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Q31. Given array of integers, find first two numbers that adds up to 10.

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Q32. Write a method / program that will determine if the parenthesis are balanced in a given string.

Core Java

Ans. https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/check-for-balanced-parentheses-in-an-expression/

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Q33. Write a Java program to print 10 random numbers between 1 to 100?

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Q34. How to find the median number in an array of integers ?

Core Java

Ans.

Arrays.sort(numArray);
double median;
if (numArray.length % 2 == 0)
median = ((double)numArray[numArray.length/2] (double)numArray[numArray.length/2 - 1])/2;
else
median = (double) numArray[numArray.length-1/2];

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Q35. Write a Program to validate if a particular character occurs after another in a string

Core Java

Ans. public class Class{
   public static void main(String[] args){
      String str = "xyz123.co@m";

      if(str.indexOf('.') < str.indexOf('@')){
         System.out.println("Not a Valid Email Address");
      }
   }
}

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Q36. Write a Program to validate an email address

Core Java

Ans. public class Class{
public static void main(String[] args){
String str = "xyz@123.com";

if(!str.contains("@") && !str.contains(".") && (str.indexOf('.') < str.indexOf('@'))){
System.out.println("Not a Valid Email Address");
}
}
}

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Q37. Write a Program to print pattern like following

*
**
***
****
*****
******
*******
********
*********
**********

Core Java

Ans. public class BuggyBread {
   public static void main(String args[]) {
      for(int x=1;x<=10;x++){
         for(int y=1;y<=x;y++){
            System.out.print("*");
         }

         System.out.println("");
      }
   }
}

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Q38. Write a Program to print asterix like following using Recursion

**
***
****
*****
******
*******
********
*********
**********

Program should set the start and end index and then display this accordingly. For example the above pattern is for displayNumbersBetween(2,10) and following is for displayNumbersBetween(5,7)

*****
******
*******

Core Java

Ans. public class BuggyBread {
   public static void main(String args[]) {
       displayNumbersBetween(5,7);
   }

   private static void displayNumbersBetween(int start,int end){
      if(start > end){
         return ;
      } else {
         for(int x=1;x<=start;x++){
            System.out.print("*");
         }
         System.out.println("");
         displayNumbersBetween(start+1,end);
      }
   }
}

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Q39. Write a Program to display numbers between 2 numbers using recursion

Core Java

Ans. public class BuggyBread {
   public static void main(String args[]) {
       displayNumbersBetween(2,10);
   }

   private static void displayNumbersBetween(int start,int end){
      if(start > end){
         return ;
      } else {
         System.out.println(start);
         displayNumbersBetween(start+1,end);
      }
   }
}

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Q40. Write a Program to display the words of a String in alpahbetical or Dictionary Order

Core Java

Ans. public class BuggyBread {
   public static void main(String args[]) {
       String str = "we are what we repeatedly do excellence then is not an act but a haBit";
       Set<String> wordSet = new TreeSet(); // Using Linked Hash Set as we would like to retrieve words in the insertion order

       for(String word: str.split(" ")){
          wordSet.add(word);
       }

       for(String word: wordSet){
          System.out.print(word);
          System.out.print(" ");
       }
   }
}

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Q41. Write a Program to remove duplicate words from the String

Core Java

Ans.
public class BuggyBread {
public static void main(String args[]) {
String str = "we are what we repeatedly Do excellence, then, is not an act but a haBit";
Set<String> wordSet = new LinkedHashSet(); // Using Linked Hash Set as we would like to retrieve words in the insertion order

for(String word: str.split(" ")){
wordSet.add(word);
}

for(String word: wordSet){
System.out.print(word);
System.out.print(" ");
}
}
}

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Q42. Write a program to print count / no of common words in 2 separate strings

Core Java

Ans. public class BuggyBread {
   public static void main(String args[]) {
       String str1 = "we are what we repeatedly Do excellence, then, is not an act but a haBit";
       String str2 = "we are what we repeatedly Do is";
       String[] str1Words = str1.split(" ");
       String[] str2Words = str2.split(" ");

       Set str1WordsSet = new HashSet();

       for(String word:str1Words){
          str1WordsSet.add(word);
       }

       int commonWordsCount = 0;

       for(String word:str2Words){
          if(str1WordsSet.contains(word)){
             commonWordsCount++;
          }
       }

       System.out.println(commonWordsCount);
   }
}

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Q43. Write a Program to find common words in 2 separate strings

Core Java

Ans. public class BuggyBread {
   public static void main(String args[]) {
       String str1 = "we are what we repeatedly Do excellence, then, is not an act but a haBit";
       String str2 = "we are what we repeatedly Do is";
       String[] str1Words = str1.split(" ");
       String[] str2Words = str2.split(" ");

       Set str1WordsSet = new HashSet();

       for(String word:str1Words){
          str1WordsSet.add(word);
       }

       for(String word:str2Words){
          if(str1WordsSet.contains(word)){
             System.out.println(word);
          }
       }

   }
}

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Q44. Given two files with list of words, write a program to show the common words in both files

Core Java

Ans. import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;
import java.io.*;
public class Common {
public static void main(String ar[])throws Exception
   {
      File f=new File("a.txt");
File f1=new File("x.java");
      System.out.println(f.exists());
FileInputStream fin = new FileInputStream(f);
      FileInputStream fin1 = new FileInputStream(f1);

      byte b[]=new byte[10000];
byte b1[]=new byte[10000];
fin.read(b);
fin1.read(b1);
String s1 = new String(b);
String s2 =new String(b1);

String words1[] = s1.trim().split(" ");
String words2[] = s2.trim().split(" ");
Listlist1 = new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList(words1));
Listlist2 = new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList(words2));
list1.retainAll(list2);
System.out.println(list1);
}
}

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Q45. Write a Program to only print characters that have occured more than once in a String

Core Java

Ans. public class BuggyBread{
public static void main (String args[]) {
Set<Character> set = new HashSet();
Set<Character> setWithDuplicateChar = new HashSet();
String str = "hello world";
for(char character: str.toCharArray()){
if(set.contains(character)){
setWithDuplicateChar.add(character);
} else {
set.add(character);
}
}

System.out.println(setWithDuplicateChar);
}
}

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Q46. Write a Program to print count of each character in a String.

Core Java

Ans. public class BuggyBread {
public static void main(String args[]) {
Map<Character, Integer> countMap = new HashMap();
String str = "hello world";
for (char character : str.toCharArray()) {
if (countMap.containsKey(character)) {
countMap.put(character, countMap.get(character) + 1);
} else {
countMap.put(character, 1);
}
}
System.out.println(countMap);
}
}

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Q47. Write a program to print the index of the first non repeated character in a java string

Core Java

Ans. public class BuggyBread1{
public static void main (String args[]) {
   String str = "hheello world";
   char[] charArray = str.toCharArray();
   char selectedChar = 'a';
   for(char char1: charArray){
      if(!str.contains(Character.toString(char1).concat(Character.toString(char1)))){
         selectedChar = char1;
         break;
      }
   }
   System.out.println(str.indexOf(Character.toString(selectedChar)));
}
}

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Q48. Write a program to print all even numbers first and then all odd numbers till 100. For example the output should be
2
4
6
8
...... 100
and then
1
3
5
7
...... 99

using only 1 for loop ? Is it possible with just one loop ?

Core Java

Ans. Yes , It can be done using single for loop

public class BuggyBread{
public static void main (String args[]) {
   int x = 50;
   for(int i=1;i <= 100;i++){
      if(i<=50){
         System.out.println(i*2);
      } else {
         System.out.println(i-x);
         x = x - 1;
      }
   }
}
}

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Q49. Write a program in Java that prints the numbers from 1 to 100. But for multiples of three print Fizz instead of the number and for the multiples of five print Buz. For numbers which are multiples of both three and five print FizzBuzz

Core Java

Ans. public class Class{
public static void main(String[] args){
for(int i=1;i<= 100;i++){
if(i%3 == 0){
if(i%5 == 0){
System.out.println("FizzBuzz");
}
System.out.println("Fizz");
} else if(i%5 == 0){
System.out.println("Buzz");
} else {
System.out.println(i);
}

}
}
}

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Q50. Write a Program to check if string is a Colidrome ?
(Colidrome is a word that has n alphabets followed by the reverse of the n alphabets, for ex - mallom)

Core Java

Ans.
public class Class {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
      String str = "mallam";
      String firstHalf = str.substring(0, str.length() / 2);
      String secondHalf = str.substring(str.length() / 2);

      if (firstHalf.equals(new StringBuilder(secondHalf).reverse().toString())) {
         System.out.println("It's a Colidrome");
      } else {
         System.out.println("It's not a Colidrome");
      }
   }
}

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Q51. Write a Program to check number of occurrences of one string within another ?

Core Java

Ans. public class Class{
   public static void main(String[] args){
      String string1 = "Hello I am Jack. I live in United States. I live in california state.";

      String string2 = "I live in";

      int startIndex = 0;
      int endIndex = string1.length()-1;

      int countNoOfOccurences = 0;

      String remainingString = string1;

      while(startIndex < endIndex){
         if(remainingString.indexOf(string2) != -1){
            countNoOfOccurences++;
            startIndex = remainingString.indexOf(string2) + string2.length();
            remainingString = remainingString.substring(startIndex);
         } else {
            break;
         }
      }

      System.out.println(countNoOfOccurences);
   }
}

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Q52. Write a program to check is a string is substring of another ?

Core Java

Ans. public class Class{
   public static void main(String[] args){
      String string1 = "Hello I am Jack. I live in United States. I live in california state.";

      String string2 = "I live in";

      if(string1.indexOf(string2) >= -1){
         System.out.println("string2 is sub string of string1");
      } else {
         System.out.println("string2 is not sub string of string1");
      }
   }
}

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Q53. Write a class / program that takes few numbers from the input and then output the average ?

Core Java

Ans. public class Class{
   public static void main(String[] args){
      List<Integer> collector = new ArrayList();

      Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);
      int x = scanner.nextInt();
      while(x != 0){
         collector.add(x);
         x = scanner.nextInt();
      }
      System.out.println(collector.stream().collect(Collectors.averagingInt(p->((Integer)p))));
   }
}

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Q54. What will be the output of following code ?

Base Interface

public interface BaseInterface {
   int i = 4;
}

Derived Interfaces

public interface DerivedInterface1 extends BaseInterface{
   int i = 5;
}

public interface DerivedInterface2 extends BaseInterface{
   int i=6;
}

Implementing Class

public class Class implements DerivedInterface1,DerivedInterface2 {
int i=10;

public static void main(String[] args){
      System.out.println(new Class().i);
   }
}

What will be the output upon executing main and Why ?

Core Java

Ans. 10

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Q55. What will be the output of following code ?

Base Interface

public interface BaseInterface {
   int i = 4;
}

Derived Interfaces

public interface DerivedInterface1 extends BaseInterface{
   int i = 5;
}

public interface DerivedInterface2 extends BaseInterface{
   int i=6;
}

Implementing Class

public class Class implements DerivedInterface1,DerivedInterface2 {
   public static void main(String[] args){
      System.out.println(BaseInterface.i);
   }
}

What will be the output upon executing main and Why ?

Core Java

Ans. It will print 4 because member elements of an interface are implicitly static and hence the concept of overriding doesn't work.

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Q56. Write a program to swap two variables without using third

Core Java

Ans. public static void main(String[] args) {
   int num1 = 1;
   int num2 = 2;
   num1 = num1^num2;
   num2 = num1^num2;
   num1 = num1^num2;
   System.out.print("num1 = " + num1 +", num2 = "+num2);
}

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Q57. Write an algorithm / Java Program to show duplicates in an array of n elements?

Algorithm

Ans. int duplicateArray[] = { 1, 2, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9}
Set unique = new HashSet();
for (int i = 0; i < duplicateArray.length; i) {
if (unique.contains(duplicateArray[i])) {
System.out.println(duplicateArray[i]);
} else {
unique.add(duplicateArray[i]);
}
}

Complexity O(n) = nHashSet contains and add has O(n) = 1

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Q58. Trim a string without using String library method

Core Java

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Q59. Write code for LRU Cache

Core Java

Ans. https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/lru-cache-implementation/

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Q60. Provide an implementation for Producer / Consumer using threads.

Core Java

Ans. https://www.tutorialspoint.com/javaexamples/thread_procon.htm

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