205 - Daily Interview Question: Edit Distance - edit-distance.txt

Hi, here's your problem today. This problem was recently asked by AirBNB:

Given two strings, determine the edit distance between them. The edit distance is defined as the minimum number of edits (insertion, deletion, or substitution) needed to change one string to the other.

For example, "biting" and "sitting" have an edit distance of 2 (substitute b for s, and insert a t).
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206 - Find Pythagorean Triplets - find-pythagorean-triplets.txt

Hi, here's your problem today. This problem was recently asked by Uber:

Given a list of numbers, find if there exists a pythagorean triplet in that list. A pythagorean triplet is 3 variables a, b, c where a^2 + b^2 = c^2

Example:
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207 - Number of Ways to Climb Stairs - number-of-ways-to-climb-stairs.txt

Hi, here's your problem today. This problem was recently asked by LinkedIn:

You are given a positive integer N which represents the number of steps in a staircase. You can either climb 1 or 2 steps at a time. Write a function that returns the number of unique ways to climb the stairs.

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208 - Maximum In A Stack - maximum-in-a-stack.txt

Hi, here's your problem today. This problem was recently asked by Twitter:

Implement a class for a stack that supports all the regular functions (push, pop) and an additional function of max() which returns the maximum element in the stack (return None if the stack is empty). Each method should run in constant time.

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209 - Invert a Binary Tree - invert-a-binary-tree.txt

Hi, here's your problem today. This problem was recently asked by Twitter:

You are given the root of a binary tree. Invert the binary tree in place. That is, all left children should become right children, and all right children should become left children.

Example:
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210 - Floor and Ceiling of a Binary Search Tree - floor-and-ceiling-of-a-binary-search-tree.txt

Hi, here's your problem today. This problem was recently asked by Apple:

Given an integer k and a binary search tree, find the floor (less than or equal to) of k, and the ceiling (larger than or equal to) of k. If either does not exist, then print them as None.

Here is the definition of a node for the tree.
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211 - Non-decreasing Array with Single Modification - non-decreasing-array-with-single-modification.txt

Hi, here's your problem today. This problem was recently asked by Microsoft:

You are given an array of integers in an arbitrary order. Return whether or not it is possible to make the array non-decreasing by modifying at most 1 element to any value.

We define an array is non-decreasing if array[i] <= array[i + 1] holds for every i (1 <= i < n).
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212 - Find the non-duplicate number - find-the-non-duplicate-number.txt

Hi, here's your problem today. This problem was recently asked by Facebook:

Given a list of numbers, where every number shows up twice except for one number, find that one number.

Example:
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213 - Two-Sum - two-sum.txt

Hi, here's your problem today. This problem was recently asked by Facebook:

You are given a list of numbers, and a target number k. Return whether or not there are two numbers in the list that add up to k.

Example:
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214 - Sorting a list with 3 unique numbers - sorting-a-list-with-3-unique-numbers.txt

Hi, here's your problem today. This problem was recently asked by Google:

Given a list of numbers with only 3 unique numbers (1, 2, 3), sort the list in O(n) time.

Example 1:
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215 - Reverse a Linked List - reverse-a-linked-list.txt

Hi, here's your problem today. This problem was recently asked by Google:

Given a singly-linked list, reverse the list. This can be done iteratively or recursively. Can you get both solutions?

Example:
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216 - First and Last Indices of an Element in a Sorted Array - daily-problem-first-and-last-indices-of-an-element-in-a-sorted-array.txt

Hi, here's your problem today. This problem was recently asked by AirBNB:

Given a sorted array, A, with possibly duplicated elements, find the indices of the first and last occurrences of a target element, x. Return -1 if the target is not found.

Example:
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217 - [Daily Problem] Validate Balanced Parentheses - daily-problem-validate-balanced-parentheses.txt

Hi, here's your problem today. This problem was recently asked by Uber:

Imagine you are building a compiler. Before running any code, the compiler must check that the parentheses in the program are balanced. Every opening bracket must have a corresponding closing bracket. We can approximate this using strings.

Given a string containing just the characters '(', ')', '{', '}', '[' and ']', determine if the input string is valid.
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218 - [Daily Problem] Longest Palindromic Substring - daily-problem-twitter-palindrome.txt

Hi, here's your problem today. This problem was recently asked by Twitter:

A palindrome is a sequence of characters that reads the same backwards and forwards. Given a string, s, find the longest palindromic substring in s.

Example:
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219 - Longest Substring Without Repeating Characters - daily-problem-longest-substring-without-repating-characters.txt

This problem was recently asked by Microsoft:

Given a string, find the length of the longest substring without repeating characters.

Here is an example solution in Python language. (Any language is OK to use in an interview, though we'd recommend Python as a generalist language utilized by companies like Google, Facebook, Netflix, Dropbox, Pinterest, Uber, etc.,)
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220 - [Daily Problem] Add two numbers as a linked list - daily-problem-add-two-numbers-as-a-linked-list.txt

This problem was recently asked by Microsoft: You are given two linked-lists representing two non-negative integers. The digits are stored in reverse order and each of their nodes contain a single digit. Add the two numbers and return it as a linked list.

Example:
Input: (2 -> 4 -> 3) + (5 -> 6 -> 4)
Output: 7 -> 0 -> 8
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221 - Girls do not always like flowers - girls-do-not-like-flowers.txt

又送花？六一送花，情人节还送花？！你不会买两瓶九（酒）啊，我不喝醉，你有机会，你有机会吗？！

女孩子要包的，包治百病，包能让女人达到GC的（G点）。
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