import java.io.File; import java.io.FileNotFoundException; import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.Scanner; import java.util.List; public class Challenge { /** * CHALLENGE 1: * Read and store the contents of a file into a String or other type for further processing. * * @param f * @return */ public String readFile(File f) { if(f == null) return null; // Catch if the File does not exist. StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(); try (Scanner s = new Scanner(f)){ while(s.hasNextLine()) sb.append(s.nextLine()); return sb.toString(); } catch (FileNotFoundException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } return ""; } /** * CHALLENGE 2: * Given an input String, store each token in an ArrayList. * * A token is a single word, symbol, or character, surrounded on both sides by a space. * * @param s * @return */ public ArrayList split(String s) { ArrayList list = new ArrayList(); String[] tokens = s.split(" "); for(int i = 0; i < tokens.length; i++) list.add(tokens[i]); return list; } /** * CHALLENGE 3: * Given an input ArrayList of tokens (assume all are valid integers, doubles, or operations ('+','-','*','/','%','(', and ')')), * calculate the result using correct order of operations. The output should only contain 4 decimal places, rounding up if the 5th place * is greater than 5. * * HINT: Think of a data structure that might be useful for this. * * @param tokens */ public double calculate(ArrayList tokens) { Stack numbers = new Stack(); Stack operations = new Stack(); double r = 0.0; for(int i = 0; i < tokens.size(); i++) { String token = tokens.get(i); // Add the token to the number or operation stack. if(!token.equals("(") && !token.equals(")")) { if(isOperation(token)) operations.insert(token); else numbers.insert(token); continue; } // If the token is an opening parenthesis, evaluate the expression inside the matching closing parenthesis. if(token.equals("(")) { int deepness = 1; int startIndex = i + 1; // Find the matching closing parenthesis. for(int j = startIndex; j < tokens.size(); j++) { if(tokens.get(j).equals("(")) deepness++; if(tokens.get(j).equals(")")) deepness--; if(deepness == 0) { // Evaluate the expression inside the parenthesis. double result = calculate(new ArrayList(tokens.subList(startIndex, j))); numbers.insert(Double.toString(result)); // Skip the rest of the parenthesis. i = j; break; } } } } // Evaluate the remaining operations and numbers. while(numbers.isNotEmpty() && operations.isNotEmpty()) { r = evaluate(numbers.pop(), operations.pop(), numbers.pop()); numbers.insert(Double.toString(r)); } // Return the result, rounded to 4 decimal places. return Math.round(r * 10000.0) / 10000.0; } private double evaluate(String a, String o, String b) { double x = Double.parseDouble(a); double y = Double.parseDouble(b); char op = o.charAt(0); switch(op) { case '+': return x + y; case '-': return x - y; case '*': return x * y; case '/': return x / y; case '%': return x % y; } return 0.0; } private boolean isOperation(String token) { String[] allowedOperations = { "+", "-", "*", "/", "%" }; // Determine if the token is an operation symbol. for(int i = 0; i < allowedOperations.length; i++) if(token.equals(allowedOperations[i])) return true; return false; } private class Stack { private Node head; private Node tail; private int size; public Stack() { head = null; tail = null; size = 0; } public Stack(String value) { head = new Node(value); tail = null; size = 1; } public int size() { return size; } public void insert(String value) { Node next = new Node(value); if(head == null) { head = next; size++; return; } if(tail == null) { tail = next; head.next = tail; size++; return; } tail.next = next; tail = next; tail.next = null; size++; } public void add(String value) { Node next = new Node(value); if(head == null) { head = next; size++; return; } if(tail == null) { tail = next; head.next = tail; size++; return; } tail.next = next; tail = next; tail.next = null; size++; } public boolean isNotEmpty() { return size > 0; } public String pop() { if(head == null) { System.out.println("the stack has ran out of elements!"); return "0"; } Node next = head; if(head.next == null) { size --; head = null; tail = null; return next.value; } head = head.next; size--; return next.value; } public void print() { Node current = head; while(current != null) { System.out.println(current.value); current = current.next; } } private class Node { public String value; public Node next; public Node(String value) { this.value = value; } } } public boolean testChallenge1(String s) { return s.equals("( ( 5 + 5 ) * 5 * 3 ) / ( 5 * 3 + ( 8 * 4 ) )"); } public boolean testChallenge2(ArrayList list) { // Don't do this to answer Challenge 2. This is the only way to not give away a solution. ArrayList expected = new ArrayList<>(); expected.add("("); expected.add("("); expected.add("5"); expected.add("+"); expected.add("5"); expected.add(")"); expected.add("*"); expected.add("5"); expected.add("*"); expected.add("3"); expected.add(")"); expected.add("/"); expected.add("("); expected.add("5"); expected.add("*"); expected.add("3"); expected.add("+"); expected.add("("); expected.add("8"); expected.add("*"); expected.add("4"); expected.add(")"); expected.add(")"); if(expected.size() != list.size()) { System.out.println("Your solution for Challenge 2 does not correctly tokenize! You have too few or too many elements."); return false; } for(int i = 0; i < expected.size(); i++) if(!(expected.get(i).equals(list.get(i)))) { System.out.println("Your solution for Challenge 2 does not correctly tokenize! At index " + i + " (and maybe others) your output does not match the expected output."); return false; } return true; } public boolean testChallenge3(double result) { return result == 3.1915; } // Test driver for the three coding challenges. public static void main(String[] args) { Challenge c = new Challenge(); File f = new File("Example.txt"); String s = c.readFile(f); //System.out.println(s); ArrayList list = c.split(s); double result = c.calculate(list); System.out.print("Challenge 1 - "); System.out.println(c.testChallenge1(s) ? "Correct!\n" : "Incorrect.\n"); System.out.print("Challenge 2 - "); System.out.println(c.testChallenge2(list) ? "Correct!\n" : "Incorrect.\n"); System.out.print("Challenge 3 - "); System.out.println(c.testChallenge3(result) ? "Correct!\n" : "Incorrect.\n"); } }