Walmart Labs Interview Question for Java Developers


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public class BallonsProblem {

	public static void main(String[] args) {

		int[] arr1 = { 5, 4, 3, 3, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1 };
		int[] arr2 = { 5, 4, 2, 1 };
		System.out.println(findSol(arr1));
	}

	private static int findSol(int[] arr) {

		if (arr.length == 0)
			return 0;
		
		int sameNo = 0;
		int seq = 1; // if array is not empty then there will be 1 sequence by default
		int prev = 0; // to keep track of number of repeated numbers.

		for (int i = 1; i < arr.length; i++) {
			// when there is break b/w numbers.
			if (arr[i - 1] - arr[i] > 1) {
				seq++;
			}
			// when number or equal its the same number, hence we can form another set with this.
			if (arr[i] == arr[i - 1])
				sameNo++;
			if (arr[i] != arr[i - 1])
				sameNo = 0;
			if (prev < sameNo)
				prev = sameNo;
		}
		// combine both break in sequence and same numbers.
		return (seq + prev);

	}
}

- nelavelli.c@gmail.com June 30, 2019 | Flag Reply
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Example 1 is wrong. '2' only occurs ones and example counter it twice. It should be 4 arrows:
5-4-3-2-1
3
1
1

- code reviewer June 27, 2019 | Flag Reply
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Thanks for pointing. Corrected the same

- Raj June 28, 2019 | Flag
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if this is the only test case then algorithm(BruteForce) (i.e. Even/odd) is easy else
bit tricky

- akhil.joshi707 June 28, 2019 | Flag Reply
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This is the code maybe it helps, i am new to CC

public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
// Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);
// 5 4 3 3 2 1 1 1
int count = 0;
// int[] nums = {5, 4, 3, 3, 2, 1, 1, 1};
int[] nums ={5,4,2,1};
int mazx = nums[0];
for (int i = 0; i < nums.length; i++) {
if (nums[i] > mazx) {
mazx = nums[i];
}
}
int[] newNums = new int[nums.length];
Arrays.sort(nums);
for (int i = 0; i < nums.length - 1; i++) {
int a = nums[i];
if ((nums[i + 1] == a + 1) && (nums[i + 1] < nums.length - 1)) {
count++;
} else if (nums[i + 1] == a) {
i++;
} else if (nums[i + 1] != a + 1) {
count++;
}
}
System.out.println(count);
}
}

- akhil.joshi707 June 28, 2019 | Flag Reply
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O(n) time O(1) space

#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

int min_c(vector< int > &A){
	int ans = 0;
	int p_c = 0;
	int c_c = 0;
	
	int n = A.size();
	
	for(int i = 0; i < n; ++i){
		if(i > 0 and A[i - 1] - A[i] > 1){
			ans += max(0, c_c - p_c);
			p_c = 0;
			c_c = 0;
		} else if(i > 0 and (A[i] != A[i - 1])){
			ans += max(0, c_c - p_c);
			p_c = c_c;
			c_c = 0;
		} 
		++c_c;
		if(i == n - 1){
			ans += max(0, c_c - p_c);
		}
	}
	
	return ans;
}

int main(){
	vector< int > test_1 {5, 4, 3, 3, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1};
	vector< int > test_2 {5, 4, 2, 1};
	
	cout << min_c(test_1) << endl;
	cout << min_c(test_2) << endl;
	
	return 0;

}

- Naman Bhalla June 28, 2019 | Flag Reply
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public class BalloonsProblem {

public static void main(String[] args) {

int[] arr1 = { 5, 4, 3, 3, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1 };
int[] arr2 = { 5, 4, 2, 1 };
System.out.println(findSol(arr1));
}

private static int findSol(int[] arr) {

if (arr.length == 0)
return 0;

int sameNo = 0;
int seq = 1; // if array is not empty then there will be 1 sequence by default
int prev = 0; // to keep track of number of repeated numbers.

for (int i = 1; i < arr.length; i++) {
// when there is break b/w numbers.
if (arr[i - 1] - arr[i] > 1) {
seq++;
}
// when number or equal its the same number, hence we can form another set with this.
if (arr[i] == arr[i - 1])
sameNo++;
if (arr[i] != arr[i - 1])
sameNo = 0;
if (prev < sameNo)
prev = sameNo;
}
// combine both break in sequence and same numbers.
return (seq + prev);

}
}

- nelavelli.c@gmail.com June 30, 2019 | Flag Reply
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public class BallonsProblem {

	public static void main(String[] args) {

		int[] arr1 = { 5, 4, 3, 3, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1 };
		int[] arr2 = { 5, 4, 2, 1 };
		System.out.println(findSol(arr1));
	}

	private static int findSol(int[] arr) {

		if (arr.length == 0)
			return 0;
		
		int sameNo = 0;
		int seq = 1; // if array is not empty then there will be 1 sequence by default
		int prev = 0; // to keep track of number of repeated numbers.

		for (int i = 1; i < arr.length; i++) {
			// when there is break b/w numbers.
			if (arr[i - 1] - arr[i] > 1) {
				seq++;
			}
			// when number or equal its the same number, hence we can form another set with this.
			if (arr[i] == arr[i - 1])
				sameNo++;
			if (arr[i] != arr[i - 1])
				sameNo = 0;
			if (prev < sameNo)
				prev = sameNo;
		}
		// combine both break in sequence and same numbers.
		return (seq + prev);

	}
}

- nelavelli.c@gmail.com June 30, 2019 | Flag Reply
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public class BallonsProblem {

	public static void main(String[] args) {

		int[] arr1 = { 5, 4, 3, 3, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1 };
		int[] arr2 = { 5, 4, 2, 1 };
		System.out.println(findSol(arr1));
	}

	private static int findSol(int[] arr) {

		if (arr.length == 0)
			return 0;
		
		int sameNo = 0;
		int seq = 1; // if array is not empty then there will be 1 sequence by default
		int prev = 0; // to keep track of number of repeated numbers.

		for (int i = 1; i < arr.length; i++) {
			// when there is break b/w numbers.
			if (arr[i - 1] - arr[i] > 1) {
				seq++;
			}
			// when number or equal its the same number, hence we can form another set with this.
			if (arr[i] == arr[i - 1])
				sameNo++;
			if (arr[i] != arr[i - 1])
				sameNo = 0;
			if (prev < sameNo)
				prev = sameNo;
		}
		// combine both break in sequence and same numbers.
		return (seq + prev);

	}
}

- Naresh June 30, 2019 | Flag Reply
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public class BallonsProblem {

	public static void main(String[] args) {

		int[] arr1 = { 5, 4, 3, 3, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1 };
		int[] arr2 = { 5, 4, 2, 1 };
		System.out.println(findSol(arr1));
	}

	private static int findSol(int[] arr) {

		if (arr.length == 0)
			return 0;
		
		int sameNo = 0;
		int seq = 1; // if array is not empty then there will be 1 sequence by default
		int prev = 0; // to keep track of number of repeated numbers.

		for (int i = 1; i < arr.length; i++) {
			// when there is break b/w numbers.
			if (arr[i - 1] - arr[i] > 1) {
				seq++;
			}
			// when number or equal its the same number, hence we can form another set with this.
			if (arr[i] == arr[i - 1])
				sameNo++;
			if (arr[i] != arr[i - 1])
				sameNo = 0;
			if (prev < sameNo)
				prev = sameNo;
		}
		// combine both break in sequence and same numbers.
		return (seq + prev);

	}
}

- Naresh June 30, 2019 | Flag Reply
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l = [5,4,3,2,1,1,1]
a = 0

while(sum(l)!=0):
    
    i = l.index(max(l) )
    num = max(l)
    
    if(num-1 not in l):
        l[i] = 0
        a+=1
        continue
    while(num-1 in l):
        if(num-1 != 0):
    
            l[i] = 0
            print(l)
            i = l.index(num-1)
            num = l[i]
            print(num, i)
            
        else:
            l[i] = 0
            a+=1
            break;
    
            
print(a)

- Ayanava Sarkar June 30, 2019 | Flag Reply
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package com.test.src;

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.stream.Collectors;

public class BallonBustingAlgo {

public static void main(String... args) {
List<Integer> sortedList = Arrays.asList(args[0].split("")).stream().map(str -> Integer.parseInt(str.trim()))
.sorted((i1, i2) -> i2.compareTo(i1)).collect(Collectors.toList());
Integer noOfArrows = countArrowsToBurstBalloons(sortedList, 0);
System.out.println(noOfArrows);
}

public static Integer countArrowsToBurstBalloons(List<Integer> bList, Integer noOfArrows) {
if (bList == null || bList.isEmpty())
return noOfArrows;
noOfArrows++;
// burst 1st balloon
bList.remove(0);

bList = bList.stream().map(ballon -> {
if (ballon > 1)
return ballon - 1;
else
return null;
}).filter(ballon -> ballon != null).collect(Collectors.toList());

return countArrowsToBurstBalloons(bList, noOfArrows);
}

}

- ABHAY August 18, 2019 | Flag Reply
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package com.test.src;

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.stream.Collectors;

public class BallonBustingAlgo {

	public static void main(String... args) {
		List<Integer> sortedList = Arrays.asList(args[0].split("")).stream().map(str -> Integer.parseInt(str.trim()))
				.sorted((i1, i2) -> i2.compareTo(i1)).collect(Collectors.toList());
		Integer noOfArrows = countArrowsToBurstBalloons(sortedList, 0);
		System.out.println(noOfArrows);
	}

	public static Integer countArrowsToBurstBalloons(List<Integer> bList, Integer noOfArrows) {
		if (bList == null || bList.isEmpty())
			return noOfArrows;
		noOfArrows++;
		// burst 1st balloon
		bList.remove(0);

		bList = bList.stream().map(ballon -> {
			if (ballon > 1)
				return ballon - 1;
			else
				return null;
		}).filter(ballon -> ballon != null).collect(Collectors.toList());
		
		return countArrowsToBurstBalloons(bList, noOfArrows);
	}

}

- ABHAY August 18, 2019 | Flag Reply
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/**
     * Complexity is O(n)
     * @author Omid Ghiasi Tarzi
     */
    static int arrowCount(List<Integer> list){
        int arrow=list.get(0);
        int arrows=1;
        int pararelArrows=0;
        int max=0;
        for(int i=0; i<list.size();i++){
            int diff=list.get(i)-arrow;
            if(diff==0){
                arrow--;
                pararelArrows=0;
                continue;
            }
            else if(diff==1){
                pararelArrows++;
                if(max<pararelArrows){
                    max=pararelArrows;
                    arrows++;
                }
            }
            else {
                max=0;
                arrows++;
            }
            arrow=list.get(i)-1;
        }
        return arrows;
    }

- omid095 October 12, 2019 | Flag Reply
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public static int minArrows(int arr[])
	{
		if (arr.length == 0)
			return 0;
		
		int arrows = 1;
		int lastRepeatedNo = -1;
		int lastRepeatations = 0;
		int currrepeatations = 0;
		for (int i = 1; i < arr.length; i++)
		{
			if (arr[i] == arr[i-1])
			{
				currrepeatations++;
			}
			else
			{
				if (arr[i] - arr[i-1] > 1)
				{
					arrows += 1;
				}
				if (currrepeatations != 0)
				{
					if (lastRepeatations != 0)
					{
						if (lastRepeatedNo - arr[i-1]!= 1)
						{
							arrows += lastRepeatations;
						}
						else if (lastRepeatations > currrepeatations)
						{
							arrows += (lastRepeatations - currrepeatations);
						}
					}
					lastRepeatations = currrepeatations;
					lastRepeatedNo = arr[i-1];
					currrepeatations = 0;
				}
			}
		}
		return arrows + (currrepeatations == 0 ? lastRepeatations: currrepeatations);

}

- Anonymous January 15, 2020 | Flag Reply
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//after sorting the array in descending order 
//if 2 consecutive elements difference is greater than 1 than they are in 2 different continent
// in each continent find the max occurence of same number
// summing the all max occurence in each continent is the ans
#include<bits/stdc++.h>
#define ll long long
using namespace std;
int main()
{
    ll x,i,j,k,n,p,f,t;
    cin>>n;
    ll a[n];
    for(i=0;i<n;i++)
    {
        cin>>a[i];
    }
   sort(a,a+n,greater<int>());
   ll ma=0,same=1,arrow=0;
   f=0;
   for(i=0;i<n-1;i++)
   {
       if(a[i]-a[i+1]>1)
       {
           if(f==2)
           {
               if(same>ma)
                ma=same;
           }
           arrow+=ma;
           ma=0;
           same=1;
           f=1;
       }
       else
       {
           if(a[i]==a[i+1]){
            same++;
            f=2;
           }
           else
           {
               if(ma<same)
                ma=same;
                same=1;
                f=3;
           }
       }
   }
   if(f==1)arrow++;
    else if(f==2)
    {
        if(ma<same)
            ma=same;
        arrow+=ma;
    }
    else if(f==3)arrow+=ma;
    cout<<arrow<<"\n";

    return 0;
}

- Tanzin April 29, 2020 | Flag Reply
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#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
const int N = 1e6+9;
int a[N];

int main() {

    int n;
    cin >> n;
    for (int i=0;i<n;i++) {
        cin >> a[i];
    }
    
    unordered_map<int, int> mp;
    mp.clear();
    
    
    for (int i=0;i<n;i++){
        mp[a[i]]++;
    }
    
    int ans = 0;
    
    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++){
        if(mp[a[i]] > 0) {//Frequency is +ve
            ++ans;
			int x = a[i];
            while(mp[x] > 0) {
                if(mp[x] == 1)
                    mp.erase(x);
                else
                    mp[x]--;
                x--;
            }
        }
    }
    cout << ans;
    return 0;
}

- Singh August 04, 2020 | Flag Reply


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