Encode and Decode Strings — DSA Interview 150 · Arrays & Hashing
Classic interview problem #271.
Input (stdin)
Line 1: n\nNext n lines: strings
Output (stdout)
Comma-separated decoded strings
Your program must read from stdin and write the answer to stdout (no extra debug text).
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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
class Program
{
static int[] Ria(string line = null)
{
line ??= Console.ReadLine();
if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(line)) return Array.Empty<int>();
return line.Trim().Split(new[] { ' ', ',', '\t' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries)
.Select(int.Parse).ToArray();
}
static string[] Rsa()
{
int n = int.Parse(Console.ReadLine());
var arr = new string[n];
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) arr[i] = Console.ReadLine();
return arr;
}
static void W(params object[] parts) => Console.WriteLine(string.Join(" ", parts));
static void Wb(bool v) => Console.WriteLine(v ? "true" : "false");
static void Wi(int v) => Console.WriteLine(v);
static void Ws(string v) => Console.WriteLine(v);
static void Main()
{
int n = int.Parse(Console.ReadLine());
var input = new string[n];
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) input[i] = Console.ReadLine();
var sb = new StringBuilder();
foreach (var s in input) sb.Append(s.Length).Append('#').Append(s);
string encoded = sb.ToString();
var decoded = new List<string>();
int i2 = 0;
while (i2 < encoded.Length) {
int j = encoded.IndexOf('#', i2);
int len = int.Parse(encoded.Substring(i2, j - i2));
decoded.Add(encoded.Substring(j + 1, len));
i2 = j + 1 + len;
}
Ws(string.Join(",", decoded));
}
}
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Pattern: Arrays & Hashing
Read from stdin, write to stdout. Classic interview problem #271.