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  • Amazon logoAsked at Amazon 
    4 answers
    +1

    "To determine if a graph is not a tree, you can check for the following conditions: Presence of cycles: A graph is not a tree if it contains cycles. In a tree, there should be exactly one unique path between any two vertices. If you can find a cycle in the graph, it cannot be a tree. Insufficient number of edges: A tree with N vertices will have exactly N-1 edges. If the graph has fewer or more than N-1 edges, then it is not a tree. Disconnected components: A tree is a connected graph, m"

    Vaibhav C. - "To determine if a graph is not a tree, you can check for the following conditions: Presence of cycles: A graph is not a tree if it contains cycles. In a tree, there should be exactly one unique path between any two vertices. If you can find a cycle in the graph, it cannot be a tree. Insufficient number of edges: A tree with N vertices will have exactly N-1 edges. If the graph has fewer or more than N-1 edges, then it is not a tree. Disconnected components: A tree is a connected graph, m"See full answer

    Software Engineer
    Coding
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  • 13 answers
    +10

    "Node* getLeftMostChild(Node* node){ while(node->left){ node = node->left; } return node; } Node* findInOrderSuccessor( Node *inputNode ) { int val = inputNode->key; if(inputNode->right){ return getLeftMostChild(inputNode->right); }else{ inputNode = inputNode->parent; while(inputNode && inputNode->key parent; } return inputNode; } } "

    Jack99 - "Node* getLeftMostChild(Node* node){ while(node->left){ node = node->left; } return node; } Node* findInOrderSuccessor( Node *inputNode ) { int val = inputNode->key; if(inputNode->right){ return getLeftMostChild(inputNode->right); }else{ inputNode = inputNode->parent; while(inputNode && inputNode->key parent; } return inputNode; } } "See full answer

    Coding
    Data Structures & Algorithms
  • Nvidia logoAsked at Nvidia 
    2 answers

    "`#include using namespace std; void printNumbersTillN(int n){ if(n_==0){ return; } printNumbersTillN(n-1); // go to the end -> reach 1 cout>_n; printNumbersTillN(n); }`"

    Jet 1. - "`#include using namespace std; void printNumbersTillN(int n){ if(n_==0){ return; } printNumbersTillN(n-1); // go to the end -> reach 1 cout>_n; printNumbersTillN(n); }`"See full answer

    Software Engineer
    Coding
  • "Use an index, two pointers, and a set to keep track of elements that you've seen. pseudo code follows: for i, elem in enumerate(array): if elem in set return False if i > N: set.remove(array[i-N])"

    Michael B. - "Use an index, two pointers, and a set to keep track of elements that you've seen. pseudo code follows: for i, elem in enumerate(array): if elem in set return False if i > N: set.remove(array[i-N])"See full answer

    Machine Learning Engineer
    Coding
  • 14 answers
    +11

    "Good Question, but I would've marked this as medium not hard difficulty, since it's just a straightforward traversal."

    Ahmed A. - "Good Question, but I would've marked this as medium not hard difficulty, since it's just a straightforward traversal."See full answer

    Coding
    Data Structures & Algorithms
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  • 7 answers
    +4

    "SELECT i.item_category, o.order_date, SUM(o.orderquantity) AS totalunits_ordered FROM orders o JOIN items i ON o.itemid = i.itemid WHERE o.order_date >= DATE('now', '-6 days') GROUP BY i.item_category, o.order_date ORDER BY i.item_category ASC, o.order_date ASC;"

    Anonymous Tortoise - "SELECT i.item_category, o.order_date, SUM(o.orderquantity) AS totalunits_ordered FROM orders o JOIN items i ON o.itemid = i.itemid WHERE o.order_date >= DATE('now', '-6 days') GROUP BY i.item_category, o.order_date ORDER BY i.item_category ASC, o.order_date ASC;"See full answer

    Coding
    SQL
  • Bloomberg logoAsked at Bloomberg 
    1 answer

    "Implemented the Java code to find the largest island. It is similar to count the island. But in this we need to keep track of max island and compute its perimeter."

    Techzen I. - "Implemented the Java code to find the largest island. It is similar to count the island. But in this we need to keep track of max island and compute its perimeter."See full answer

    Machine Learning Engineer
    Coding
    +2 more
  • 10 answers
    +7

    "with t1 as (select employee_name, department_id, salary, avg(salary) over (partition by departmentid) as avgsalary, abs(salary - avg(salary) over (partition by department_id)) as diff from employees ) select employee_name, department_id, salary, avg_salary, denserank() over (partition by departmentid order by diff desc) as deviation_rank from t1 order by departmentid asc, deviationrank asc, employee_name `"

    Alexey T. - "with t1 as (select employee_name, department_id, salary, avg(salary) over (partition by departmentid) as avgsalary, abs(salary - avg(salary) over (partition by department_id)) as diff from employees ) select employee_name, department_id, salary, avg_salary, denserank() over (partition by departmentid order by diff desc) as deviation_rank from t1 order by departmentid asc, deviationrank asc, employee_name `"See full answer

    Coding
    SQL
  • Sales Path

    IDE
    Medium
    12 answers
    +9

    "function getCheapestCost(rootNode) { let cost = rootNode.cost; if (rootNode.children.length === 0) { return cost; } let minCost = Infinity; for (let child of rootNode.children) { minCost = Math.min(minCost, getCheapestCost(child)); } return cost + minCost; } `"

    Tiago R. - "function getCheapestCost(rootNode) { let cost = rootNode.cost; if (rootNode.children.length === 0) { return cost; } let minCost = Infinity; for (let child of rootNode.children) { minCost = Math.min(minCost, getCheapestCost(child)); } return cost + minCost; } `"See full answer

    Coding
    Data Structures & Algorithms
  • Amazon logoAsked at Amazon 
    1 answer

    "Let’s say the matrix is m x n (i.e., m rows and n columns). Start from the top-right corner of the matrix. Move left if you see a 1. Move down if you see a 0. Keep track of the row index where you last saw the leftmost 1 — that row has the most 1s. public class MaxOnesRow { public static int rowWithMostOnes(int matrix) { int rows = matrix.length; int cols = matrix[0].length; int maxRowIndex = -1; int j = cols - 1; /"

    Khushbu R. - "Let’s say the matrix is m x n (i.e., m rows and n columns). Start from the top-right corner of the matrix. Move left if you see a 1. Move down if you see a 0. Keep track of the row index where you last saw the leftmost 1 — that row has the most 1s. public class MaxOnesRow { public static int rowWithMostOnes(int matrix) { int rows = matrix.length; int cols = matrix[0].length; int maxRowIndex = -1; int j = cols - 1; /"See full answer

    Software Engineer
    Coding
    +1 more
  • Meta logoAsked at Meta 
    4 answers
    +1

    "my answer: void* memcpy(void* dest, const void* src, size_t n) { unsigned char* uDest = static_cast(dest); const unsigned char* ucSrc = static_cast(src); for(size_t i= 0; i(dest); const unsigned c"

    Srihitha J. - "my answer: void* memcpy(void* dest, const void* src, size_t n) { unsigned char* uDest = static_cast(dest); const unsigned char* ucSrc = static_cast(src); for(size_t i= 0; i(dest); const unsigned c"See full answer

    Software Engineer
    Coding
    +1 more
  • 8 answers
    +5

    "-- Write your query here select user_id, name, COUNT(t.id) AS orders FROM transactions t INNER JOIN users u ON t.user_id = u.id GROUP BY user_id ORDER BY orders desc LIMIT 1 ;"

    Aneesha K. - "-- Write your query here select user_id, name, COUNT(t.id) AS orders FROM transactions t INNER JOIN users u ON t.user_id = u.id GROUP BY user_id ORDER BY orders desc LIMIT 1 ;"See full answer

    Coding
    SQL
  • "We are asked to calculate Sum(over value) for time in (t - window_size, t) where key in (key criteria). To develop a function to set this up. Let w be the window size. I would have an observer of some kind note the key-value, and for the first w windows just add the value to a temporary variable in memory if the key meets the key criteria. Then it would delete the oldest value and add the new value if the new key meets the criteria. At each step after "w", we would take the sum / w and store"

    Prashanth A. - "We are asked to calculate Sum(over value) for time in (t - window_size, t) where key in (key criteria). To develop a function to set this up. Let w be the window size. I would have an observer of some kind note the key-value, and for the first w windows just add the value to a temporary variable in memory if the key meets the key criteria. Then it would delete the oldest value and add the new value if the new key meets the criteria. At each step after "w", we would take the sum / w and store"See full answer

    Software Engineer
    Coding
    +1 more
  • 12 answers
    +8

    "function getDifferentNumberImmutable(arr) { const exists = new Array(arr.length).fill(false); for (let item of arr) { exists[item] = true; } for (let i=0; i < exists.length; i++) { if (!exists[i]) { return i; } } return arr.length; } function getDifferentNumber(arr) { let i=0; while (i < arr.length) { while (arr[i] < arr.length && arr[i] !== i) { // switch (arr[i] and arr[arr[i]]) const j = arr[i]; const temp = arr[j]; arr[j]"

    Tiago R. - "function getDifferentNumberImmutable(arr) { const exists = new Array(arr.length).fill(false); for (let item of arr) { exists[item] = true; } for (let i=0; i < exists.length; i++) { if (!exists[i]) { return i; } } return arr.length; } function getDifferentNumber(arr) { let i=0; while (i < arr.length) { while (arr[i] < arr.length && arr[i] !== i) { // switch (arr[i] and arr[arr[i]]) const j = arr[i]; const temp = arr[j]; arr[j]"See full answer

    Coding
    Data Structures & Algorithms
  • Cursor logoAsked at Cursor 
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    Software Engineer
    Coding
  • Microsoft logoAsked at Microsoft 
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    Data Scientist
    Coding
  • 11 answers
    +8

    "select DISTINCT p.product_id, p.product_name , CASE when sale_date is null then 'Not Sold' else 'Sold' END as sale_status from products p left join sales s on p.productid= s.productid `"

    Gowtami K. - "select DISTINCT p.product_id, p.product_name , CASE when sale_date is null then 'Not Sold' else 'Sold' END as sale_status from products p left join sales s on p.productid= s.productid `"See full answer

    Coding
    SQL
  • 9 answers
    +6

    "Hi, my solution gives the exact numerical values as the proposed solution, but it doesn't pass the tests. Am I missing something, or is this a bug? def findrevenueby_city(transactions: pd.DataFrame, users: pd.DataFrame, exchange_rate: pd.DataFrame) -> pd.DataFrame: gets user city for each user id userids = users[['id', 'usercity']] and merge on transactions transactions = transactions.merge(user_ids, how='left"

    Gabriel P. - "Hi, my solution gives the exact numerical values as the proposed solution, but it doesn't pass the tests. Am I missing something, or is this a bug? def findrevenueby_city(transactions: pd.DataFrame, users: pd.DataFrame, exchange_rate: pd.DataFrame) -> pd.DataFrame: gets user city for each user id userids = users[['id', 'usercity']] and merge on transactions transactions = transactions.merge(user_ids, how='left"See full answer

    Data Analyst
    Coding
    +1 more
  • 11 answers
    +8

    "I couldn't follow the solution offered here, but my solution seemed to pass 6/6 tests. Any feedback is welcome, thank you! def encrypt(word): en_word = "" for i in range(len(word)): if i == 0: en_word += chr(ord(word[0])+1) else: num = ord(word[i]) + ord(en_word[i-1]) while num > 122: num -= 26 en_word += chr(num) return en_word def decrypt(word): de_word = "" for i in range(len(word)): if i == 0: de_word += chr(ord(word[i]"

    Anonymous Armadillo - "I couldn't follow the solution offered here, but my solution seemed to pass 6/6 tests. Any feedback is welcome, thank you! def encrypt(word): en_word = "" for i in range(len(word)): if i == 0: en_word += chr(ord(word[0])+1) else: num = ord(word[i]) + ord(en_word[i-1]) while num > 122: num -= 26 en_word += chr(num) return en_word def decrypt(word): de_word = "" for i in range(len(word)): if i == 0: de_word += chr(ord(word[i]"See full answer

    Coding
    Data Structures & Algorithms
  • Adobe logoAsked at Adobe 
    12 answers
    +9

    "from typing import List def traprainwater(height: List[int]) -> int: if not height: return 0 l, r = 0, len(height) - 1 leftMax, rightMax = height[l], height[r] res = 0 while l < r: if leftMax < rightMax: l += 1 leftMax = max(leftMax, height[l]) res += leftMax - height[l] else: r -= 1 rightMax = max(rightMax, height[r]) "

    Anonymous Roadrunner - "from typing import List def traprainwater(height: List[int]) -> int: if not height: return 0 l, r = 0, len(height) - 1 leftMax, rightMax = height[l], height[r] res = 0 while l < r: if leftMax < rightMax: l += 1 leftMax = max(leftMax, height[l]) res += leftMax - height[l] else: r -= 1 rightMax = max(rightMax, height[r]) "See full answer

    Software Engineer
    Coding
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