[algogeeks] an array question

2011-08-12 Thread Yasir Imteyaz
An array of integers is given and you have to find the largest possible integer by concatenating all elements: example: array: 87 36 52 answer: 875236 array: 87 9 52 answer: 98752 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Algorithm Geeks group. To view

Re: [algogeeks] A Nice Programming Challenge Question

2011-08-07 Thread Yasir Imteyaz
@Shuaib, You are right, this approach will work! :) But for each element 'e' instead of checking whether *|K-e| *exists, *you should check for either (e+K) or (e-K).* But here the question is, will the hash map really give o(1) access for such a large record? ..and is it a good practice to