You should not take more than 2 days to solve this problem. This application will be run from the commandline with the input file getting passed in as a parameter. The goal of this exercise is to get an idea of your coding as well as your software design skills. Your code should be clear and easily readable.
Send all source files as well as instructions on how to run the program in one zip file. Bonus points for submitting the solution as a github or bitbucket repository instead of sending a zip file.
A squad of robotic cars are to be landed by NASA on a plateau on the Moon. This plateau, which is curiously rectangular, must be navigated by the car so that their on-board cameras can get a complete view of the surrounding terrain to send back to Earth. A cars's position and location is represented by a combination of x and y coordinates and a letter representing one of the four cardinal compass points. The plateau is divided up into a grid to simplify navigation.
An example position might be 0, 0, N, which means the car is in the bottom left corner and facing North. In order to control a car, NASA sends a simple string of letters. The possible letters are 'L', 'R' and 'M'. 'L' and 'R' makes the car spin 90 degrees left or right respectively, without moving from its current spot. 'M' means move forward one grid point, and maintain the same heading. Assume that the square directly North from (x, y) is (x, y+1).
The first line of input is the upper-right coordinates of the plateau, the lower-left coordinates are assumed to be 0,0. The rest of the input is information pertaining to the cars that have been deployed. Each car has two lines of input. The first line gives the car's position, and the second line is a series of instructions telling the car how to explore the plateau. The position is made up of two integers and a letter separated by spaces, corresponding to the x and y coordinates and the car's orientation. Each car will be finished sequentially, which means that the second car won't start to move until the first one has finished moving.
The output for each car should be its final coordinates and heading.
Test Input:
5 5
1 2 N
LMLMLMLMM
3 3 E
MMRMMRMRRM
Expected Output:
1 3 N
5 1 E
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