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This is my implementation in java for Facebook Hacker Cup 2013 for Beautiful Strings problem
//visit http://vikash-thiswillgoaway.blogspot.com for solution of other problems
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.io.FileWriter;
import java.io.LineNumberReader;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collections;
/**
*
* @author VIK http://www.facebook.com/vikashvverma
*/
public class Problem1 {
private static ArrayList < Integer > integers;
private static File f=new File("Solution1.txt");
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
FileReader fr = new FileReader("beautiful_stringstxt.txt");
LineNumberReader lnr = new LineNumberReader(fr);
int t = Integer.parseInt(lnr.readLine().trim());
FileWriter fw=new FileWriter(f);
for (int i = 0; i < t; i++) {
int sum= getMax(lnr.readLine().trim());
if(i<t-1)
fw.write("Case #" + (i+1) + ": " + sum+"\n");
else
fw.write("Case #" + (i+1) + ": " + sum);
fw.flush();
}
}
private static int getMax(String string)throws Exception {
integers = new ArrayList < Integer > ();
for (int i = 65, j = 97; i <= 90 && j <= 123; i++, j++) {
String s = string.replaceAll("[^" + (char) i + (char) j + "]", "");
s.trim();
integers.add(s.length());
}
int sum = 0;
Collections.sort(integers);
for (int i = integers.size() - 1, j = 26; i >= 0 && j >= 1; --i, --j) {
sum += integers.get(i) * j;
}
return sum;
}
}
Facebook Hacker Cup 2013: “Beautiful Strings” Solution
The problem statement is given below:
When John was a little kid he didn't have much to do. There was no internet, no Facebook, and no programs to hack on. So he did the only thing he could... he evaluated the beauty of strings in a quest to discover the most beautiful string in the world.
Given a string s, little Johnny defined the beauty of the string as the sum of the beauty of the letters in it.
The beauty of each letter is an integer between 1 and 26, inclusive, and no two letters have the same beauty. Johnny doesn't care about whether letters are uppercase or lowercase, so that doesn't affect the beauty of a letter. (Uppercase 'F' is exactly as beautiful as lowercase 'f', for example.)
You're a student writing a report on the youth of this famous hacker. You found the string that Johnny considered most beautiful. What is the maximum possible beauty of this string?
Input
The input file consists of a single integer m followed by m lines.
Output
Your output should consist of, for each test case, a line containing the string "Case #x: y" where x is the case number (with 1 being the first case in the input file, 2 being the second, etc.) and y is the maximum beauty for that test case.
Constraints
5 ≤ m ≤ 50
2 ≤ length of s ≤ 500
Sample Input
5
ABbCcc
Good luck in the Facebook Hacker Cup this year!
Ignore punctuation, please :)
Sometimes test cases are hard to make up.
So I just go consult Professor Dalves
Sample Output
Case #1: 152
Case #2: 754
Case #3: 491
Case #4: 729
Case #5: 646
@anuragkapur
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And why have you posted a solution, publicly visible when the round is still in progress?

@vikashvverma
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If you have competed, this is not for you, Although I am helping my frndzs...:D. If you have competed then why are you seeking solutions...::D

@luisgosher
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Not the cleanest solution, but works :)

@niranjanbala
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@vikashverma you think you are helping your friends, but in reality you are not. This is not a group competition

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hex539 commented Jan 28, 2013

http://www.facebook.com/vikashvverma

Nice one, I reckon you'll get away with it. They'll have no idea who to disqualify.

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