I have two lines of the same length. I need to get the number of letters that match as letters and have different index in the string (without nesting loop into loop). How I can do it?
Would the following function work for you?
fun check(s1: String, s2: String): Int {
var count = 0
s2.forEachIndexed { index, c ->
if (s1.contains(c) && s1[index] != c) count++
}
return count
}
See it working here
Edit:
Alternatively, you could do it like this if you want a one-liner
val count = s1.zip(s2){a,b -> s1.contains(b) && a != b}.count{it}
where s1 and s2 are the 2 strings
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I have to find the greatest even number possible using the digits of given number
Input : 7876541
Desired output : 8776514
Can anyone help me with the logic?
How about this?
convert it into string
sort the numbers in reverse order
join them and convert it as number
def n = 7876541
def newN = (n.toString().split('').findAll{it}.sort().reverse().join()) as Integer
println newN
You can quickly try it on-line demo
EDIT: Based on the OP comments, updating the answer.
Here is what you can do -
- find the permutations of the number
- find the even number
- filter it by maximum number.
There is already found a thread for finding the permutations, so re-using it with little changes. Credits to JavaHopper.
Of course, it can be simplified by groovified.
class Permutations {
static def list = []
public static void printPermutation(char[] a, int startIndex, int endIndex) {
if (startIndex == endIndex)
list << ((new String(a)) as Integer)
else {
for (int x = startIndex; x < endIndex; x++) {
swap(a, startIndex, x)
printPermutation(a, startIndex + 1, endIndex)
swap(a, startIndex, x)
}
}
}
private static void swap(char[] a, int i, int x) {
char t = a[i]
a[i] = a[x]
a[x] = t
}
}
def n = 7876541
def cArray = n.toString().toCharArray()
Permutations.printPermutation(cArray, 0, cArray.size())
println Permutations.list.findAll { it.mod(2) == 0}?.max()
Quickly try online demo
There is no need to create permutations.
Try this solution:
convert the source number into a string.
split the string into an array,
sort the numbers, for the time being, in ascending order,
find the index of the first even digit,
remove this number from the array (storing it in a variable),
reverse the array and add the removed number,
join the digits from the array and convert them into integer.
So the whole script looks like below:
def inp = 7876541
def chars1 = inp.toString().split('')
// findAll{it} drops an empty starting element from the split result
def chars2 = chars1.findAll{it}.sort()
// Find index of the 1st even digit
def n = chars2.findIndexOf{it.toInteger() % 2 == 0}
def dig = chars2[n] // Store this digit
chars2.remove(n) // Remove from the array
def chars3 = chars2.reverse() // Descending order
chars3.add(dig) // Add the temporarily deleted number
def out = (chars3.join()) as Integer // result
println out
I want to convert each digit in a number to an int. Here is my code
for (in <- lines) {
for (c <- in) {
val ci = c.toInt
if (ci == 0) {
// do stuff
}
}
}
The result I get is the ascii code, i.e. a 1 gives 49. I'm looking for the value 1.
The answer is trivial, I know. I'm trying to pull myself up with my own bootstraps until my Scala course begins in two weeks. Any assistance gratefully accepted.
One possible solution is:
for(in <- lines) {
in.toString.map(_.asDigit).foreach { i =>
if(i == 1) {
//do stuff
}
}
}
And more compact w/ output:
lines.foreach(in => in.toString.map(_.asDigit).filter(_ == 1).foreach(i => println(s"found $i in $in.")))
If lines is already a collection of Strings, omit the .toString on in.toString.
You can have this:
val number = 123456
//convert Int to String and do transformation for each character to Digit(Int)
val digitsAsList = number.toString.map(_.asDigit)
This will result to digitizing the number. Then with that Collection, you can do anything from filtering, mapping, zipping: you can checkout the the List api on this page: http://www.scala-lang.org/api/2.11.8/#scala.collection.immutable.List
Hope that's help.
I like to find all words in a List string equal input word, but 2 characters has variation. I like to find all words equal:
xxxV1xxx;
xxxV2xxx;
xxxV3xxx;...
I do not care if the word include V1, V2, V3; but has to have the same characters before and after.
Use mystring.StartsWith("xxx") && mystring.EndsWith("xxx")
Here is an example:
string[] str = { "xxxv1xxx", "xxxV2xxx", "xxxv3xxx", "xxv4xx", "xxV5xxx"};
foreach (string s in str)
{
if( s.StartsWith("xxx") && s.EndsWith("xxx"))
Console.WriteLine(s); //do whatever you want here
}
Fiddle: https://dotnetfiddle.net/STnyWE
This is a question from one of the online coding challenge (which has completed).
I just need some logic for this as to how to approach.
Problem Statement:
We have two strings A and B with the same super set of characters. We need to change these strings to obtain two equal strings. In each move we can perform one of the following operations:
1. swap two consecutive characters of a string
2. swap the first and the last characters of a string
A move can be performed on either string.
What is the minimum number of moves that we need in order to obtain two equal strings?
Input Format and Constraints:
The first and the second line of the input contains two strings A and B. It is guaranteed that the superset their characters are equal.
1 <= length(A) = length(B) <= 2000
All the input characters are between 'a' and 'z'
Output Format:
Print the minimum number of moves to the only line of the output
Sample input:
aab
baa
Sample output:
1
Explanation:
Swap the first and last character of the string aab to convert it to baa. The two strings are now equal.
EDIT : Here is my first try, but I'm getting wrong output. Can someone guide me what is wrong in my approach.
int minStringMoves(char* a, char* b) {
int length, pos, i, j, moves=0;
char *ptr;
length = strlen(a);
for(i=0;i<length;i++) {
// Find the first occurrence of b[i] in a
ptr = strchr(a,b[i]);
pos = ptr - a;
// If its the last element, swap with the first
if(i==0 && pos == length-1) {
swap(&a[0], &a[length-1]);
moves++;
}
// Else swap from current index till pos
else {
for(j=pos;j>i;j--) {
swap(&a[j],&a[j-1]);
moves++;
}
}
// If equal, break
if(strcmp(a,b) == 0)
break;
}
return moves;
}
Take a look at this example:
aaaaaaaaab
abaaaaaaaa
Your solution: 8
aaaaaaaaab -> aaaaaaaaba -> aaaaaaabaa -> aaaaaabaaa -> aaaaabaaaa ->
aaaabaaaaa -> aaabaaaaaa -> aabaaaaaaa -> abaaaaaaaa
Proper solution: 2
aaaaaaaaab -> baaaaaaaaa -> abaaaaaaaa
You should check if swapping in the other direction would give you better result.
But sometimes you will also ruin the previous part of the string. eg:
caaaaaaaab
cbaaaaaaaa
caaaaaaaab -> baaaaaaaac -> abaaaaaaac
You need another swap here to put back the 'c' to the first place.
The proper algorithm is probably even more complex, but you can see now what's wrong in your solution.
The A* algorithm might work for this problem.
The initial node will be the original string.
The goal node will be the target string.
Each child of a node will be all possible transformations of that string.
The current cost g(x) is simply the number of transformations thus far.
The heuristic h(x) is half the number of characters in the wrong position.
Since h(x) is admissible (because a single transformation can't put more than 2 characters in their correct positions), the path to the target string will give the least number of transformations possible.
However, an elementary implementation will likely be too slow. Calculating all possible transformations of a string would be rather expensive.
Note that there's a lot of similarity between a node's siblings (its parent's children) and its children. So you may be able to just calculate all transformations of the original string and, from there, simply copy and recalculate data involving changed characters.
You can use dynamic programming. Go over all swap possibilities while storing all the intermediate results along with the minimal number of steps that took you to get there. Actually, you are going to calculate the minimum number of steps for every possible target string that can be obtained by applying given rules for a number times. Once you calculate it all, you can print the minimum number of steps, which is needed to take you to the target string. Here's the sample code in JavaScript, and its usage for "aab" and "baa" examples:
function swap(str, i, j) {
var s = str.split("");
s[i] = str[j];
s[j] = str[i];
return s.join("");
}
function calcMinimumSteps(current, stepsCount)
{
if (typeof(memory[current]) !== "undefined") {
if (memory[current] > stepsCount) {
memory[current] = stepsCount;
} else if (memory[current] < stepsCount) {
stepsCount = memory[current];
}
} else {
memory[current] = stepsCount;
calcMinimumSteps(swap(current, 0, current.length-1), stepsCount+1);
for (var i = 0; i < current.length - 1; ++i) {
calcMinimumSteps(swap(current, i, i + 1), stepsCount+1);
}
}
}
var memory = {};
calcMinimumSteps("aab", 0);
alert("Minimum steps count: " + memory["baa"]);
Here is the ruby logic for this problem, copy this code in to rb file and execute.
str1 = "education" #Sample first string
str2 = "cnatdeiou" #Sample second string
moves_count = 0
no_swap = 0
count = str1.length - 1
def ends_swap(str1,str2)
str2 = swap_strings(str2,str2.length-1,0)
return str2
end
def swap_strings(str2,cp,np)
current_string = str2[cp]
new_string = str2[np]
str2[cp] = new_string
str2[np] = current_string
return str2
end
def consecutive_swap(str,current_position, target_position)
counter=0
diff = current_position > target_position ? -1 : 1
while current_position!=target_position
new_position = current_position + diff
str = swap_strings(str,current_position,new_position)
# p "-------"
# p "CP: #{current_position} NP: #{new_position} TP: #{target_position} String: #{str}"
current_position+=diff
counter+=1
end
return counter,str
end
while(str1 != str2 && count!=0)
counter = 1
if str1[-1]==str2[0]
# p "cross match"
str2 = ends_swap(str1,str2)
else
# p "No match for #{str2}-- Count: #{count}, TC: #{str1[count]}, CP: #{str2.index(str1[count])}"
str = str2[0..count]
cp = str.rindex(str1[count])
tp = count
counter, str2 = consecutive_swap(str2,cp,tp)
count-=1
end
moves_count+=counter
# p "Step: #{moves_count}"
# p str2
end
p "Total moves: #{moves_count}"
Please feel free to suggest any improvements in this code.
Try this code. Hope this will help you.
public class TwoStringIdentical {
static int lcs(String str1, String str2, int m, int n) {
int L[][] = new int[m + 1][n + 1];
int i, j;
for (i = 0; i <= m; i++) {
for (j = 0; j <= n; j++) {
if (i == 0 || j == 0)
L[i][j] = 0;
else if (str1.charAt(i - 1) == str2.charAt(j - 1))
L[i][j] = L[i - 1][j - 1] + 1;
else
L[i][j] = Math.max(L[i - 1][j], L[i][j - 1]);
}
}
return L[m][n];
}
static void printMinTransformation(String str1, String str2) {
int m = str1.length();
int n = str2.length();
int len = lcs(str1, str2, m, n);
System.out.println((m - len)+(n - len));
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
String str1 = scan.nextLine();
String str2 = scan.nextLine();
printMinTransformation("asdfg", "sdfg");
}
}
I want to find a way by which I can map "b m w" to "bmw" and "ali baba" to "alibaba" in both the following examples.
"b m w shops" and "bmw"
I need to determine whether I can write "b m w" as "bmw"
I thought of this approach:
remove spaces from the original string. This gives "bmwshops". And now find the Largest common substring in "bmwshop" and "bmw".
Second example:
"ali baba and 40 thieves" and "alibaba and 40 thieves"
The above approach does not work in this case.
Is there any standard algorithm that could be used?
It sounds like you're asking this question: "How do I determine if string A can be made equal to string B by removing (some) spaces?".
What you can do is iterate over both strings, advancing within both whenever they have the same character, otherwise advancing along the first when it has a space, and returning false otherwise. Like this:
static bool IsEqualToAfterRemovingSpacesFromOne(this string a, string b) {
return a.IsEqualToAfterRemovingSpacesFromFirst(b)
|| b.IsEqualToAfterRemovingSpacesFromFirst(a);
}
static bool IsEqualToAfterRemovingSpacesFromFirst(this string a, string b) {
var i = 0;
var j = 0;
while (i < a.Length && j < b.Length) {
if (a[i] == b[j]) {
i += 1
j += 1
} else if (a[i] == ' ') {
i += 1;
} else {
return false;
}
}
return i == a.Length && j == b.Length;
}
The above is just an ever-so-slightly modified string comparison. If you want to extend this to 'largest common substring', then take a largest common substring algorithm and do the same sort of thing: whenever you would have failed due to a space in the first string, just skip past it.
Did you look at Suffix Array - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffix_array
or Here from Jon Bentley - Programming Pearl
Note : you have to write code to handle spaces.