Google Interview Question for SDE1s


Country: India
Interview Type: Written Test




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This would be a simple iterative simulation...

public class Car{
    public static final double HANDLING_FACTOR= .8d;

    public int team;
    public double speed;
    public double nextSpeed;
    public double topSpeed;
    public double accel;
    public boolean hasNitro;
    public double positionFromEnd;
    public dounle nextPositionFromEnd;

    public Car(int i, double trackLength){
        this.team = i;
        //meters per 2 sec
        this.topSpeed = (150d + 10d * (double)i)/1.8d;
        // meters per 2 sec2
        this.acce l= 2 * (double)i;
        this.accel *= this.accel;
        this.hasNitro = true;
        this.positionFromEnd = trackLength + 200d * (double)i;
    }

    public void update(){
        this.speed = this.nextSpeed;
        this.positionFromEnd = this.nextPositionFromEnd;
    }
}

public class FinishInformation{
    public int team;
    public int finishTime;
    public double finalSpeed;

    public FinishInformation(int team, int finishTime, double finalSpeed){
        this.team = team;
        this.finishTime = finishTime;
        this.finalSpeed = finalSpeed;
    }
}

public static Collection<FinishInformation> getCompletionData(int numTeams, double trackLength){
    //initialize the teams
    ArrayList<Car> cars = new ArrayList<Car>(numTeams);
    for(int i = 0; i < numTeams; i++){
        cars.add(new Car(i, trackLength));
    }

    //initialize the output
    ArrayList<FinishInformation> results = new ArrayList<FinishInformation>();

    Comparator<Car> carSorter = new Comparator<Car>(){
        @Override
        public int compare(Car c1, Car c2){
            return c1.positionFromEnd - c2.positionFromEnd;
        }
    }

    //while there are cars still racing
    int iterations = 0;
    while(cars.size() > 0){
        //sort the list based on the positions.
        Collections.sort(cars, carSorter);
        
        //now, nearby cars are used for the Handling checks and the last car will always use nitro
        double lastNearbyCar
        for(int i = 0; i < cars.size(); i++){
            Car car = cars.get(i);
            //check for nearby-ness
            boolean notNearby = true;
            if(i > 0){
                if(Math.abs(cars.get(i-1).positionFromEnd - car.positionFromEnd) <= 10d){
                    notNearby = false;
                }
            }
            if(i < cars.size() -1){
                if(Math.abs(cars.get(i+1).positionFromEnd - car.positionFromEnd) <= 10d){
                    notNearby = false;
                }
            }

            //compute next speed
            if(notNearby){
                car.nextSpeed = car.speed + car.accel;
                if(car.nextSpeed > car.maxSpeed){
                    car.nextSpeed = car.maxSpeed;
                }
            }
            else{
                car.nextSpeed = car.speed * Car.HANDLING_FACTOR;
            }
             
            //compute next position
            car.nextPositionFromEnd -= car.nextSpeed;
        }

        //compute usage of nitro
        Car lastCar = cars.get(cars.size() -1);
        if(lastCar.hasNitro){
            lastCar.hasNitro = false;
            lastCar.nextSpeed = car.speed * 2d;
            if(lastCar.nextSpeed > lastCar.maxSpeed){
                lastCar.nextSpeed = lastCar.maxSpeed;
            }
        }

        //complete the movements
        iterations++;
        for(int i = 0; i < cars.size(); i++){
            cars.get(i).update();
        }

        //process finishers
        Car car = cars.get(0);
        while(car.positionFromEnd <= 0d){
            removeIndex++;
            results.add(new FinishInformation(car.team, iterations<<1, car.speed));
            cars.remove(0);
            car = cars.get(0);
        }
    }
    return results;
}

}

- zortlord May 20, 2015 | Flag Reply
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What is maxSpeed here?

- Poon July 13, 2019 | Flag
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How long is the track?

- SK May 06, 2015 | Flag Reply
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It is quite clear in the question that number of teams and track length is input to the function. So, you can take any value for input parameters.

- Nitin Gupta May 07, 2015 | Flag
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In Python,

#!/usr/bin/python

#Global Vars
teams = 10
hf = 0.8
objTeamList = []
track = 10000   #10 Km
timer = 2
usedNitro = []
completed = []

#Class Def
class Team:
        speed = 0
        distance = 0
        time = 0
        top_speed = 0
        hasNitro = 1

        def __init__(self, index):
                self.speed = 0
                self.time=0
                self.distance = 200 * (teams - index)
                self.top_speed = 150 + 10 * index
                self.accelaration = 2 * index

        def __lt__(self, team1):
                return self.distance < team1.distance

        def __str__(self):
                return "Time:[%s] Speed:[%s]" % (self.time, self.speed)

        def useNitro(self):
                if self.speed * 2 < self.top_speed:
                        self.speed = self.speed * 2
                else:
                        self.speed = self.top_speed

        def updateStats(self, timer):
                self.distance += self.speed * timer + 0.5 * self.accelaration * timer ** 2
                self.speed += self.accelaration * timer
                self.speed *= hf
                self.time += timer

        def getDistance(self):
                return self.distance

def GetMin(array):
        index=0
        min = array[index]
        for i in range(len(array)):
                if i in completed:
                        continue
                elif(array[i] < min):
                        index = i
                        min = array[i]

        return index


########## Code ###########
#Starting Point
for i in range(teams):
        t = Team(i+1)
        objTeamList.append(t)
time_elapsed =0

#Ready, Steady, Go!
while(1):
        if(len(completed) == teams):
                print "----------------------------Race Completed-------------------------\n"
                for i in range(teams):
                        print "%s:" % (i+1), objTeamList[i]
                print "\n-----------------------------------------------------------------\n"
                exit(1)

        time_elapsed += timer

        #Update & Reassessment
        for i in range(teams):
                if i not in completed:
                        objTeamList[i].updateStats(timer)

        #Nitro
        last1 = GetMin(objTeamList)
        if last1 not in usedNitro:
                objTeamList[last1].useNitro()
                usedNitro.append(last1)

        #Check for Winner(s)
        for i in range(teams):
                if i not in completed:
                        if objTeamList[i].getDistance() >= track:
                                completed.append(i)

- iKaul May 24, 2015 | Flag Reply
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I need this coding in C language

- ziya July 12, 2015 | Flag Reply


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