Uber Interview Question for Software Engineers


Country: United States
Interview Type: In-Person




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public boolean match(String str, String pattern) {
        int occurLower = 0, occurUpper = 0;
        char prev = '\0';
        int i = 0, j = 0;

        while(j < pattern.length()) {
            char c = i == str.length() ? '\0': str.charAt(i);
            if (occurUpper == 0 || prev == pattern.charAt(j) || (c != prev && occurLower <= 0)) {
                String range = j + 1 < pattern.length() && pattern.charAt(j + 1) == '{' ?
                        pattern.substring(j + 2, pattern.indexOf('}', j + 2)): "";
                int[] r = getRange(range);
                occurLower = prev == pattern.charAt(j) ? occurLower + r[0] : r[0];
                occurUpper = prev == pattern.charAt(j) ? occurUpper + r[1] : r[1];
                prev = pattern.charAt(j);
                j = range.isEmpty() ? j + 1: pattern.indexOf('}', j + 2) + 1;
            }
            if (c == prev) {
                occurLower--;
                occurUpper--;
                i++;
            } else if (occurLower > 0) {
                return false;
            }
        }
        while(i < str.length()) {
            if(str.charAt(i) != prev || occurUpper == 0) return false;
            else {
                occurUpper--;
                i++;
            }
        }
        return true;
    }

    private int[] getRange(String b) {
        if(b.isEmpty()) return new int[]{1,1};
        int comma = b.indexOf(',');
        return new int[]{
                Integer.parseInt(b.substring(0, comma)),
                Integer.parseInt(b.substring(comma + 1)) - 1
        };
    }

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