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    IDE
    Medium
    10 answers
    +6

    "Order the result in descending month is not applied in the solution"

    Alina G. - "Order the result in descending month is not applied in the solution"See full answer

    Coding
    SQL
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    9 answers
    +6

    "import time class Task: def init\(self, description, interval=None): self.description = description self.interval = interval self.next_run = time.time() class SimpleTaskScheduler: def init\(self): self.tasks = [] def add_task(self, description, interval=None): self.tasks.append(Task(description, interval)) def run(self, duration=60): end_time = time.time() + duration while time.time() < end_time: curr"

    Yash N. - "import time class Task: def init\(self, description, interval=None): self.description = description self.interval = interval self.next_run = time.time() class SimpleTaskScheduler: def init\(self): self.tasks = [] def add_task(self, description, interval=None): self.tasks.append(Task(description, interval)) def run(self, duration=60): end_time = time.time() + duration while time.time() < end_time: curr"See full answer

    Machine Learning Engineer
    Data Structures & Algorithms
    +2 more
  • Adobe logoAsked at Adobe 
    10 answers
    +7

    "function addChildren(root, val, inorder) { const rootInOrderIndex = inorder.indexOf(root.value); const childrenInOrderIndex = inorder.indexOf(val); if (childrenInOrderIndex < rootInOrderIndex) { if (!root.left) { root.left = new TreeNode(val); } else { addChildren(root.left, val, inorder); } } else { if (!root.right) { root.right = new TreeNode(val); } else { addChildren(root.right,"

    Tiago R. - "function addChildren(root, val, inorder) { const rootInOrderIndex = inorder.indexOf(root.value); const childrenInOrderIndex = inorder.indexOf(val); if (childrenInOrderIndex < rootInOrderIndex) { if (!root.left) { root.left = new TreeNode(val); } else { addChildren(root.left, val, inorder); } } else { if (!root.right) { root.right = new TreeNode(val); } else { addChildren(root.right,"See full answer

    Software Engineer
    Data Structures & Algorithms
    +2 more
  • 16 answers
    +12

    "-- Write your query here with a as (select customerid, customername, rownumber() over (order by customerid) as rindex from customers) select customerid, customername from a where rindex % 3 = 0;"

    Astha A. - "-- Write your query here with a as (select customerid, customername, rownumber() over (order by customerid) as rindex from customers) select customerid, customername from a where rindex % 3 = 0;"See full answer

    Coding
    SQL
  • 25 answers
    +21

    "def check_byte(octet): _""" Checks if the given string \octet\ represents a valid byte (0-255). """_ Check for empty string if not octet: return False Check if the string has non-digit characters if not octet.isdigit(): return False Check for leading zeroes in multi-digit numbers if len(octet) > 1 and octet[0] == '0': return False Check if the integer value is between 0 and 255 return 0 <= int(octet) <= 255 def va"

    Robert W. - "def check_byte(octet): _""" Checks if the given string \octet\ represents a valid byte (0-255). """_ Check for empty string if not octet: return False Check if the string has non-digit characters if not octet.isdigit(): return False Check for leading zeroes in multi-digit numbers if len(octet) > 1 and octet[0] == '0': return False Check if the integer value is between 0 and 255 return 0 <= int(octet) <= 255 def va"See full answer

    Data Structures & Algorithms
    Coding
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  • Adobe logoAsked at Adobe 
    30 answers
    +22

    "This problem could be solved in two ways(both using Kadane's algorithm): Simple iterating 1-D dp function maxSubarraySum(nums) { const n = nums.length; if ( n === 0) return 0; const dp = Array(n).fill(0); dp[0] = nums[0]; for (let i = 1; i < n; i++) { dp[i] = Math.max(nums[i], dp[i - 1] + nums[i]); } return Math.max(...dp); } "

    Mark K. - "This problem could be solved in two ways(both using Kadane's algorithm): Simple iterating 1-D dp function maxSubarraySum(nums) { const n = nums.length; if ( n === 0) return 0; const dp = Array(n).fill(0); dp[0] = nums[0]; for (let i = 1; i < n; i++) { dp[i] = Math.max(nums[i], dp[i - 1] + nums[i]); } return Math.max(...dp); } "See full answer

    Software Engineer
    Data Structures & Algorithms
    +4 more
  • Google logoAsked at Google 
    18 answers
    +13

    "function areSentencesSimilar(sentence1, sentence2, similarPairs) { if (sentence1.length !== sentence2.length) return false; for (let i=0; i (w1 === word1 && !visited.has(w2)) || (w2 === word1 && !visited.has(w1))); if (!edge) { "

    Tiago R. - "function areSentencesSimilar(sentence1, sentence2, similarPairs) { if (sentence1.length !== sentence2.length) return false; for (let i=0; i (w1 === word1 && !visited.has(w2)) || (w2 === word1 && !visited.has(w1))); if (!edge) { "See full answer

    Software Engineer
    Data Structures & Algorithms
    +2 more
  • Meta logoAsked at Meta 
    21 answers
    +17

    "function swap(arr, i, j) { const temp = arr[i]; arr[i] = arr[j]; arr[j] = temp; } function sortKMessedArray(arr, k) { for (let i=0; i < arr.length; i++) { for (let j=1; j <= k; j++) { if (arr[i+j] < arr[i]) { swap(arr, i, i+j); } } } return arr; } `"

    Tiago R. - "function swap(arr, i, j) { const temp = arr[i]; arr[i] = arr[j]; arr[j] = temp; } function sortKMessedArray(arr, k) { for (let i=0; i < arr.length; i++) { for (let j=1; j <= k; j++) { if (arr[i+j] < arr[i]) { swap(arr, i, i+j); } } } return arr; } `"See full answer

    Software Engineer
    Data Structures & Algorithms
    +1 more
  • Adobe logoAsked at Adobe 
    13 answers
    Video answer for 'Merge k sorted linked lists.'
    +7

    "A much better solution than the one in the article, below: It looks like the ones writing articles here in Javascript do not understand the time/space complexity of javascript methods. shift, splice, sort, etc... In the solution article you have a shift and a sort being done inside a while, that is, the multiplication of Ns. My solution, below, iterates through the list once and then sorts it, separately. It´s O(N+Log(N)) class ListNode { constructor(val = 0, next = null) { th"

    Guilherme F. - "A much better solution than the one in the article, below: It looks like the ones writing articles here in Javascript do not understand the time/space complexity of javascript methods. shift, splice, sort, etc... In the solution article you have a shift and a sort being done inside a while, that is, the multiplication of Ns. My solution, below, iterates through the list once and then sorts it, separately. It´s O(N+Log(N)) class ListNode { constructor(val = 0, next = null) { th"See full answer

    Software Engineer
    Data Structures & Algorithms
    +4 more
  • 9 answers
    +6

    "I might be missing something but the solution, seems to be incorrect. ... , post_pairings AS ( SELECT ps.user_id, ps.postseqid AS failpostid, ps.postseqid + 1 AS nextpostid FROM post_seq AS ps WHERE ps.issuccessfulpost IS TRUE ) -- here ps.issuccessfulpost IS TRUE the condition should be FALSE -- in that way ps.postseqid is the actual failed post(failpostid) -- Additionally, at the end the join is assumming that the sequence id is going to match the post_id, wh"

    Jaime A. - "I might be missing something but the solution, seems to be incorrect. ... , post_pairings AS ( SELECT ps.user_id, ps.postseqid AS failpostid, ps.postseqid + 1 AS nextpostid FROM post_seq AS ps WHERE ps.issuccessfulpost IS TRUE ) -- here ps.issuccessfulpost IS TRUE the condition should be FALSE -- in that way ps.postseqid is the actual failed post(failpostid) -- Additionally, at the end the join is assumming that the sequence id is going to match the post_id, wh"See full answer

    Coding
    SQL
  • Adobe logoAsked at Adobe 
    16 answers
    +12

    "Problem Statement: The Fibonacci sequence is defined as F(n) = F(n-1) + F(n-2) with F(0) = 1 and F(1) = 1. The solution is given in the problem statement itself. If the value of n = 0, return 1. If the value of n = 1, return 1. Otherwise, return the sum of data at (n - 1) and (n - 2). Explanation: The Fibonacci sequence is a series of numbers where each number is the sum of the two preceding ones, typically starting with 0 and 1. Java Solution: public static int fib(int n"

    Rishi G. - "Problem Statement: The Fibonacci sequence is defined as F(n) = F(n-1) + F(n-2) with F(0) = 1 and F(1) = 1. The solution is given in the problem statement itself. If the value of n = 0, return 1. If the value of n = 1, return 1. Otherwise, return the sum of data at (n - 1) and (n - 2). Explanation: The Fibonacci sequence is a series of numbers where each number is the sum of the two preceding ones, typically starting with 0 and 1. Java Solution: public static int fib(int n"See full answer

    Software Engineer
    Data Structures & Algorithms
    +2 more
  • 11 answers
    +8

    "Select interface, Count(case when issuccessfulpost then 1 end) as post_success, Count() as postattempt, ROUND((COUNT(CASE WHEN issuccessfulpost THEN 1 END) * 100 / COUNT()), 2) AS postsuccess_rate from post where interface like 'Iphone%' group by 1 order by postsuccessrate desc `"

    Richard B. - "Select interface, Count(case when issuccessfulpost then 1 end) as post_success, Count() as postattempt, ROUND((COUNT(CASE WHEN issuccessfulpost THEN 1 END) * 100 / COUNT()), 2) AS postsuccess_rate from post where interface like 'Iphone%' group by 1 order by postsuccessrate desc `"See full answer

    Coding
    SQL
  • 17 answers
    +14

    "select sub.name subreddit_name, count(distinct us.userid) totalusers from user_subreddit as us left join subreddit as sub on us.subredditid = sub.subredditid group by us.subreddit_id having count(distinct us.user_id) > 3"

    Lucas G. - "select sub.name subreddit_name, count(distinct us.userid) totalusers from user_subreddit as us left join subreddit as sub on us.subredditid = sub.subredditid group by us.subreddit_id having count(distinct us.user_id) > 3"See full answer

    Coding
    SQL
  • 13 answers
    +10

    "SELECT upsellcampaignid, COUNT(DISTINCT trans.userid) AS eligibleusers FROM campaign JOIN "transaction" AS trans ON transactiondate BETWEEN datestart AND date_end JOIN user ON trans.userid = user.userid WHERE iseligibleforupsellcampaign = 1 GROUP BY upsellcampaignid `"

    Alina G. - "SELECT upsellcampaignid, COUNT(DISTINCT trans.userid) AS eligibleusers FROM campaign JOIN "transaction" AS trans ON transactiondate BETWEEN datestart AND date_end JOIN user ON trans.userid = user.userid WHERE iseligibleforupsellcampaign = 1 GROUP BY upsellcampaignid `"See full answer

    Data Engineer
    Coding
    +3 more
  • 14 answers
    +9

    "SELECT o.order_amount FROM orders o JOIN departments d ON d.departmentid = o.departmentid WHERE d.department_name = 'Fashion' ORDER BY order_amount DESC LIMIT 1 OFFSET 1; `"

    Derrick M. - "SELECT o.order_amount FROM orders o JOIN departments d ON d.departmentid = o.departmentid WHERE d.department_name = 'Fashion' ORDER BY order_amount DESC LIMIT 1 OFFSET 1; `"See full answer

    Coding
    SQL
  • 12 answers
    +8

    "productssold = set(transactions['productid']) unsoldproducts = products.loc[~products['id'].isin(productssold)] return unsold_products[["id", "name", "stock"]] `"

    Laura U. - "productssold = set(transactions['productid']) unsoldproducts = products.loc[~products['id'].isin(productssold)] return unsold_products[["id", "name", "stock"]] `"See full answer

    Coding
    Data Analysis
  • 10 answers
    +7

    "I would avoid converting order_date WITH monthly_totals AS ( SELECT department_id, SUM(CASE WHEN DATETRUNC('month', orderdate) = '2022-11-01' THEN orderamount ELSE 0 END) AS novtotal, SUM(CASE WHEN DATETRUNC('month', orderdate) = '2022-12-01' THEN orderamount ELSE 0 END) AS dectotal FROM orders WHERE order_date BETWEEN '2022-11-01' AND '2022-12-31' GROUP BY department_id ), mom_increases AS ( SELECT "

    Jaime A. - "I would avoid converting order_date WITH monthly_totals AS ( SELECT department_id, SUM(CASE WHEN DATETRUNC('month', orderdate) = '2022-11-01' THEN orderamount ELSE 0 END) AS novtotal, SUM(CASE WHEN DATETRUNC('month', orderdate) = '2022-12-01' THEN orderamount ELSE 0 END) AS dectotal FROM orders WHERE order_date BETWEEN '2022-11-01' AND '2022-12-31' GROUP BY department_id ), mom_increases AS ( SELECT "See full answer

    Coding
    SQL
  • 21 answers
    +15

    "import Foundation func spiralCopy(inputMatrix: [[Int]]) -> [Int] { let arr = inputMatrix var top = 0, down = arr.count - 1 var left = 0, right = arr[0].count - 1 if top == down && left == right { return arr[top] } var ans: [Int] = [] while top <= down && left <= right { for i in left..<right { ans.append(arrtop) } for i in top..<down { ans.append(arri) } fo"

    Reno S. - "import Foundation func spiralCopy(inputMatrix: [[Int]]) -> [Int] { let arr = inputMatrix var top = 0, down = arr.count - 1 var left = 0, right = arr[0].count - 1 if top == down && left == right { return arr[top] } var ans: [Int] = [] while top <= down && left <= right { for i in left..<right { ans.append(arrtop) } for i in top..<down { ans.append(arri) } fo"See full answer

    Data Structures & Algorithms
    Coding
  • 12 answers
    +9

    "Here is my implementation: select marketing_channel, AVG(purchasevalue) as avgpurchase_value from attribution group by marketing_channel order by avgpurchasevalue DESC ; There is no need to copy and past the line of code for calculating the average into order by, just Alias is enough because going by the order of execution in sql, Always, order by is executed after executing select clause."

    Maliki U. - "Here is my implementation: select marketing_channel, AVG(purchasevalue) as avgpurchase_value from attribution group by marketing_channel order by avgpurchasevalue DESC ; There is no need to copy and past the line of code for calculating the average into order by, just Alias is enough because going by the order of execution in sql, Always, order by is executed after executing select clause."See full answer

    Coding
    SQL
  • 10 answers
    +7

    "-- Write your query here Select teamid,playerid,top_Score from( with high_score as( select player_id, max(gamescore) topscore from scores group by player_id ) select team_id, a.player_id, top_score, rank() over(partition by teamid order by topscore desc) rnk from players a left join highscore b on b.playerid = a.player_id) where rnk <=2"

    G B. - "-- Write your query here Select teamid,playerid,top_Score from( with high_score as( select player_id, max(gamescore) topscore from scores group by player_id ) select team_id, a.player_id, top_score, rank() over(partition by teamid order by topscore desc) rnk from players a left join highscore b on b.playerid = a.player_id) where rnk <=2"See full answer

    Coding
    SQL
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