Coding solutions
Problems and solutions explained and implemented with multiple programming languages
Two Sum
Given an array of integers, return indices of the two numbers such that they add up to a specific target.You may assume that each input would have exactly one solution, and you may not use the same element twice.Example:Given nums = [2, 7, 11, 15], target = 9,Because nums[0] + nums[1] = 2 + 7 = 9,re... [...]
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Mutliples of 3 and 5
The problem: If we list all the natural numbers below 10 that are multiples of 3 or 5, we get 3, 5, 6 and 9. The sum of these multiples is 23. Find the sum of all the multiples of 3 or 5 below 1000.It appears on Project Euler and the solution seems very easy. Maybe it hides some trick or trap but we want to keep the solution and the related... [...]
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Singleton: pattern or anti-pattern?
Many people consider the singleton an anti-pattern. Many others think it's part of the creational patterns family. I don't care about its definition and I think a singleton can be useful sometimes in the real world! Singleton design pattern is used when you want to have only one instance of a given class. Let's... [...]
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Prime Number
Let's find if a number is prime. A prime number (or a prime) is a natural number greater than 1 that cannot be formed by multiplying two smaller natural numbers. The first few prime numbers are {2, 3, 5, 7, 11, ….}.Here we have some solutions:PHP: using bcmod and a for loopfunction isPrimeNumber(int $num){ for ($i... [...]
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Leap Year
Let's check if a year is a leap year.Rules for determining a Leap YearMost years that can be divided evenly by 4 are leap years. (For example, 2016 divided by 4 = 504: Leap year!)Exception: Century years are NOT leap years UNLESS they can be evenly divided by 400. (For example, 1700, 1800, and 1900 were not leap years, b... [...]
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Palindrome words
A palindrome is a word, number, phrase, or other sequences of characters which reads the same backward as forward, such as madam or racecar or the number 10801. Sentence-length palindromes may be written when allowances are made for adjustments to capital letters, punctuation, and word dividers... [...]
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FizzBuzz
The FizzFizz buzz is a group word game for children to teach them about division.[1] Players take turns to count incrementally, replacing any number divisible by three with the word "fizz", and any number divisible by five with the word "buzz".Players generally sit in a circle. The player designated to go first says the numb... [...]
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Exchange array keys \ values
Exchange keys with values and vice-versa from an associative array can be a very common problem. Let's how we can solve it:PHP: Using the array_flip functionThis native function will do the job on the fly!<?phpvar_dump( array_flip( array('a', 'b', 'c') ) );Javascript: using an underscore.js method... [...]
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