The task is:
A non-empty zero-indexed string S is given. String S consists of N characters from the set of upper-case English letters A, C, G, T.
<My C++ solution
vector<int> solution(string &S, vector<int> &P, vector<int> &Q) {
vector<int> impactCount_A(S.size()+1, 0);
vector<int> impactCount_C(S.size()+1, 0);
vector<int> impactCount_G(S.size()+1, 0);
int lastTotal_A = 0;
int lastTotal_C = 0;
int lastTotal_G = 0;
for (int i = (signed)S.size()-1; i >= 0; --i) {
switch(S[i]) {
case 'A':
++lastTotal_A;
break;
case 'C':
++lastTotal_C;
break;
case 'G':
++lastTotal_G;
break;
};
impactCount_A[i] = lastTotal_A;
impactCount_C[i] = lastTotal_C;
impactCount_G[i] = lastTotal_G;
}
vector<int> results(P.size(), 0);
for (int i = 0; i < P.size(); ++i) {
int pIndex = P[i];
int qIndex = Q[i];
int numA = impactCount_A[pIndex]-impactCount_A[qIndex+1];
int numC = impactCount_C[pIndex]-impactCount_C[qIndex+1];
int numG = impactCount_G[pIndex]-impactCount_G[qIndex+1];
if (numA > 0) {
results[i] = 1;
}
else if (numC > 0) {
results[i] = 2;
}
else if (numG > 0) {
results[i] = 3;
}
else {
results[i] = 4;
}
}
return results;
}
I implemented a Segment Tree solution in Kotlin
import kotlin.math.*
fun solution(S: String, P: IntArray, Q: IntArray): IntArray {
val a = IntArray(S.length)
for (i in S.indices) {
a[i] = when (S[i]) {
'A' -> 1
'C' -> 2
'G' -> 3
'T' -> 4
else -> throw IllegalStateException()
}
}
val segmentTree = IntArray(2*nextPowerOfTwo(S.length)-1)
constructSegmentTree(a, segmentTree, 0, a.size-1, 0)
val result = IntArray(P.size)
for (i in P.indices) {
result[i] = rangeMinQuery(segmentTree, P[i], Q[i], 0, a.size-1, 0)
}
return result
}
fun constructSegmentTree(input: IntArray, segmentTree: IntArray, low: Int, high: Int, pos: Int) {
if (low == high) {
segmentTree[pos] = input[low]
return
}
val mid = (low + high)/2
constructSegmentTree(input, segmentTree, low, mid, 2*pos+1)
constructSegmentTree(input, segmentTree, mid+1, high, 2*pos+2)
segmentTree[pos] = min(segmentTree[2*pos+1], segmentTree[2*pos+2])
}
fun rangeMinQuery(segmentTree: IntArray, qlow:Int, qhigh:Int ,low:Int, high:Int, pos:Int): Int {
if (qlow <= low && qhigh >= high) {
return segmentTree[pos]
}
if (qlow > high || qhigh < low) {
return Int.MAX_VALUE
}
val mid = (low + high)/2
return min(rangeMinQuery(segmentTree, qlow, qhigh, low, mid, 2*pos+1), rangeMinQuery(segmentTree, qlow, qhigh, mid+1, high, 2*pos+2))
}
fun nextPowerOfTwo(n:Int): Int {
var count = 0
var number = n
if (number > 0 && (number and (number - 1)) == 0) return number
while (number != 0) {
number = number shr 1
count++
}
return 1 shl count
}
scala solution 100/100
import scala.annotation.switch
import scala.collection.mutable
object Solution {
def solution(s: String, p: Array[Int], q: Array[Int]): Array[Int] = {
val n = s.length
def arr = mutable.ArrayBuffer.fill(n + 1)(0L)
val a = arr
val c = arr
val g = arr
val t = arr
for (i <- 1 to n) {
def inc(z: mutable.ArrayBuffer[Long]): Unit = z(i) = z(i - 1) + 1L
def shift(z: mutable.ArrayBuffer[Long]): Unit = z(i) = z(i - 1)
val char = s(i - 1)
(char: @switch) match {
case 'A' => inc(a); shift(c); shift(g); shift(t);
case 'C' => shift(a); inc(c); shift(g); shift(t);
case 'G' => shift(a); shift(c); inc(g); shift(t);
case 'T' => shift(a); shift(c); shift(g); inc(t);
}
}
val r = mutable.ArrayBuffer.fill(p.length)(0)
for (i <- p.indices) {
val start = p(i)
val end = q(i) + 1
r(i) =
if (a(start) != a(end)) 1
else if (c(start) != c(end)) 2
else if (g(start) != g(end)) 3
else if (t(start) != t(end)) 4
else 0
}
r.toArray
}
}
This is my JavaScript solution that got 100% across the board on Codility:
function solution(S, P, Q) {
let total = [];
let min;
for (let i = 0; i < P.length; i++) {
const substring = S.slice(P[i], Q[i] + 1);
if (substring.includes('A')) {
min = 1;
} else if (substring.includes('C')) {
min = 2;
} else if (substring.includes('G')) {
min = 3;
} else if (substring.includes('T')) {
min = 4;
}
total.push(min);
}
return total;
}
If someone is still interested in this exercise, I share my Python solution (100/100 in Codility)
def solution(S, P, Q):
count = []
for i in range(3):
count.append([0]*(len(S)+1))
for index, i in enumerate(S):
count[0][index+1] = count[0][index] + ( i =='A')
count[1][index+1] = count[1][index] + ( i =='C')
count[2][index+1] = count[2][index] + ( i =='G')
result = []
for i in range(len(P)):
start = P[i]
end = Q[i]+1
if count[0][end] - count[0][start]:
result.append(1)
elif count[1][end] - count[1][start]:
result.append(2)
elif count[2][end] - count[2][start]:
result.append(3)
else:
result.append(4)
return result
perl 100/100 solution:
sub solution {
my ($S, $P, $Q)=@_; my @P=@$P; my @Q=@$Q;
my @_A = (0), @_C = (0), @_G = (0), @ret =();
foreach (split //, $S)
{
push @_A, $_A[-1] + ($_ eq 'A' ? 1 : 0);
push @_C, $_C[-1] + ($_ eq 'C' ? 1 : 0);
push @_G, $_G[-1] + ($_ eq 'G' ? 1 : 0);
}
foreach my $i (0..$#P)
{
my $from_index = $P[$i];
my $to_index = $Q[$i] + 1;
if ( $_A[$to_index] - $_A[$from_index] > 0 )
{
push @ret, 1;
next;
}
if ( $_C[$to_index] - $_C[$from_index] > 0 )
{
push @ret, 2;
next;
}
if ( $_G[$to_index] - $_G[$from_index] > 0 )
{
push @ret, 3;
next;
}
push @ret, 4
}
return @ret;
}