Programming Test - Codility - Dominator [closed]

Answer 1

100%

import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;

class Solution {
    public static int solution(int[] A) {
        final int N = A.length;
        Map<Integer, Integer> mapOfOccur = new HashMap((N/2)+1);

        for(int i=0; i<N; i++){
            Integer count = mapOfOccur.get(A[i]);
            if(count == null){
                count = 1;
                mapOfOccur.put(A[i],count);
            }else{
                mapOfOccur.replace(A[i], count, ++count);
            }
            if(count > N/2)
                return i;

        }
        return -1;
    }
}

Answer 2

Find the median with BFPRT, aka median of medians (O(N) time, O(1) space). Then scan through the array -- if one number dominates, the median will be equal to that number. Walk through the array and count the number of instances of that number. If it's over half the array, it's the dominator. Otherwise, there is no dominator.

Answer 3

This is the solution in VB.NET with 100% performance.

Dim result As Integer = 0
        Dim i, ladderVal, LadderCount, size, valCount As Integer
        ladderVal = 0
        LadderCount = 0
        size = A.Length
        If size > 0 Then


            For i = 1 To size - 1
                If LadderCount = 0 Then
                    LadderCount += 1
                    ladderVal = A(i)
                Else
                    If A(i) = ladderVal Then
                        LadderCount += 1
                    Else
                        LadderCount -= 1
                    End If
                End If
            Next
            valCount = 0
            For i = 0 To size - 1
                If A(i) = ladderVal Then
                    valCount += 1
                End If
            Next
            If valCount <= size / 2 Then
                result = 0
            Else
                LadderCount = 0
                For i = 0 To size - 1
                    If A(i) = ladderVal Then
                        valCount -= 1
                        LadderCount += 1
                    End If
                    If LadderCount > (LadderCount + 1) / 2 And (valCount > (size - (i + 1)) / 2) Then
                        result += 1
                    End If
                Next
            End If
        End If
        Return result

See the correctness and performance of the code

Answer 4

@Keith Randall solution is not working for {1,1,2,2,3,2,2}

his solution was:

element x;
int count ← 0;
For(i = 0 to n − 1) {
  if(count == 0) { x ← A[i]; count++; }
  else if (A[i] == x) count++;
  else count−−;
}
Check if x is dominant element by scanning array A

I converted it into java as below:

int x = 0;
int count = 0;

for(int i = 0; i < (arr.length - 1); i++) {

    if(count == 0) {
        x = arr[i];
        count++;
    }
    else if (arr[i] == x)
        count++;

    else count--;
}

return x;

Out put : 3 Expected: 2

Answer 5

In Ruby you can do something like

def dominant(a)
  hash = {}
  0.upto(a.length) do |index|
    element = a[index]
    hash[element] = (hash[element] ? hash[element] + 1 : 1)
  end

  res = hash.find{|k,v| v > a.length / 2}.first rescue nil
  res ||= -1
  return res
end

Answer 6

100% score JavaScript solution. Technically it's O(nlogn) but still passed.

function solution(A) {
  if (A.length == 0)
    return -1;

  var S = A.slice(0).sort(function(a, b) {
    return a - b;
  });

  var domThresh = A.length/2;
  var c = S[Math.floor(domThresh)];
  var domCount = 0;

  for (var i = 0; i < A.length; i++) {
    if (A[i] == c)
      domCount++;

    if (domCount > domThresh)
      return i;
  }

  return -1;
}