Facebook Interview Question for Software Engineers


Country: United Kingdom
Interview Type: Phone Interview




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My solution using python

def addValue(A, value):
    # for i from len(A) - 1 to 0
    for i in range(len(A) - 1, -1, -1):
        value += A[i]
        A[i] = value % 10
        value /= 10
    # if the remain value is still larger than 0
    # add it to index 0 of array A
    if value > 0:
        A = [value] + A
    return A

- techinterviewquestion.com February 26, 2016 | Flag Reply
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Integer[] a = {9, 9, 9};
        int g = 9999;
        List<Integer> list = new ArrayList<>();
        for (int i = a.length -1 ; i >= 0; i--) {
            g = a[i] + g;
            list.add(0, g % 10);
            g = g / 10;
        }
        //In case the number is greater than array size 
        while ( g >= 10) {
            list.add(0, g % 10);
            g = g / 10;
        }
        list.add(0, g);
        list.toArray(a);

- Anonymous February 26, 2016 | Flag Reply
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My answer to this question was using recursion:

var tmp = [];

(function addToArray(arr, toAdd){
  
  if(!arr.length && !toAdd){
    return;
  }
  
  if(!arr.length && toAdd){
    arr = [0]
  }
  
  tmp.push(Math.floor((arr[arr.length-1]+toAdd)%10));
  var _toAdd = Math.floor((arr[arr.length-1]+toAdd)/10)
    _toAdd = (_toAdd < 0 ? 0 : _toAdd);
  
  addToArray(arr.splice(0,arr.length-1), _toAdd);
})([0], 2);

console.log(tmp.reverse());

- Ipalibo February 25, 2016 | Flag Reply
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Python solution : o(n)

#let input array be array and number be givenNum
arrayNum=int("".join(str(digit) for digit in array))
arrayNum+=givenNum
arrayOut=[int(d) for d in str(arrayNum)]

- patil16nit February 25, 2016 | Flag Reply
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C#:

public static int[] Add(int[] arr, int other)
        {
            if (arr == null)
            {
                return null;
            }

            // we need to process "other" digit by digit starting at the end
            int carry = 0;
            int currentValue = 0;
            for (int i=arr.Length-1; i>=0; i--)
            {
                if (!(arr[i] >=0 && arr[i] <= 9))
                {
                    throw new InvalidOperationException();
                }

                int rem = other % 10;
                other = (other - carry) / 10;   // change 123 t0 12 by dropping the last digit
                currentValue = arr[i] + rem + carry;
                arr[i] = currentValue % 10;
                carry = currentValue / 10;
            }

            if (carry != 0 || other != 0)
            {
                // We have exceeded the original array's size
                int finalcarry = other + carry;
                int size = 0;
                while (finalcarry > 0)
                {
                    finalcarry = finalcarry / 10;
                    size++;
                }

                int[] newArray = new int[arr.Length + size];
                finalcarry = other + carry;
                for (int i = size - 1; i >= 0; i--)
                {
                    int rem = finalcarry % 10;
                    finalcarry = finalcarry / 10;
                    newArray[i] = rem;
                }

                for (int i = size; i < newArray.Length; i++)
                {
                    newArray[i] = arr[i - size];
                }

                return newArray;
            }

            return arr;
        }

All these tests passed:

int[] arr8 = new int[] { 1, 1, 2, 3 };
            int[] result8 = ArrayQuestions.Add(arr8, 89);
            arr8 = new int[] { 2, 3 };
            result8 = ArrayQuestions.Add(arr8, 89);
            arr8 = new int[] { 3 };
            result8 = ArrayQuestions.Add(arr8, 89);
            arr8 = new int[] { };
            result8 = ArrayQuestions.Add(arr8, 89);
            arr8 = new int[] { 0, 0, 1 };
            result8 = ArrayQuestions.Add(arr8, 89);

- helios February 26, 2016 | Flag Reply
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C#:

public static int[] Add(int[] arr, int other)
        {
            if (arr == null)
            {
                return null;
            }

            // we need to process "other" digit by digit starting at the end
            int carry = 0;
            int currentValue = 0;
            for (int i=arr.Length-1; i>=0; i--)
            {
                if (!(arr[i] >=0 && arr[i] <= 9))
                {
                    throw new InvalidOperationException();
                }

                int rem = other % 10;
                other = (other - carry) / 10;   // change 123 t0 12 by dropping the last digit
                currentValue = arr[i] + rem + carry;
                arr[i] = currentValue % 10;
                carry = currentValue / 10;
            }

            if (carry != 0 || other != 0)
            {
                // We have exceeded the original array's size
                int finalcarry = other + carry;
                int size = 0;
                while (finalcarry > 0)
                {
                    finalcarry = finalcarry / 10;
                    size++;
                }

                int[] newArray = new int[arr.Length + size];
                finalcarry = other + carry;
                for (int i = size - 1; i >= 0; i--)
                {
                    int rem = finalcarry % 10;
                    finalcarry = finalcarry / 10;
                    newArray[i] = rem;
                }

                for (int i = size; i < newArray.Length; i++)
                {
                    newArray[i] = arr[i - size];
                }

                return newArray;
            }

            return arr;
        }

- Helios20160225 February 26, 2016 | Flag Reply
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given A and num:

end = len(A)
A[end] = A[end] + num
while A[end] >= 10:
	A.append(A[end] - 10)
	A[end] = 1
	end = end + 1

- Anonymous February 26, 2016 | Flag Reply
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given A and num:

end = length(A)
A[end] = A[end] + num
while A[end] > 9:
	A.append(A[end] - 10)
	A[end] = 1
	end = end + 1

- runwithfullspeed February 26, 2016 | Flag Reply
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c++, implementation

void addAndNormalize(vector<int>& arr, int n) {
	vector<int>::iterator it;
	int r;

	r = n;
	if (arr.size() == 0) {
		arr.push_back(n);
		r = 0;
	}

	reverse(arr.begin(), arr.end());

	it = arr.begin();
	while (true) {
		*it += r;
		r = *it / 10;
		if (r == 0) break;
		*it %= 10;
		it++;
		if (it == arr.end()) {
			it = arr.insert(it, r);
			r = 0;
		}
	}

	reverse(arr.begin(), arr.end());
}

- kyduke February 26, 2016 | Flag Reply
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Haskell

addArray :: [Int] -> Int -> [Int]
addArray xs = reverse . go (reverse xs)
  where
    go [] 0 = []
    go [] n = (n `mod` 10) : go [] (n `div` 10)
    go (y : ys) n =
      let n' = y + n
      in (n' `mod` 10) : go ys (n' `div` 10)

- Anonymous February 26, 2016 | Flag Reply
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Haskell

addArray :: [Int] -> Int -> [Int]
addArray xs = reverse . go (reverse xs)
  where
    go [] 0 = []
    go [] n = (n `mod` 10) : go [] (n `div` 10)
    go (y : ys) n =
      let n' = y + n
      in (n' `mod` 10) : go ys (n' `div` 10)

- Bob February 26, 2016 | Flag Reply
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Integer[] a = {9, 9, 9};
        int g = 9999;
        List<Integer> list = new ArrayList<>();
        for (int i = a.length -1 ; i >= 0; i--) {
            g = a[i] + g;
            list.add(0, g % 10);
            g = g / 10;
        }
        //In case the number is greater than array size 
        while ( g >= 10) {
            list.add(0, g % 10);
            g = g / 10;
        }
        list.add(0, g);
        list.toArray(a);

- Anonymous February 26, 2016 | Flag Reply
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Integer[] a = {9, 9, 9};
        int g = 9999;
        List<Integer> list = new ArrayList<>();
        for (int i = a.length -1 ; i >= 0; i--) {
            g = a[i] + g;
            list.add(0, g % 10);
            g = g / 10;
        }
        //In case the number is greater than array size 
        while ( g >= 10) {
            list.add(0, g % 10);
            g = g / 10;
        }
        list.add(0, g);
        list.toArray(a);

- ABC February 26, 2016 | Flag Reply
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# Bascially add a number and if carray over exists update the next significant digit

def add2(n1, num):
  # print "Adding n1, num: {0}, {1} ".format(n1, num)
  (carry, rem) = divmod((n1+num), 10) 
  return (carry, rem) 

def add_array():
  carry, rem = 0, 0
  for i, v in enumerate(reversed(array)):
    if i == 0:  
      (carry, rem) = add2(v, N)
    if i > 0:
      if carry >= 1:
        (carry, rem) = add2(v, carry)
      else:
        (carry, rem) = add2(v, 0)
    newArray.append(rem)
    # print "latest array: ", newArray

  if carry > 0:
    newArray.append(carry)


if __name__ == '__main__':
  N = 5; array = [0, 0, 1];  newArray = []
  add_array()
  newArray.reverse()
  print array
  print newArray

  N = 9; array = [1]; newArray = []
  add_array()
  newArray.reverse()
  print array
  print newArray

  N = 9; array = [9, 1]; newArray = []
  add_array()
  newArray.reverse()
  print array
  print newArray

- Anonymous February 26, 2016 | Flag Reply
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def addNumber(arr,n):
    carry = n
    for i in xrange(len(arr)-1,-1,-1):
        value = arr[i] + carry
        carry = 0 if value < 10 else value / 10
        arr[i] = value % 10
    
    if carry != 0:
        return [carry] + arr
    
    return arr

- Gaurav Keswani February 27, 2016 | Flag Reply
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This is the style that I was thinking about. I added some tests to check against as well.

The problem gives the possibility that the array [0,0,1] could exist. A test in your example could be the number 5 and the array [0,0,3] with the expected result being [0,0,8]..

Consider remembering the length of the original array, converting the resulting INT to a string, then padding that string with zeros with the difference (arrayNum.length vs array.length >>> JavaScript syntax).

I also tend to have verbose code when interviewing. Some languages have string padding, JavaScript does not.

function array_add( incoming_int, incoming_array ) {

	var array_len = incoming_array.length,
    		array_to_num = parseInt( incoming_array.join('') ),
	        array_addition = array_to_num + incoming_int,
        	padding_length = array_len - array_addition.toString().length,
        	padding = '',
	        return_array = [];
        
	for( var i = 0; i < padding_length; i++ ) { padding += '0'; }
	num_to_string = String(padding + array_addition);
	return_array = num_to_string.split('');

	return return_array;
}

var tests = [
	{
    		number: 5,
		array: [0,9,3],
		solution: [0,9,8]
	},
	{
		number: 10,
		array: [0,0,1],
		solution: [0,1,1]
	},
	{
		number: 111,
		array: [0,0,2,5,0],
		solution: [0,0,3,6,1]
	}
];

for( var test in tests ) {
	var result = arrayAdd( tests[test].number, tests[test].array );
	console.log( "Result: " + result.toString() + "\nSolution: " + tests[test].solution.toString() );
}

- TJ February 28, 2016 | Flag Reply
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My solution in Java:

class Solution {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    int[] array = new int[]{0,2,5};
    int[] newArray = new int[array.length];
    int value = 25;
    int index = array.length - 1;
    
    printArray(sumArray(array, newArray, value, index));
  }
  
  private static int[] sumArray(int[] array, int[] resArray, int value, int index){
    if(index >= 0){
      int lastNumber = array[index];
      int sum = lastNumber + value;
      if(sum > 9){
        resArray[index] = sum % 10;
        sumArray(array, resArray, sum / 10, index - 1);
      } else {
        resArray[index] = sum;
        sumArray(array, resArray, 0, index - 1);
      }
    }
    return resArray;
  }
  
  private static void printArray(int[] array){
    int length = array.length;
    String print = "[";
    for(int i = 0; i < length; i++){
      print = print + array[i];
      if(i == length - 1){
        print = print + "]";
      } else {
        print = print + ",";
      }
    }
    System.out.println("Value: " + print);
  }
}

- Skycorsarius March 04, 2016 | Flag Reply
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My solution in Java:

class Solution {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    int[] array = new int[]{0,2,5};
    int[] newArray = new int[array.length];
    int value = 25;
    int index = array.length - 1;
    
    printArray(sumArray(array, newArray, value, index));
  }
  
  private static int[] sumArray(int[] array, int[] resArray, int value, int index){
    if(index >= 0){
      int lastNumber = array[index];
      int sum = lastNumber + value;
      if(sum > 9){
        resArray[index] = sum % 10;
        sumArray(array, resArray, sum / 10, index - 1);
      } else {
        resArray[index] = sum;
        sumArray(array, resArray, 0, index - 1);
      }
    }
    return resArray;
  }
  
  private static void printArray(int[] array){
    int length = array.length;
    String print = "[";
    for(int i = 0; i < length; i++){
      print = print + array[i];
      if(i == length - 1){
        print = print + "]";
      } else {
        print = print + ",";
      }
    }
    System.out.println("Value: " + print);
  }
}

- Skycorsarius March 04, 2016 | Flag Reply
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class Solution {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    int[] array = new int[]{0,2,5};
    int[] newArray = new int[array.length];
    int value = 25;
    int index = array.length - 1;
    
    printArray(sumArray(array, newArray, value, index));
  }
  
  private static int[] sumArray(int[] array, int[] resArray, int value, int index){
    if(index >= 0){
      int lastNumber = array[index];
      int sum = lastNumber + value;
      if(sum > 9){
        resArray[index] = sum % 10;
        sumArray(array, resArray, sum / 10, index - 1);
      } else {
        resArray[index] = sum;
        sumArray(array, resArray, 0, index - 1);
      }
    }
    return resArray;
  }
  
  private static void printArray(int[] array){
    int length = array.length;
    String print = "[";
    for(int i = 0; i < length; i++){
      print = print + array[i];
      if(i == length - 1){
        print = print + "]";
      } else {
        print = print + ",";
      }
    }
    System.out.println("Value: " + print);
  }

}

- Skycorsarius March 04, 2016 | Flag Reply
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My solution in Java

private static int[] sumArray(int[] array, int[] resArray, int value, int index){
    if(index >= 0){
      int lastNumber = array[index];
      int sum = lastNumber + value;
      if(sum > 9){
        resArray[index] = sum % 10;
        sumArray(array, resArray, sum / 10, index - 1);
      } else {
        resArray[index] = sum;
        sumArray(array, resArray, 0, index - 1);
      }
    }
    return resArray;
  }

- Skycorsarius March 04, 2016 | Flag Reply
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C++ solution

class Solution
{
    void addArray(vector<int>& m, int n)
    {
        if(m.size() == 0)
        {
            m.push_back(n);
            return;
        }
        int carrier = n;
        for(int i = (int)m.size()-1; i >= 0; i--)
        {
            carrier = (m[i] + carrier)/10;
            m[i] = (m[i] + carrier)%10;
            if(carrier == 0)
                break;
        }
        if(carrier == 1)
            m.insert(m.begin(), carrier);
    }
};

- ylf951 March 14, 2016 | Flag Reply
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My Solution in Java

public static int[] add(int[] arr, int num){
        int fin = arr[arr.length -1];
        int res = fin + num;
        ArrayList<Integer> list = new ArrayList<>();
        while(res > 9){
            int m = res%10;
            list.add(m);
            res/= 10;
        }
        list.add(res);
        int[] resArr = new int[arr.length -1 + list.size()];
        int index = list.size();
        for (int i = 0; i < resArr.length ; i++) {
            if(i <= arr.length -2) resArr[i] = arr[i];
            else resArr[i] = list.get(--index);
        }

        return resArr;
    }

- Soumasish Goswami March 23, 2016 | Flag Reply
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My solution in Java

public static int[] add(int[] arr, int num){
        int fin = arr[arr.length -1];
        int res = fin + num;
        ArrayList<Integer> list = new ArrayList<>();
        while(res > 9){
            int m = res%10;
            list.add(m);
            res/= 10;
        }
        list.add(res);
        int[] resArr = new int[arr.length -1 + list.size()];
        int index = list.size();
        for (int i = 0; i < resArr.length ; i++) {
            if(i <= arr.length -2) resArr[i] = arr[i];
            else resArr[i] = list.get(--index);
        }

        return resArr;
    }

- Soumasish Goswami March 23, 2016 | Flag Reply
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My Solution in php
time : O(4n + 2) // with helper variables.
space : O(4n + 2)

function addNumbersToDecimalList(array $list, $number)
{
    $base = 10;
    $i = count($list) - 1;
    // while till to the $number is 0
    while ($units = $number % $base) {

        if (($res = (($units + $list[$i]) % $base)) == 0) {
            $list[$i] = $units;
        } else {
            $list[$i] = $res;
            $number = ($number - $res) / $base;
        }

        if (0 == $i) {
            break;
        }
        --$i;

    }
}

- Feyyaz Esatoğlu April 05, 2016 | Flag Reply
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Can someone please explain the thinking process of solving such a problem? Any material that I can follow would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

- Mike May 08, 2016 | Flag Reply
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This is my solution using java

private static void addNumberToArray(int[] array, int number){
        String stringNumber = "";
        for(int i = 0; i < array.length; i++){
            stringNumber = stringNumber + String.valueOf(array[i]);
        }
        int sum = Integer.parseInt(stringNumber) + number;
        String sumString = String.format("%0" + array.length  +"d", sum);
        System.out.print(Arrays.toString(String.valueOf(sumString).split("")));

    }

- rovalos May 17, 2016 | Flag Reply
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Java-
Keep adding the number to digits at different indices of the array, starting from the last index to 0.

int[] addNum(int[] arr, int num){
		
		for(int i =arr.length-1;i>=0 && num!=0;i--){
			num=num+arr[i];
			arr[i]=num%10;
			num=num/10;
		}
		if(num!=0){
			int numLength = Integer.toString(num).length();
			int[] retArr= new int[arr.length+numLength];			
			
			for(int i =numLength-1;i>=0;i--){
				retArr[i]= num%10;
				num=num/10;
			}
			for(int i=0;i<arr.length;i++){
				retArr[i+numLength]=arr[i];
			}
			arr=retArr;
		}
		
		for(int i=0;i<arr.length;i++){
			System.out.print(arr[i]+" ");
		}
		
		return arr;
	}

- MJ October 03, 2016 | Flag Reply
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void addnum(vector<int> &input, int num)
{
    if(input.size() < 1)
        return;
    
    int carry = 0; int length = (int)input.size() -1;
    int start = length;
   
    while (start >= 0 && (carry > 0 || start == length)){
        if(start == length)
            input[start] = input[start] + num;
        else
            input[start] = input[start] + carry;
        
        if(input[start] > 9){
            carry = input[start] / 10;
            input[start] = input[start] % 10;
        }
        else
            carry = 0;
        start--;
    }
    if(start < 0 && carry >= 1)
        input.insert(input.begin(), carry);
}

int main (int argc, char *argv[])
{
    vector<int> input = {1, 9, 2, 9, 9, 9};
    int num = 9;
    addnum(input, num);
    
    for(int i = 0; i < input.size() ; i++)
        cout << input[i] << " " ;
    
    return 0;
}

- Ad December 04, 2016 | Flag Reply
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I took a different approach to most people here.

Instead of complex looping, I did a simple number addition, and then added back in the extra leading 0's when needed!

function addNumerToArray(number, array) {
    var i;
    var arrayNumber = parseInt(array.join(''), 10);
    var newNumberArray = (arrayNumber + number).toString().split('');
    var difference = array.length - newNumberArray.length;
        
    if (difference > 0) {
      for (i = 0; i < difference; i++) {
          newNumberArray.unshift(0);
      }
    }

    return newNumberArray;
}

- Nabil January 14, 2017 | Flag Reply
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I took a different approach, I converted the array to a number, added the two numbers, then just added any extra leading 0's.

function addNumberToArray(number, array) {
    var i;
    var arrayNumber = parseInt(array.join(''), 10);
    var newNumberArray = (arrayNumber + number).toString().split('');
    var difference = array.length - newNumberArray.length;
        
    if (difference > 0) {
      for (i = 0; i < difference; i++) {
          newNumberArray.unshift(0);
      }
    }

    return newNumberArray;
}

- nabilgod January 14, 2017 | Flag Reply


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