Saturday, November 30, 2013

pow(x,n)

Implement pow(x, n).

Best Time to Buy and Sell Stock

Say you have an array for which the ith element is the price of a given stock on day i.
If you were only permitted to complete at most one transaction (ie, buy one and sell one share of the stock), design an algorithm to find the maximum profit.

Friday, November 29, 2013

N-Queens

The n-queens puzzle is the problem of placing n queens on an n×n chessboard such that no two queens attack each other.

Given an integer n, return all distinct solutions to the n-queens puzzle.
Each solution contains a distinct board configuration of the n-queens' placement, where 'Q' and '.' both indicate a queen and an empty space respectively.
For example,
There exist two distinct solutions to the 4-queens puzzle:
[
 [".Q..",  // Solution 1
  "...Q",
  "Q...",
  "..Q."],

 ["..Q.",  // Solution 2
  "Q...",
  "...Q",
  ".Q.."]
] 
 

Binary Tree Postorder Traversal

Given a binary tree, return the postorder traversal of its nodes' values.
For example:
Given binary tree {1,#,2,3},

   1
    \
     2
    /
   3
return [3,2,1].

Divide Two Integers

Divide two integers without using multiplication, division and mod operator.

Thursday, November 28, 2013

Unique Binary Search Trees II

Given n, generate all structurally unique BST's (binary search trees) that store values 1...n.
For example,
Given n = 3, your program should return all 5 unique BST's shown below.
   1         3     3      2      1
    \       /     /      / \      \
     3     2     1      1   3      2
    /     /       \                 \
   2     1         2                 3

Unique Binary Search Trees

Given n, how many structurally unique BST's (binary search trees) that store values 1...n?
For example,
Given n = 3, there are a total of 5 unique BST's.
   1         3     3      2      1
    \       /     /      / \      \
     3     2     1      1   3      2
    /     /       \                 \
   2     1         2                 3 
 

Evaluate Reverse Polish Notation

Evaluate the value of an arithmetic expression in Reverse Polish Notation.
Valid operators are +, -, *, /. Each operand may be an integer or another expression.
Some examples:

  ["2", "1", "+", "3", "*"] -> ((2 + 1) * 3) -> 9
  ["4", "13", "5", "/", "+"] -> (4 + (13 / 5)) -> 6 
 

Saturday, November 23, 2013

Container With Most Water

Given n non-negative integers a1, a2, ..., an, where each represents a point at coordinate (i, ai). n vertical lines are drawn such that the two endpoints of line i is at (i, ai) and (i, 0). Find two lines, which together with x-axis forms a container, such that the container contains the most water.
Note: You may not slant the container.

Friday, November 22, 2013

Parition List

Given a linked list and a value x, partition it such that all nodes less than x come before nodes greater than or equal to x.
You should preserve the original relative order of the nodes in each of the two partitions.
For example,
Given 1->4->3->2->5->2 and x = 3,
return 1->2->2->4->3->5.

Recover Binary Search Tree

Two elements of a binary search tree (BST) are swapped by mistake.
Recover the tree without changing its structure.
Note:
A solution using O(n) space is pretty straight forward.

Thursday, November 21, 2013

Sort list

Sort a linked list in O(n log n) time using constant space complexity.

Insertion Sort List

Sort a linked list using insertion sort.

LRU Cache

Design and implement a data structure for Least Recently Used (LRU) cache. It should support the following operations: get and set.
get(key) - Get the value (will always be positive) of the key if the key exists in the cache, otherwise return -1.
set(key, value) - Set or insert the value if the key is not already present. When the cache reached its capacity, it should invalidate the least recently used item before inserting a new item.

Binary Tree Preorder Traversal

Given a binary tree, return the preorder traversal of its nodes' values.
For example:
Given binary tree {1,#,2,3},

   1
    \
     2
    /
   3
return [1,2,3].
Note: Recursive solution is trivial, could you do it iteratively?

Reorder List

Given a singly linked list L: L0L1→…→Ln-1Ln,
reorder it to: L0LnL1Ln-1L2Ln-2→…
You must do this in-place without altering the nodes' values.
For example,
Given {1,2,3,4}, reorder it to {1,4,2,3}.

Sunday, November 3, 2013

Linked List Cycle

Given a linked list, determine if it has a cycle in it.
Follow up:
Can you solve it without using extra space?

Linked List Cycle II

Given a linked list, return the node where the cycle begins. If there is no cycle, return null.
Follow up:
Can you solve it without using extra space?