Apple and Orange

Sam’s house has an apple tree and an orange tree that yield an abundance of fruit. Sam’s two children, Larry and Rob, decide to play a game in which they each climb a tree and throw fruit at their (Sam’s) house. Each fruit that lands on the house scores one point for the one who threw it. Larry climbs the tree on the left (the apple), and Rob climbs the one on the right (the orange).

Apple and Orange

Larry climbs the apple tree at point , and Rob climbs the orange tree at point . Sam’s house stands between points and . Values increase from left to right.

You will be given a list of distances the fruits are thrown. Negative distances indicate travel left and positive distances, travel right. Your task will be to calculate the scores for Larry and Rob and report them.

Constraints

$$1 \le s,t,a,b \le 10^5$$ $$-10^5 \le d \le 10^5$$ $$a \le s \le t \le b$$

Input Format

  • Pair numbers containing integers denoting the respective values of s and t.
  • Pair numbers containing integers denoting the respective values of a and b.
  • Integers array denoting the respective distances that each apple falls from point a.
  • Integers array denoting the respective distances that each orange falls from point b.

Sample Input

[7, 11]
[5, 15]
[-2, 2, 1]
[5, -6]

Sample Output

[1, 1]

Explanation

  • The first apple falls at position 5 - 2 = 3
  • The second apple falls at position 5 + 2 = 7
  • The third apple falls at position 5 + 1 = 6
  • The first orange falls at position 15 + 5 = 20
  • The second orange falls at position 15 - 6 = 9

Only one fruit (the second apple) falls within the region between 7 and 11, so Larry’s score is 1. Only the second orange falls within the region between 7 and 11, so Rob’s score is 1.

Solution Java 7

import java.util.List;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;

public class AppleOrangeScorer {

  private Pair score(
      Pair houseWidth,
      Pair treeDistance,
      List<Integer>larryThrows,
      List<Integer>robThrows){

    Pair result = new Pair();

    Integer larryScore = 0;
    Integer robScore = 0;

     for(Integer lthrow: larryThrows){
       if(treeDistance.getFirst() + lthrow >= houseWidth.getFirst() &&
          treeDistance.getFirst() + lthrow <= houseWidth.getLast()){
         larryScore++;
       }
     }

    for(Integer rthrow: robThrows){
       if(treeDistance.getLast() + rthrow >= houseWidth.getFirst() &&
          treeDistance.getLast() + rthrow <= houseWidth.getLast()){
         robScore++;
       }
     }

    result.setFirst(larryScore);
    result.setLast(robScore);

    return result;
  }

  public static void main(String[] args){
    Pair houseWidth = new Pair(7, 11);
    Pair treeDistance = new Pair(5, 15);

    List<Integer> larryThrows = Arrays.asList(-2, 2, 1);
    List<Integer> robThrows = Arrays.asList(5, -6);

    Pair result = new AppleOrangeScorer().score(houseWidth, treeDistance, larryThrows, robThrows);

    assert 1 == result.getFirst();
    assert 1 == result.getLast();
  }

}

Pair is just a POJO for containing first and last values.

This solution kind is O(N) since the algorithm performance will grow linearly and in direct proportion to the size of the input data set.

Let’s consider the Java 8 version using lambda

import java.util.List;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;

public class AppleOrangeScorer {

  private Pair score(
      Pair houseWidth,
      Pair treeDistance,
      List<Integer>larryThrows,
      List<Integer>robThrows){

    Pair result = new Pair();

   Long larryScore = larryThrows.stream().filter(it -> treeDistance.getFirst() + it >= houseWidth.getFirst() && treeDistance.getFirst() + it <= houseWidth.getLast()).count();
   Long robScore = robThrows.stream().filter(it -> treeDistance.getLast() + it >= houseWidth.getFirst() && treeDistance.getLast() + it <= houseWidth.getLast()).count();

    result.setFirst(larryScore.intValue());
    result.setLast(robScore.intValue());

    return result;
  }

  public static void main(String[] args){
    Pair houseWidth = new Pair(7, 11);
    Pair treeDistance = new Pair(5, 15);

    List<Integer> larryThrows = Arrays.asList(-2, 2, 1);
    List<Integer> robThrows = Arrays.asList(5, -6);

    Pair result = new AppleOrangeScorer().score(houseWidth, treeDistance, larryThrows, robThrows);

    assert 1 == result.getFirst();
    assert 1 == result.getLast();
  }

}

To Download the code:

git clone https://github.com/josdem/algorithms-workshop.git
cd apple_orange

To run the code:

javac AppleOrangeScorer.java
java -ea AppleOrangeScorer

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