Mahabalipuram - A seventh century Marvel

Situated along the coast of Bay of Bengal, Mahabalipuram Temple is really a marvel.

Ratha Temples (Temples in  the shape of Chariots)

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Next, you have to select if you want to hire people or need work. Just check “I want to Work” and click on Continue button.

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Sell stock photos

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Working in oDesk

Upwork.com (formerly oDesk) offers the world’s largest, most comprehensive and fastest-growing online workplace. (please contact online support before registering on this website.)

Click on “Sign up” link at the top right corner of the website. This will lead you to a screen like below.

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 To fill up the registration form, you will be asked to provide a unique username to identify you on your system. 
You need to provide a valid e-mail address. Also you have to create a password which should be a combination of letters and numeric.
Click on “Get Started” button to complete the registration. You will be redirected to a screen like below.

You see the box in yellow on that page? First step is to “Verify your E-mail”. By this time you should have received an e-mail from ODesk team
 in the address you provided. Go to your mailbox. E-mail we received is shown below.

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We are here to complete our profile, so we can use second menu bar, click on “Edit Account Details”  from the drop down menu obtained after clicking 'Profile'.

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Code Challenge Solutions 4

1. Hanyu’s Kung Fu Match

Hanyu is glad as his academy of martial arts is chosen to present a warm-up match of Kung Fu at the inaugural ceremony of the Rio Olympics. 

There are 'n' Kung Fu fighters in Hanyu’s academy. 

Hanyu is very particular in selecting two fierce Kung Fu fighters from his academy who are going to put up a thrilling close competitive performance at the ceremony. 

  

For this purpose, he fetches the details of the winning points of all 'n' fighters in his academy and stores it in an array. 

He should now select the two fighters who have scored almost the same win percentages so far, as they would make the audience exhilarating till the end.  

  

Your aim is to help Hanyu find the difference in win percentages between two fighters chosen for the warm-up match. 

                                

Examples: 

Input  :  If n = 4 and winPoints[] = {30,5,20,9} 

Output :  4 

Input Format: 

The first line of the input consists of an integer n, which corresponds to the number of fighters in Hanyu’s academy. Assume that the maximum number of input elements in the array is 50. 

The next 'n' lines in the input corresponding to the winning points of each of the fighter. 

Output Format: 

The output is an integer – difference between two fighters chosen for the warm-up match. 

Refer sample input and output for formatting specifications. 

Sample Input1: 

6 

1 

5 

3 

19 

18 

25 

Sample Output1: 

1 

Program

#include<stdio.h>

#include<stdlib.h>

int main()

{

int i,j,n,diff,d;

int a[100];

scanf("%d",&n);

for(i=0;i<n;i++)

{

scanf("%d",&a[i]);

}

diff=abs(a[0]-a[1]);

for(i=0;i<n-1;i++)

for(j=i+1;j<n;j++)

{

d=abs(a[i]-a[j]);

if(d<diff)

diff=d;

}

printf("%d",diff);

return 0;

}

2. Bhageera And Mowgli

Mowgli Bagheera is teaching mathematics to Mowgli. He has given N integer numbers to Mowgli and asked him “What is the sum of these N numbers?”Mowgli told him that he is not good in numbers yet and he can’t perform this addition operation but if Bagheera allow him to convert each integer into its nearest 10’s multiple, he can tell the sum of those given numbers. For e.g. if the last digit of the number is 5 or more than 5, he will convert it into nearest 10’s multiple that is greater than the given number. If last digit is less than 5, he will convert it into nearest 10’s multiple that is less than the number. After that he will count the sum of all these numbers and tell Bagheera.  Input Format:  First input is an integer N>=0 which is number of elements given. Next input is an array which will hold N number.  Output Format:  Output is also an integer which will hold the sum.  [All text in bold corresponds to input and the rest corresponds to output] Sample Input and Output:  5 11   16   15   24   4 70

Program:

#include <Stdio.h>
#include <conio.h>
main()
{
   int n,u,i,arr[100];
   int sum=0,temp=0;
   scanf ("%d", &n) ;
   for(i=0;i<n;i++)
   {
       scanf("%d", &arr[i]);
   }

   for(i=0;i<n;i++)
   {
       u = arr[i] % 10;
       if(u>=5)
       {
           temp=arr[i]+(10-u);
       }
       else{
        temp=arr[i]-u;
       }
       sum+=temp;
   }
   printf("\n%d",sum);
   return 0;

}

Code Challenge Solutions 3

1. Mahirl and Educational Fair

To make her Event Management company “Amphi Events and Decors” popular among the younger generation, Mahirl planned to conduct “The Great India Education Fair’. This Fair has proved to be a strong and cost-effective marketing platform for the Universities, Colleges, Schools and Education Institutions to reach out very cost-effectively to a larger number of parents and students.

              

There are many popular magazines that review these kinds of educational fairs and rate them.

They rate the fair as “Good” if the total number of people attending the fair is greater than 7000.

They rate the fair as “Outstanding” if both the number of parents attending the fair and the number of students attending the fair is at least 5000. However, if the number of students attending the fair is at least double the number of parents attending the fair, they rate the fair as “Great”.

If the total number of people attending the fair is less than 7001, they rate the fair as “Bad”.

Can you please help them in rating the fair?

Input Format:

Input consists of integers. The first integer corresponds to the number of parents who have attended the fair. The second integer corresponds to the number of students who have attended the fair.

Output Format:

The output consists of a string --- “Bad” or “Good” or “Outstanding” or “Great” or “Invalid Input”.

If any of the 2 input integers are negative, print “Invalid Input”.

Sample Input :

6000

5600

Sample Output :

Outstanding

Program:

#include<stdio.h>

int main()

{

int s,p;

scanf("%d%d",&p,&s);

if((s>=0)&&(p>=0))

{

if(s>=(2*p))

printf("Great");

else if(s>=5000&&p>=5000)

printf("Outstanding");

else if((p+s)>=7000)

printf("Good");

else

printf("Bad");

}

else

printf("Invalid Input");

return 0;

}

2. Watermelon Problem

[A variation of Code Forces Problem]

 

One hot summer day Peter and his friend Billy decided to buy a watermelon. They chose the biggest and the ripest one, in their opinion. After that, the watermelon was weighed, and the scales showed w kilos. They rushed home, dying of thirst, and decided to divide the berry, however they faced a hard problem.

 

Peter and Billy are great fans of even numbers, that's why they want to divide the watermelon in such a way that each of the two parts weighs the even number of kilos, at the same time it is not obligatory that the parts are equal. But the difference between the 2 parts should be minimal. The boys are extremely tired and want to start their meal as soon as possible, that's why you should help them and find out if they can divide the watermelon in the way they want. For sure, each of them should get a part of the positive weight.

 

Input Format

The first (and the only) input line contains integer number w (1 = w = 100) — the weight of the watermelon bought by the boys.

 

Output Format

If the input value is not within the range, print "Invalid Input".

In the first line of the output, print YES, if the boys can divide the watermelon into two parts, each of them weighing an even number of kilos; and NO in the opposite case.

If the first line of the output is YES, the next line of the output consists of 2 integers separated by a space. In case of distinct integers, the smallest number should appear first.

 

Sample Input 1

8

 

Sample Output 1

YES

4 4

 

Sample Input 2

11

 

Sample Output 2

NO

 

Sample Input 3

124

 

Sample Output 3

Invalid Input

Program:

#include <stdio.h>

#include <stdlib.h>

int main()

{

    int w,c;

    scanf("%d",&w);

    if((w>=1)&&(w<=100))

    {

        if(w%4==0)

        {

            c=w/2;

            printf("YES");

            printf("\n%d%d",c,c);

        }

        else if(w%2==0)

        {

            c=w/2;

            printf("YES");

            printf("\n%d%d",c+1,c-1);

        }

        else{printf("NO");}

    }

    else

    {

      printf("Invalid Input\n");

    }

    return 0;

}

Code Challenge Solutions 1:

https://blogsonindia.blogspot.com/2017/11/code-challenge-solutions.html

Code Challenge Solutions 2

https://blogsonindia.blogspot.com/2017/11/code-challenge-solutions-2.html

Code Challenge Solutions 2

1. Emily’s Lucky Awards

Madam Emily often conducts surprise tests for her ‘n’ kids. 

That day too it was a shocking surprise for the kids as Emily announced it no sooner the kids were back from their vacation. 

Evaluating the performances of the kids Emily found the overall result to be very inconsistent as there were positive as well negative scores from the kids. 

However Emily wished to give away lucky awards to the kids in a means to motivate them. She is much fond of number ‘f’. But she couldn’t find any student among ‘n’ students who has scored f marks. 

Hence she decided to give away the awards to the pair of students whose scores sum is f. 

Examples: 

Input  :  If n = 4, scores[] = {1, 5, 7, -1} and Emily’s fond number f = 6. 

Output :  2 

Pair with sum 6 are (1, 5) and (7, -1) 

Let us help Emily determine those pairs of scores.  

  

Input Format: 

The first line of the input consists of an integer, n that corresponds to the number of kids. Assume that the maximum number of input elements in the array is 50. 

The next 'n' lines in the input consists of an integer, which correspond to the scores of kids. 

The next line of the input consists of an integer f, which corresponds to Emily’s fond number. 

Output Format: 

Output is an integer – number of pairs whose sum is equal to fond number. 

Refer sample input and output for formatting specifications. 

Sample Input1: 

5 

1 

5 

7 

-1 

5 

6 

Sample Output1: 

3 

  

Sample Input2: 

4 

1 

1 

1 

1 

5 

Sample Output2: 

0 

Program

#include<string.h>

#include<stdio.h>

int main()

{

int n,f,a[100],c=0,i,j;

scanf("%d",&n);

for(i=0;i<n;i++)

{

scanf("%d",&a[i]);

}

scanf("%d",&f);

for(i=1;i<n;i++)

{

for(j=1;j<n;j++)

{

if((a[i]+a[j])==f)

{

c++;

}

}}

printf("%d",c);

return 0;

}

2. Special Name Problem

Arvind believes in Numerology a lot and when his first child was born, he consulted the leading numerologist in the city about selecting a name for his child. The numerologist suggested that the name that would be lucky for his child should have the following characteristics --- It should not start with a vowel and it should not end with a vowel and it should contain exactly 1 vowel.

Can you help Arvind in shortlisting the names for his child?

Assume that the maximum length of the name is 30.

Input and Output Format:

Input consists of a string that corresponds to one of the names.

The output consists of a single string that is either yes or no. Output yes if the name can be shortlisted based on the suggested criteria.

Sample Input 1:

Sam

Sample Output 1:

yes

Sample Input 2:

Bame

Sample Output 2:

no

Program

#include<string.h>

#include<stdio.h>

int main()

{

int l,i,a=0;

char name[30];

scanf("%s",name);

l=strlen(name);

for(i=1;i<l-1;i++)

{

if((name[i]=='a')||(name[i]=='e')||(name[i]=='i')||(name[i]=='o')||(name[i]=='u'))

{

a++;

}

}

if((name[0]=='a')||(name[0]=='e')||(name[0]=='i')||(name[0]=='o')||(name[0]=='u'))

printf("\nno");

else if((name[l-1]=='a')||(name[l-1]=='e')||(name[l-1]=='i')||(name[l-1]=='o')||(name[l-1]=='u'))

printf("\nno");

else

if(a==1)

printf("\nyes");

else

printf("\nno");

return 0;

}

More Code challenge Problems and solutions:

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