UVic Programming Club

First meeting

  1. Hello World!
  2. The Easiest Problem Is This One
    Summing digits of integer n:
    Method 1: math 
     sum = 0
 while n != 0:
     sum = sum + n % 10
     n = floor(n / 10)

    Method 2: convert to string

     sum = 0
 s = to_string(n)
 for each char c in s:
     sum += int(c)
  3. Beat the Spread! 
     if s < d or (s + d) % 2 != 0:
     print("impossible")
 else:
     print((s + d) / 2, (s - d) / 2)
  4. Palindrome Substring
    Idea: expand around substrings, 2 possible cases: odd length (get a 3 letter substring then expand) or even length (get a 2 letter substring then expand). My solution took 0.13s for C++ and 0.44s for Python. If anyone has a better solution, please share it to the club. 
     function add_palindrome_substring(s, l, r, substrings):
     while l >= 0 and r < s.length and s[l] == s[r]:
         substrings.add(substring of s from position l to r)
         l -= 1
         r += 1

 s = input()
 n = s.length
 substrings = set()
 for i = 0 -> n:
     if i + 1 < n:
         add_palindrome_substring(s, i, i + 1, substrings)
     if i + 2 < n:
         add_palindrome_substring(s, i, i + 2, substrings)