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Suppose we have an absolute path for a file (Like Unix File system), we have to simplify it. Or in other words, we have to convert it to the canonical path. In the UNIX-style file system, a period ‘.’ refers to the current directory. And a double period ‘..’ moves the directory up a level (Parent directory). The properties of canonical paths are as follows.Path must always begin with a slash /There must be only a single slash / between two directory names.Last directory name (if it exists) must not end with a trailing /.Canonical path must be the shortest ... Read More

Suppose we have a m x n matrix filled with non-negative integers, find a path from top left corner to bottom right corner which minimizes the sum of all numbers along its path. Movements can only be either down or right at any point in time. So for example, if the matrix is like below131151421The output will be 7, the path will be 1, 3, 1, 1, 1, this will minimize the sumLet us see the steps −a := number of rows, b := number of columnsi := a – 1, j := b - 1while j >= 0matrix[a, j] ... Read More

Suppose there is a robot is located at the top-left corner of a n x m grid (n rows and m columns). The robot can only move either down side or right side at any point in time. The robot wants to reach the bottom-right corner of the grid (marked 'END in the diagram below).Some cell in the grid is marked, that will be considered as obstacles. So we have to find how many possible unique paths are there? For example if the grid is like [[0, 0, 0], [0, 1, 0], [0, 0, 0]], then the grid will be ... Read More

Suppose there is a robot is located at the top-left corner of a n x m grid (n rows and m columns). The robot can only move either down side or right side at any point in time. The robot wants to reach the bottom-right corner of the grid (marked 'END in the diagram below). So we have to find how many possible unique paths are there? For example if m = 3 and n = 2, then the grid will be like below −RoboENDThe output will be 3, So there are total 3 different ways to reach from start ... Read More

Suppose we have a linked list. We have to rotate the list to the right k places. The value of k is not negative. So if the list is like [1, 23, 4, 5, NULL], and k = 2, then the output will be [4, 5, 1, 2, 3, NULL]Let us see the steps −If the list is empty, then return nulllen := 1create one node called tail := headwhile next of tail is not nullincrease len by 1tail := next of tailnext of tail := headk := k mod lennewHead := nullfor i := 0 to len – ktail ... Read More

Suppose the set is like [1, 2, 3, ..., n], contains a total of n! unique permutations. By listing and labeling all of the permutations in order, we get these sequence for n = 3: ["123", "132", "213", "231", "312", "321"] So if n and k are given, then return the kth permutation sequence. The n will be between 1 to 9 (inclusive) and k will be between 1 to n! (inclusive). For example if n = 3.Let us see the steps −ans := empty string, define array called candidates of size nfor i in range 0 to n – ... Read More

Suppose we have a positive integer n, we have to generate a square matrix with n2 elements in spiral order. So if n = 5, then the matrix will be −12341213145111615610987Let us see the steps −set (row1, col1) := (0, 0) and (row2, col2) := (n, n), and create one matrix called res, then fill it with 0s, and set num := 1while num n2, then breakfor i in range row1 + 1 to row2, res[i, col2-1] = num, incase num by 1if num > n2, then breakfor i in range col2 – 2 down to col1 – 1, ... Read More

Suppose we have a collection of intervals, we have to merge all overlapping intervals. So if the intervals are like [[1, 3], [2, 6], [8, 10], [15, 18]], then the intervals after merging will be [[1, 6], [8, 10], [15, 18]]. This is because there were two intervals those are overlapping, the intervals are [1, 3] and [2, 6], these are merged to [1, 6]Let us see the steps −if interval list length is 0, then return a blank listsort the interval list using quicksort mechanismstack := an empty stack, and insert intervals[0] into the stackfor i in range 1 ... Read More

Suppose we have an array of non-negative integers; we are initially positioned at the first index of the array. Each element in the given array represents out maximum jump length at that position. We have to determine if we are able to reach the last index or not. So if the array is like [2, 3, 1, 1, 4], then the output will be true. This is like jump one step from position 0 to 1, then three step from position 1 to the end.Let us see the steps −n := length of array A – 1for i := n ... Read More

Suppose we have a set of candidate numbers (all elements are unique) and a target number. We have to find all unique combinations in candidates where the candidate numbers sum to the given target. The same number will not be chosen from candidates more than once. So if the elements are [2, 3, 6, 7, 8] and the target value is 8, then the possible output will be [[2, 6], [8]]Let us see the steps −We will solve this in recursive manner. The recursive function is named as solve(). This takes index, an array a, the integer b and another ... Read More