i] and replace all right digits by 9
*/

def find_last_tidy( n ){
  sn = str(n)
  l = size(sn)
  i = index( [0:l-1] ) :: { sn[$.o] > sn[$.o+1] }
  if ( i < 0 ) return n // this is first step 
  // is there a left digit? if not... 
  if ( i == 0 ) return int( '' + ( int(sn[0]) - 1 ) + ( '9' ** (l - 1) ) )
  // there is 
  // if it is like 12222334445555|123 ?
  // then we need to check j is the repeat size 
  j = index( [i:-1] ) :: { sn[$.o] != sn[i] } 
  ns = sn[0:i-j] + ( int(sn[i]) - 1 ) + ( '9' ** (l - i + j - 2 ) ) 
  int ( ns )
}
println( find_last_tidy(@ARGS[0]) )

- NoOne April 22, 2017 | Flag Reply
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{{{ {{{int[] input; int[] output; //initialize output to all '9's for(int i = 0; i < intput.Length - 1; i++) { output[i] = 9; } Boolean isSmaller = true; //loop through intput except last dight for(int i = 0; i < intput.Length; i++) { if(i < intput.Length - 1) { if(input[i] < intput[i+1]) { output[i] = input[i]; } else if(input[i] > intput[i+1]) { output[i] = input[i] - 1; isSmaller = false; break; // stop here } else { //equal to next digit to the right output[i] = -1; //to determine later } } } if(isSmaller) //last digit { output[intput.Length - 1] = intput[intput.Length - 1]; } //fix to-determine-later digits by copying from its right for(int i = Length - 2; i >= 0; i++) { if(output[i] == -1) { output[i] = output[i+1]; } } }}} - Louis April 22, 2017 | Flag Reply
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@NoOne, here is the improved one which will work for all edge cases.

public static int greatestSmallerTidyNumber(int n) {
		int k = -1;
		char[] chars = String.valueOf(n).toCharArray();
		boolean foundbig = false;
		for (int i = 0; i < chars.length - 1; i++) {
			if (foundbig) {
				chars[i] = '9';
				continue;
			}
			if (chars[i] > chars[i + 1]) {
				k = i;
				while (--k >= 0) {
					if (chars[k] != chars[i]) {
						break;
					}
				}
				i = k + 1;
				if (chars[i] == '1') {
					chars[i] = '9';
				} else {
					--chars[i];
				}
				foundbig = true;
			}
		}
		if (foundbig) {
			chars[chars.length - 1] = '9';
		}
		if (Integer.valueOf(new String(chars).trim()) > n) {
			chars[chars.length - 1] = ' ';
		}
		return Integer.valueOf(new String(chars).trim());
	}

- RP April 23, 2017 | Flag Reply
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public static int greatestSmallerTidyNumber(int n) {
		int k = -1;
		char[] chars = String.valueOf(n).toCharArray();
		boolean foundbig = false;
		for (int i = 0; i < chars.length - 1; i++) {
			if (foundbig) {
				chars[i] = '9';
				continue;
			}
			if (chars[i] > chars[i + 1]) {
				k = i;
				while (--k >= 0) {
					if (chars[k] != chars[i]) {
						break;
					}
				}
				i = k + 1;
				if (chars[i] == '1') {
					chars[i] = '9';
				} else {
					--chars[i];
				}
				foundbig = true;
			}
		}
		if (foundbig) {
			chars[chars.length - 1] = '9';
		}
		if (Integer.valueOf(new String(chars).trim()) > n) {
			chars[chars.length - 1] = ' ';
		}
		return Integer.valueOf(new String(chars).trim());
	}

- RP April 23, 2017 | Flag Reply
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function isTidy(n) {
  var s = n.toString();
  var prev = 0;
  for(var i = 0; i < s.length; i++) {
    if (s[i] < prev) {            
      return false;            
      break;
    }      
    else {
      prev = s[i];
    }
  }
  return true;
}


let input = 143456;

if (isTidy(input)) {
  console.log(input)
} 
else {
  for(var i = input; i > 0; i--) {
    if (isTidy(i)) {
      console.log(i);
      break;
    }
  }    
}

- Vladimir April 24, 2017 | Flag Reply
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#include <iostream>
#include <math.h>

using namespace std;

int tidy_num(int num);

int main() {
	// your code goes here
	tidy_num(81231);
	
	return 0;
}

int tidy_num(int num)
{
    int dig, quo, prev, curr, new_num = num, count = 1;
    while(num/10 >0)
    {
        dig = num % 10; quo = num/10;
        prev = dig; curr = quo % 10;
        if(prev < curr)
        {
            new_num = (quo * pow(10, count)) - 1;
        }
        num = num/10;
        count++;
    }
    cout<<new_num;
}

- malavika May 07, 2017 | Flag Reply
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function tidy(number)
{
var smaller = number-1;
var strNumber = smaller + "";
var flag = true;

if(smaller == 0)
return smaller;

for(var i = 0; i < strNumber.length-1; i++)
{
if(strNumber.charAt(i) > strNumber.charAt(i+1))
return tidy(smaller);
}

return smaller;
}

- Filipe September 05, 2017 | Flag Reply
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function tidy(number)
{
	var smaller = number-1;
	var strNumber = smaller + "";
	var flag = true;

	if(smaller == 0)
		return smaller;

	for(var i = 0; i < strNumber.length-1; i++)
	{
		if(strNumber.charAt(i) > strNumber.charAt(i+1))
			return tidy(smaller);
	}

	return smaller;
}

- Filipe Bicho September 05, 2017 | Flag Reply
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function tidy(number)
{
	var smaller = number-1;
	var strNumber = smaller + "";
	var flag = true;

	if(smaller == 0)
		return smaller;

	for(var i = 0; i < strNumber.length-1; i++)
	{
		if(strNumber.charAt(i) > strNumber.charAt(i+1))
			return tidy(smaller);
	}

	return smaller;
}

- Anonymous September 05, 2017 | Flag Reply
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public static bool AreDigitsTidyWild(int number)
{
var currentDigit = 0;
var maxDigit = number % 10;
number /= 10;
while(number != 0)
{
currentDigit = number % 10;
if (maxDigit < currentDigit)
return false;
maxDigit = currentDigit;
number /= 10;
}

return true;
}

- AreDigitsTidyWild July 05, 2018 | Flag Reply
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public static bool AreDigitsTidyWild(int number)
        {
            var currentDigit = 0;
            var maxDigit = number % 10;
            number /= 10;
            while(number != 0)
            {
                currentDigit = number % 10;
                if (maxDigit < currentDigit)
                    return false;
                maxDigit = currentDigit;
                number /= 10;
            }
            
            return true;

}

- ashokansivapragasam July 05, 2018 | Flag Reply
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n = 1234
while(n!=0):
    x =[]
    y =[]
    for i in str(n):
        x.append(int(i))
    y = sorted(x)
    
    if (x == y) :
        print(n)
        break
    else:
        n-=1

- Anonymous December 24, 2018 | Flag Reply
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n = 1234
while(n!=0):
    x =[]
    y =[]
    for i in str(n):
        x.append(int(i))
    y = sorted(x)
    
    if (x == y) :
        print(n)
        break
    else:
        n-=1

- vaishali.khairnar30 December 24, 2018 | Flag Reply
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int tidy(int n)
{
    int i;
    int last =0, cnt=10;
    int l= n;
    for (i=1;i < 20; i++){
        if((l/10)%10 > l%10){
           last =i;
           printf("%d < %d = %d\n",(l/10)%10, l%10 , i);
        }
        l /= 10;
        if(l == 0) break;
    }
    l = n;
    for(i = 0;i<last; i++){
        l /= 10;
    }
    if(last > 0)
      l--;
    for(i = 0;i<last; i++){
        l =l*10 +9;
    }
    return l;
    
}

- Anonymous April 16, 2019 | Flag Reply


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