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CODING (weight: 50%) The string "PAYPAL IS HIRING" is written in a zigzag pattern on a given number of rows like this: (you may want to display this pattern in a fixed font for better legibility) P A H N A P L S I I G Y I R And then read line by line: PAHNAPLSIIGYIR Write the code that will take a string and make this conversion given a number of rows: String convert(String text, int nRows); convert("paypalishiring", 3) should return "pahnaplsiigyir"
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Interviewed at PayPal

3.6
Dec 19, 2011

CODING (weight: 50%) The string "PAYPAL IS HIRING" is written in a zigzag pattern on a given number of rows like this: (you may want to display this pattern in a fixed font for better legibility) P A H N A P L S I I G Y I R And then read line by line: PAHNAPLSIIGYIR Write the code that will take a string and make this conversion given a number of rows: String convert(String text, int nRows); convert("paypalishiring", 3) should return "pahnaplsiigyir"

Was given a homework question(2days): Program using a language of your choice the following assignment, given a file of sorted strings (one string per line, example file was given) sorted according to some unknown alphabet, recover the order of characters of this alphabet.
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Interviewed at Amazon

3.5
Jan 5, 2010

Was given a homework question(2days): Program using a language of your choice the following assignment, given a file of sorted strings (one string per line, example file was given) sorted according to some unknown alphabet, recover the order of characters of this alphabet.

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