C++ Coding Exercise – Search Insert Position
Given a sorted array and a target value, return the index if the target is found. If not, return the index where it would be if it were inserted …
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The Colour Chart Generator in C++
Introduction This is a C++ coding test. It is expected that this task should take a few hours to complete. Task description Overview When designing graphics hardware it is …
SQL Exercise – How to Swap Columns? (MySQL)
Let’s suppose we have a table containing two columns ID and sex, and our task is to swap the values of sex i.e. from ‘f’ to ‘m’ and from …
C++ Coding Exercise – Use HashTable/Priority Queue to Compute the Relative Ranks
Given scores of N athletes, find their relative ranks and the people with the top three highest scores, who will be awarded medals: “Gold Medal”, “Silver Medal” and “Bronze …
The RDTSC Performance Timer written in C++
The RDTSC is the IA-32/IA-64 (or x86/x64) instruction that loads the current value of the processors’ time stamp into EDX:EAX registers. RDTSC is short for “Read Time-Stamp Counter”. It …