Re: [algogeeks] Re: first larger element in unsorted array...

2011-01-31 Thread Balaji Ramani
Hi, This can be solved the technique to use stacks to save incomplete problems. Push first element to stack. While iterating over the array, if the element is smaller than stack top, push it to stack along with index. if the element is larger than stack top, pop till current element is

Re: [algogeeks] Re: first larger element in unsorted array...

2011-01-31 Thread juver++
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[algogeeks] Re: Amazon Written Tes Q1

2011-01-31 Thread manoj
Create BST of given list... 1. using extra space now you can create DLL and inorder traversal 2. Create sorted linked list from DLL, Great tree list recusion (cslibrary.stanford.edu/109/TreeListRecursion.pdf) On Jan 31, 12:11 am, bittu shashank7andr...@gmail.com wrote: can u provide

[algogeeks] google questions

2011-01-31 Thread snehal jain
1. how do u find 10 most repeating words on a large file containing words in most efficient way 2. Given a text file, implement a solution to find out if a pattern similar to wild cards can be detected. fort example find if a*b*cd*, or *win or *def* exists in the text. -- You received this

Re: [algogeeks] top search queries

2011-01-31 Thread snehal jain
please give your ideas for this On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 2:28 PM, snehal jain learner@gmail.com wrote: Magy! receives a huge amount of queries everyday. They don’t want to store all of them, since many of the queries are unique (submitted just one time by just one user). Anyway, for

[algogeeks] Re: google questions

2011-01-31 Thread juver++
Use google. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Algorithm Geeks group. To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this

[algogeeks] Re: Amazon Written Tes Q1

2011-01-31 Thread juver++
@above Are you kidding? :) What is the complexity of your solution? And why not simply use merge sort?! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Algorithm Geeks group. To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this

[algogeeks] n segments

2011-01-31 Thread snehal jain
You are given n segments. In turn, you take each one of them and join it with one among those already selected, creating either a loop or a longer segment. How many loops there are in average, at every instant of time? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

[algogeeks] Random element placing or shuffling

2011-01-31 Thread Ashish Goel
Q : Given an array, one has to replace its elements in such a way that no element is at its original place and the placement has to be random. Best Regards Ashish Goel Think positive and find fuel in failure +919985813081 +919966006652 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to

[algogeeks] Re: Random element placing or shuffling

2011-01-31 Thread juver++
Random shuffle algorithm: for i = n - 1 to 1 j = random index within [0..i) swap elements at (i, j) end -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Algorithm Geeks group. To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from

Re: [algogeeks] Re: Minimum positive-sum subarray

2011-01-31 Thread snehal jain
a try: int minsum(int A[],int n) { int min=-1,cur=0,x1=0,x2=0,i; for(i=0;in;i++) {if(A[i]0) { min=A[i]; break; } } if(i==nmin==-1) return min; for(i=0;in;i++) { cur =cur + A[i]; if(curcur-A[x1]i!=x1) { cur=cur-A[x1]; x1=x1+1; }

Re: [algogeeks] Amazon Written Tes Q1

2011-01-31 Thread HARISH S.C
If space is not a constrain, try to do it using count sort http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counting_sort Regards, S.C.Harish On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 6:10 PM, bittu shashank7andr...@gmail.com wrote: Sort the Doubly Linked List..In Minim time complexity...is it possible to sort doubly linked list

Re: [algogeeks] Re: Frequently one of the Top Question Asked in Amazon

2011-01-31 Thread Tushar Bindal
bittu, you have written this code at end of main() *printGivenOrder(start); printList(rslt);* so the BT in spiral order should be printed twice But you are getting a extra 4 only in place of the whole tree because of these lines *temp=current; current=head; rslt=appnd(temp,current); * There

Re: [algogeeks] top search queries

2011-01-31 Thread Srikar
First Approach, 0) the queries can be considered as an infinite stream. maintain a global count of the number of queries coming from the stream (used for calc the frequency %). 1) maintain a min-heap (has just top 100 queries by frequency) + hash table (where we store frequency for each word in

[algogeeks] Re: Random element placing or shuffling

2011-01-31 Thread bittu
Juver++..right its basically Knuth Shuffle Simple Algo.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisher%E2%80%93Yates_shuffle Thanks Shashank -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Algorithm Geeks group. To post to this group, send email to

Re: [algogeeks] top search queries

2011-01-31 Thread juver++
@above in your second approach, in the worst case you need to traverse the heap in O(n) time. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Algorithm Geeks group. To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group,

Re: [algogeeks] Maximize the Time to see TV

2011-01-31 Thread Divya Jain
@ above ur code fails for following example channel 1 : prog1 8:00-9:00, prog 2 9:00-10:00 channel 2 : prog1 8:15-10:00 your code returns 8:15- 10 and the answer should be channel1/prog1 + channel1/prog2 On 21 January 2011 12:54, Anand anandut2...@gmail.com wrote: Sort all program with

[algogeeks] Re: Amazon Written Tes Q1

2011-01-31 Thread sankalp srivastava
@manoj the great recursion problem has the time complexity as tn=2(T(n/2))+O(1) . It is not linear . ur algo is O(nlog n) This can be possible using a counting sort (again , use Bitsets to save ur space ) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Algorithm

Re: [algogeeks] number of brackets

2011-01-31 Thread Algoose chase
The DP solution to this problem is very similar DP solution for counting the number of Dyck words with some additional conditions. while calculating DP[i][j] you need to check if i+j equals one from the list of k values. if yes copy the value from the prev row(i.e DP[i-1][j]) instead of

[algogeeks] Re: first larger element in unsorted array...

2011-01-31 Thread sankalp srivastava
Another approach would be to use a counting sort method (less space efficient though ) So , for space efficiency , we can use a bitset .element insertion will take O(n) time in the set (with a space complexity of O(log n) ) so , for the above elements , the bitset will look like (the p# shows the

[algogeeks] Re: Divide the array into groups

2011-01-31 Thread sankalp srivastava
@above Many ways to do this problem One will be to find the bfs (there will be many and this will lead to a forest ) This , in turn can be done in O(e+v) , using adjancy list or matrix . Whenever , we cannot go further , start from any new uncovered node , and keep exploring recursively .Keep a

[algogeeks] Re: Amazon Again

2011-01-31 Thread sankalp srivastava
@wei.qui On a second thought , if the petrol pumps have many petrol pumps connected to it , we cannot find the answer your way or the method suggested by me previously . Thus , the solution becomes one to find out the Eulerian Path (constraint based of course ) -- You received this message

Re: [algogeeks] Maximize the Time to see TV

2011-01-31 Thread snehal jain
or provide some link On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 10:44 PM, snehal jain learner@gmail.com wrote: @ juver++ can you please share your approach On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 8:43 PM, Divya Jain sweetdivya@gmail.comwrote: @ above ur code fails for following example channel 1 : prog1

[algogeeks] wooden log problem

2011-01-31 Thread ritu
You are given a wooden log of length n. It has n+1 grooves marked on it from 0 to n. You are given an array containing numbers within the range of 1 to n-1. These elements of the array represents the points on the log at which u need to cut the wooden log. Now the cost of cutting a log is

[algogeeks] Re: first larger element in unsorted array...

2011-01-31 Thread ritu
@Ralph Build a data structure on array B[1..n] in O(n) time such that the following problem can be solved in O(log n) time: Given an index i and value v, find the index j of the first element in B such that j = i and B[j] v. Return -1 if no such j exists. then it ll take

[algogeeks] Re: wooden log problem

2011-01-31 Thread ritu
DP solution is .. c[i][j] = min (c[i][k] + c[k][j] + (a[j]-a[i])) where k=i+1 to j-1 c[i][j] = a[j]-a[i] when j=i+1 c[i][j] indicates the minimum cost to cut the log starting at a[i] and ending at a[j]... c[0][n] gives the answer.. correct me if i am wrong or any better solutions? -- You

[algogeeks] Re: wooden log problem

2011-01-31 Thread ritu
DP solution is .. c[i][j] = min (c[i][k] + c[k][j] + (a[j]-a[i])) where ji k=i+1 to j-1 c[i][j] = a[j]-a[i] when j=i+1 c[i][j] indicates the minimum cost to cut the log starting at a[i] and ending at a[j]... c[0][n] gives the answer.. correct me if i am wrong or any better solutions? -- You

[algogeeks] can i know the best way to learn programming??

2011-01-31 Thread sandy
plz help -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Algorithm Geeks group. To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group

[algogeeks] Re: wooden log problem

2011-01-31 Thread Dave
You have given a nice setup, but you haven't stated a problem or asked a question. On Jan 31, 12:14 pm, ritu ritugarg.c...@gmail.com wrote: You are given a wooden log of length n. It has n+1 grooves marked on it from 0 to n. You are given an array containing numbers within the range of 1 to

[algogeeks] Re: can i know the best way to learn programming??

2011-01-31 Thread Dave
Practice. Practice. Practice. After all, Practice makes perfect. On Jan 31, 2:00 pm, sandy sandeep.aa...@gmail.com wrote: plz help -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Algorithm Geeks group. To post to this group, send email to

Re: [algogeeks] Re: Frequently one of the Top Question Asked in Amazon

2011-01-31 Thread Ashish Goel
http://geeksforgeeks.org/?p=3758cpage=1#comment-1371 Best Regards Ashish Goel Think positive and find fuel in failure +919985813081 +919966006652 On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 6:28 PM, sankalp srivastava richi.sankalp1...@gmail.com wrote: Spiral order .. means zigzag order for example 1

[algogeeks] Re: wooden log problem

2011-01-31 Thread ritu
sorry ..the complete question is You are given a wooden log of length n. It has n+1 grooves marked on it from 0 to n. You are given an array containing numbers within the range of 1 to n-1. These elements of the array represents the points on the log at which u need to cut the wooden log. Now

Re: [algogeeks] Re: wooden log problem

2011-01-31 Thread snehal jain
vectorvectorint cuts(int n, vectorint A) { int min; int numcuts = A.size(); vectorvectorint Cuts(vectorint V(0,n), n); vectorvectorint Result(vectorint V(0,n), n); for(int i=0;inumcuts;i++) { Cuts[A[i]][A[i]]=0; Cuts[A[i]][A[i+1]]=0; } for(int

Re: [algogeeks] Re: Frequently one of the Top Question Asked in Amazon

2011-01-31 Thread abc abc
@sankalp the question is to change the Tree to a doubly linked list inplace not to print On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 9:11 AM, Ashish Goel ashg...@gmail.com wrote: http://geeksforgeeks.org/?p=3758cpage=1#comment-1371 Best Regards Ashish Goel Think positive and find fuel in failure +919985813081