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How can I calculate the number of moves made between the stacks?

In my current assignment I'm supposed to move elements between three stacks. I have one more method to write: getNumberOfMoves() and it should calculate the number of moves made between the stacks.
I want to add a calculator of some sort but the assignment says that I should write a more specific method for this. Any suggestions for how one can calculate the number of moves using a method?
Also, I'm having trouble with the method move(). I'm supposed to use push() and pop() from the other class. I did some just too see what happens, see code below, but I think I'm supposed to do it with recursion. So the base cases then should be that if the first stack 'from' only contains one element, then this should be moved directly to 'to', otherwise the last element should be moved to the 'help' stack and then to 'to'.
But, the question is, if I'm doing it recursively, shouldn't I be calling the method within the method? Then how am I supposed to use pop() and push()?
Thanks in advice!
public class StackPlay {
/**
* Returns the current number of times an element has been moved
* #return the number of moves
*/
public static long getNumberOfMoves() {
}
public static void move(myStack from,
myStack to,
myStack help,
int n) {
help.push(from.pop());
to.push(help.pop());
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
int size = 3;
myStack from = new myStack(size);
myStack to = new myStack();
myStack help = new myStack();
System.out.println("Start state");
System.out.println(" From: " + from);
System.out.println(" To: " + to);
System.out.println(" Help: " + help);
System.out.println(" Number of moves: " + getNumberOfMoves());
move(from, to, help, size);
System.out.println("End state");
System.out.println(" From: " + from);
System.out.println(" To: " + to);
System.out.println(" Help: " + help);
System.out.println(" Number of moves: " + getNumberOfMoves());
}
}
and separate class:
public class myStack {
private ArrayList<Integer> specStack;
public myStack() {
specStack = new ArrayList<Integer>();
}
public myStack(int n) {
this.specStack = new ArrayList<Integer>(n);
int i;
for (i=0; i<n; i++) {
specStack.add(i, n-i);
}
}
public void push(int x) {
if (specStack.size() == 0) {
specStack.add(x);
}
else if (x > specStack.get(specStack.size() -1)) {
throw new RuntimeException("Number too high");
}
else {
specStack.add(x);
}
}
public int pop() {
if (specStack.size() == 0) {
throw new RuntimeException("Empty stack");
}
else {
int length = specStack.size() -1;
int topEl = specStack.get(length);
specStack.remove(length);
return topEl;
}
}
public String toString() {
String arrList = "[";
int i;
for (i = 0; i < specStack.size(); i++) {
if (i == specStack.size() -1) {
arrList = arrList + specStack.get(i);
}
else {
arrList = arrList + specStack.get(i) + ",";}
}
arrList = arrList + "]";
return arrList;
}
}

Sort objects highest-lowest in Java with ArrayList?

Write a method to return the Toy that occurs in the list most frequent and another method to sort the toys by count.
This is my code
import java.util.ArrayList;
public class ToyStore {
private ArrayList<Toy> toyList;
public ToyStore() {
}
public void loadToys(String toys) {
toyList = new ArrayList<Toy>();
for (String item : toys.split(" ")) {
Toy t = getThatToy(item);
if (t == null) {
toyList.add(new Toy(item));
} else {
t.setCount(t.getCount() + 1);
}
}
}
public Toy getThatToy(String nm) {
for (Toy item : toyList) {
if (item.getName().equals(nm)) {
return item;
}
}
return null;
}
public String getMostFrequentToy() {
int position = 0;
int maximum = Integer.MIN_VALUE;
for (int i = toyList.size() - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
if (toyList.get(i).getCount() > maximum)
maximum = toyList.get(i).getCount();
position = i;
}
return toyList.get(position).getName();
}
public void sortToysByCount() {
ArrayList<Toy> t = new ArrayList<Toy>();
int count = 0;
int size = toyList.size();
for (int i = size; i > 0; i--) {
t.add(new Toy(getMostFrequentToy()));
t.get(count).setCount(getThatToy(getMostFrequentToy()).getCount());
toyList.remove(getThatToy(getMostFrequentToy()));
count++;
}
toyList = t;
}
public String toString() {
return toyList + "" + "\n" + "max == " + getMostFrequentToy();
}
}
Here is the method I care about
public void sortToysByCount() {
ArrayList<Toy> t = new ArrayList<Toy>();
int count = 0;
int size = toyList.size();
for (int i = size; i > 0; i--) {
t.add(new Toy(getMostFrequentToy()));
t.get(count).setCount(getThatToy(getMostFrequentToy()).getCount());
toyList.remove(getThatToy(getMostFrequentToy()));
count++;
}
toyList = t;
}
Here is my output
[sorry 4, bat 1, train 2, teddy 2, ball 2]
Here is what I want
[sorry 4, train 2, teddy 2, ball 2, bat 1];
What is wrong in my code? How do I do it?

The problem is in your getMostFrequentToy() method:
Replace
if (toyList.get(i).getCount() > maximum)
maximum = toyList.get(i).getCount();
position = i;
with
if (toyList.get(i).getCount() > maximum) {
maximum = toyList.get(i).getCount();
position = i;
}
because you want to get the position that corresponds to that maximum.

You have some in-efficiencies in your code. Every single time you call getMostFrequentToy(), you are iterating over the whole list, which may be fine as you are constantly removing objects, but you really don't need to make new Toy objects for those that already exist in the list.
So, this is "better", but still not sure you need to getThatToy when you should already know which one is the most frequent.
String frequent;
for (int i = size; i > 0; i--) {
frequent = getMostFrequentToy();
t.add(new Toy(frequent));
t.get(count).setCount(getThatToy(frequent).getCount());
toyList.remove(getThatToy(frequent));
count++;
}
Anyways, I think the instructions asked you to return the Toy object, not its name.
It's quite simple, just keep track of the max count.
public Toy getMostFrequentToy() {
Toy mostFrequent = null;
int maximum = Integer.MIN_VALUE;
for (Toy t : toyList) {
if (t.getCount() > maximum)
mostFrequent = t;
}
return t;
}
Now, the above code can become
public void sortToysByCount() {
ArrayList<Toy> t = new ArrayList<Toy>();
// int count = 0;
int size = toyList.size();
Toy frequent;
for (int i = size; i > 0; i--) {
frequent = getMostFrequentToy();
t.add(frequent);
// t.get(count).setCount(frequent.getCount()); // Not sure about this
toyList.remove(frequent);
// count++;
}
toyList.clear();
toyList.addAll(t);
}
Realistically, though, when you want to sort, you really should see how to create a Comparator for your Toy objects.

Sequential search does not work as expected

I have written a program which takes the words the user have entered, with a button press, and puts them in an ArrayList. There is also another text field where the user can enter a letter or word, for which the user can search for in the ArrayList with another button press. I'm using a sequential search algorithm to accomplish this, but it does not work as I expect it to; If the searched word is found, the search function should return, and print out in a textArea that the word was found and where in the array it was found. This works, but only for the first search. If the word is not found, the function should print out that the word was not found. This works as I want it to.
The problem is that after I searched for one word, and it displays where in the ArrayList this can be found, nothing happens when I press the button after that, whether the entered letter/word is in the array or not. It's like the string that the text gets stored isn't changing. I don't understand why... Here below is the custom Class of the search function and then my Main class:
public class Search {
static private int i;
static String index;
static boolean found = false;
public static String sequencial (ArrayList<String> list, String user) {
for (int i = 0; i < list.size(); i++) {
if (list.get(i).equals(user)) {
index = "The word " + user + " exist on the place " + i + " in the Arraylist";
found = true;
}
}
if (!found) {
index = "The word " + user + " could not be found";
}
return index;
}
My Main class:
ArrayList<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();
ArrayList<String> s = new ArrayList<String>();
private void btnAddActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
// TODO add your handling code here:
txtaOutput.setText("");
String word = txtfAdd.getText();
list.add(word);
for (int i = 0; i < list.size(); i++) {
txtaOutput.append("" + list.get(i) + "\n");
}
}
private void btnSearchActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
// TODO add your handling code here:
String user = txtfSearch.getText();
txtaOutput.setText("");
String index = Search.sequencial(list, user);
txtaOutput.setText("" + index);
}
Any help is appreciated!

The problem is that you declared your found variable as static. When your first word is found, it is set to true, and nothing ever sets it back to false. Instead of making it a static variable, declare it as a local variable inside your sequencial (it's spelled sequential, by the way) function, just before the for-loop.
In fact, all the variables you've declared as static should be made local. Declaring static variables is never a good idea.

As said by other users:
There is the List#indexOf(Object) method. You should use that instead of reinventing the wheel (unless you need to, and in that case you might have a look at the ArrayList implementation). There are also other collections, like HashSet which are more apropiate for looking up, but i guess that is another history.
The scope and the names of the variables (i, index, found) is error-prone. Do other methods or even classes need to have access to those variables? If you need to keep those variables, you might want to choose a visibility (public,protected,private). "index" is a misleading choice of a name for a message.
This would be an slightly simplified/corrected version of your code:
// Ommit those unneeded static variables
public static String sequencial (ArrayList<String> list, String user) {
int indexFound = list.indexOf(user);
if (user >= 0) {
return "The word " + user + " exist on the place " + indexFound + " in the Arraylist";
} else {
return "The word " + user + " could not be found";
}
}
...
private void btnSearchActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
String user = txtfSearch.getText();
// txtaOutput.setText("");
String seqMessage = sequencial(list, user);
txtaOutput.setText(seqMessage);
}

We use the static properties when you would like to use the constants. You should not use the static properties here. The problem will happen when your found property is changed the first time, it will not be changed again. And from that time, it will always be true. Similar with index property. Here is the code you can fix this:
public class Search {
public static SearchResult sequencial (ArrayList<String> list, String user) {
SearchResult result = null;
for (int i = 0; i < list.size(); i++) {
if (list.get(i).equals(user)) {
String index = "The word " + user + " exist on the place " + i + " in the Arraylist";
boolean found = true;
result = new SearchResult(index, found);
break;
}
}
if (result == null) {
String index = "The word " + user + " could not be found";
result = new SearchResult(index);
}
return result;
}
//sample inner class
static class SearchResult {
private String index;
private boolean found;
public SearchResult(String index) {
this.index = index;
}
public SearchResult(String index, boolean found) {
this.index = index;
this.found = found;
}
public String getIndex() {
return index;
}
public void setIndex(String index) {
this.index = index;
}
public boolean isFound() {
return found;
}
public void setFound(boolean found) {
this.found = found;
}
}
}

public class SequencialSearcher {
public static int SequencialSearchInt(int[] inputArray, int key)
{
for(int i=0; i < inputArray.length ; i++)
{
if(inputArray[i] == key)
{
return i;
}
}
return -1;
}
public static int SequencialSearchString(String[] array, String key)
{
for(int i=0; i < array.length ; i++)
{
if(array[i] == key)
{
return i;
}
}
return -1;
}
public static int SequencialSearchFloat(double[] array, double key)
{
for(int i=0; i < array.length ; i++)
{
if(array[i] == key)
{
return i;
}
}
return -1;
}
public static void main (String args[])
{
//select the type of the elements of search
//1 if integers
//2 if float
//3 if string
int x = 3;
int[] array1 = {9, 0, 10, 8, 5, 4, 6, 2, 3};
double[] array2 = {9.0, 0.0, 10.0, 8.0, 5.0, 4.0, 6.0, 2.0, 3.0};
String[] array3 = {"aa","hey", "hello"};
if(x == 1){
//enter the integer you want to search for here below
int requiredValue = 5;
int result = SequencialSearchInt(array1, requiredValue);
if (result != -1)
{
System.out.println("Required Value: "+requiredValue+" found at index: "+result);
}
else
{
System.out.println("Value:"+requiredValue+" not found");
}
}
else if(x == 2)
{
//enter the double you want to search for here below
double requiredValue1 = 5.0;
int result = SequencialSearchFloat(array2, requiredValue1);
if (result != -1)
{
System.out.println("Required Value: "+requiredValue1+" found at index: "+result);
}
else
{
System.out.println("Value:"+requiredValue1+" not found");
}
}
else if(x == 3){
//enter the string you want to search for here below
String requiredValue2 = "hey";
int result = SequencialSearchString(array3, requiredValue2);
if (result != -1)
{
System.out.println("Required Value: "+requiredValue2+" found at index: "+result);
}
else
{
System.out.println("Value:"+requiredValue2+" not found");
}
}
else{
System.out.println("Error. Please select 1,2 and 3 only");
}
}
}

Mean, Median, and Mode - Newb - Java

We had a lab in Comsci I couldn't figure out. I did a lot of research on this site and others for help but they were over my head. What threw me off were the arrays. Anyway, thanks in advance. I already got my grade, just want to know how to do this :D
PS: I got mean, I just couldn't find the even numbered median and by mode I just gave up.
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Random;
public class TextLab06st
{
public static void main(String args[])
{
System.out.println("\nTextLab06\n");
System.out.print("Enter the quantity of random numbers ===>> ");
int listSize = Expo.enterInt();
System.out.println();
Statistics intList = new Statistics(listSize);
intList.randomize();
intList.computeMean();
intList.computeMedian();
intList.computeMode();
intList.displayStats();
System.out.println();
}
}
class Statistics
{
private int list[]; // the actual array of integers
private int size; // user-entered number of integers in the array
private double mean;
private double median;
private int mode;
public Statistics(int s)
{
size = s;
list = new int[size];
mean = median = mode = 0;
}
public void randomize()
{
Random rand = new Random(12345);
for (int k = 0; k < size; k++)
list[k] = rand.nextInt(31) + 1; // range of 1..31
}
public void computeMean()
{
double total=0;
for (int f = 0; f < size; f++)
{
total = total + list[f];
}
mean = total / size;
}
public void computeMedian()
{
int total2 = 0;
Arrays.sort(list);
if (size / 2 == 1)
{
// total2 =
}
else
{
total2 = size / 2;
median = list[total2];
}
}
public void computeMode()
{
// precondition: The list array has exactly 1 mode.
}
public void displayStats()
{
System.out.println(Arrays.toString(list));
System.out.println();
System.out.println("Mean: " + mean);
System.out.println("Median: " + median);
System.out.println("Mode: " + mode);
}
}

Here are two implementations for your median() and mode() methods:
public void computeMedian() {
Arrays.sort(list);
if ( (list.size & 1) == 0 ) {
// even: take the average of the two middle elements
median = (list[(size/2)-1] + list[(size/2)]) / 2;
} else {
// odd: take the middle element
median = list[size/2];
}
}
public void computeMode() {
// precondition: The list array has exactly 1 mode.
Map<Integer, Integer> values = new HashMap<Integer, Integer>();
for (int i=0; i < list.size; ++i) {
if (values.get(list[i]) == null) {
values.put(list[i], 1);
} else {
values.put(list[i], values.get(list[i])+1);
}
}
int greatestTotal = 0;
// iterate over the Map and find element with greatest occurrence
Iterator it = values.entrySet().iterator();
while (it.hasNext()) {
Map.Entry pair = (Map.Entry)it.next();
if (pair.getValue() > greatestTotal) {
mode = pair.getKey();
greatestTotal = pair.getValue();
}
it.remove();
}
}

Uva's 3n+1 problem

I'm solving Uva's 3n+1 problem and I don't get why the judge is rejecting my answer. The time limit hasn't been exceeded and the all test cases I've tried have run correctly so far.
import java.io.*;
public class NewClass{
/**
* #param args the command line arguments
*/
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
int maxCounter= 0;
int input;
int lowerBound;
int upperBound;
int counter;
int numberOfCycles;
int maxCycles= 0;
int lowerInt;
BufferedReader consoleInput = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
String line = consoleInput.readLine();
String [] splitted = line.split(" ");
lowerBound = Integer.parseInt(splitted[0]);
upperBound = Integer.parseInt(splitted[1]);
int [] recentlyused = new int[1000001];
if (lowerBound > upperBound )
{
int h = upperBound;
upperBound = lowerBound;
lowerBound = h;
}
lowerInt = lowerBound;
while (lowerBound <= upperBound)
{
counter = lowerBound;
numberOfCycles = 0;
if (recentlyused[counter] == 0)
{
while ( counter != 1 )
{
if (recentlyused[counter] != 0)
{
numberOfCycles = recentlyused[counter] + numberOfCycles;
counter = 1;
}
else
{
if (counter % 2 == 0)
{
counter = counter /2;
}
else
{
counter = 3*counter + 1;
}
numberOfCycles++;
}
}
}
else
{
numberOfCycles = recentlyused[counter] + numberOfCycles;
counter = 1;
}
recentlyused[lowerBound] = numberOfCycles;
if (numberOfCycles > maxCycles)
{
maxCycles = numberOfCycles;
}
lowerBound++;
}
System.out.println(lowerInt +" "+ upperBound+ " "+ (maxCycles+1));
}
}

Are you making sure to accept the entire input? It looks like your program terminates after reading only one line, and then processing one line. You need to be able to accept the entire sample input at once.

I faced the same problem. The following changes worked for me:
Changed the class name to Main.
Removed the public modifier from the class name.
The following code gave a compilation error:
public class Optimal_Parking_11364 {
public static void main(String[] args) {
...
}
}
Whereas after the changes, the following code was accepted:
class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) {
...
}
}
This was a very very simple program. Hopefully, the same trick will also work for more complex programs.

If I understand correctly you are using a memoizing approach. You create a table where you store full results for all the elements you have already calculated so that you do not need to re-calculate results that you already know (calculated before).
The approach itself is not wrong, but there are a couple of things you must take into account. First, the input consists of a list of pairs, you are only processing the first pair. Then, you must take care of your memoizing table limits. You are assuming that all numbers you will hit fall in the range [1...1000001), but that is not true. For the input number 999999 (first odd number below the upper limit) the first operation will turn it into 3*n+1, which is way beyond the upper limit of the memoization table.
Some other things you may want to consider are halving the memoization table and only memorize odd numbers, since you can implement the divide by two operation almost free with bit operations (and checking for even-ness is also just one bit operation).

Did you make sure that the output was in the same order specified in the input. I see where you are swapping the input if the first input was higher than the second, but you also need to make sure that you don't alter the order it appears in the input when you print the results out.
ex.
Input
10 1
Output
10 1 20

If possible Please use this Java specification : to read input lines
http://online-judge.uva.es/problemset/data/p100.java.html
I think the most important thing in UVA judge is 1) Get the output Exactly same , No Extra Lines at the end or anywhere . 2) I am assuming , Never throw exception just return or break with No output for Outside boundary parameters.
3)Output is case sensitive 4)Output Parameters should Maintain Space as shown in problem
One possible solution based on above patterns is here
https://gist.github.com/4676999
/*
Problem URL: http://uva.onlinejudge.org/index.php?option=com_onlinejudge&Itemid=8&page=show_problem&problem=36
Home>Online Judge > submission Specifications
Sample code to read input is from : http://online-judge.uva.es/problemset/data/p100.java.html
Runtime : 1.068
*/
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
class Main
{
static String ReadLn (int maxLg) // utility function to read from stdin
{
byte lin[] = new byte [maxLg];
int lg = 0, car = -1;
String line = "";
try
{
while (lg < maxLg)
{
car = System.in.read();
if ((car < 0) || (car == '\n')) break;
lin [lg++] += car;
}
}
catch (IOException e)
{
return (null);
}
if ((car < 0) && (lg == 0)) return (null); // eof
return (new String (lin, 0, lg));
}
public static void main (String args[]) // entry point from OS
{
Main myWork = new Main(); // create a dinamic instance
myWork.Begin(); // the true entry point
}
void Begin()
{
String input;
StringTokenizer idata;
int a, b,max;
while ((input = Main.ReadLn (255)) != null)
{
idata = new StringTokenizer (input);
a = Integer.parseInt (idata.nextToken());
b = Integer.parseInt (idata.nextToken());
if (a<b){
max=work(a,b);
}else{
max=work(b,a);
}
System.out.println (a + " " + b + " " +max);
}
}
int work( int a , int b){
int max=0;
for ( int i=a;i<=b;i++){
int temp=process(i);
if (temp>max) max=temp;
}
return max;
}
int process (long n){
int count=1;
while(n!=1){
count++;
if (n%2==1){
n=n*3+1;
}else{
n=n>>1;
}
}
return count;
}
}

Please consider that the integers i and j must appear in the output in the same order in which they appeared in the input, so for:
10 1
You should print
10 1 20

package pandarium.java.preparing2topcoder;/*
* Main.java
* java program model for www.programming-challenges.com
*/
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
class Main implements Runnable{
static String ReadLn(int maxLg){ // utility function to read from stdin,
// Provided by Programming-challenges, edit for style only
byte lin[] = new byte [maxLg];
int lg = 0, car = -1;
String line = "";
try
{
while (lg < maxLg)
{
car = System.in.read();
if ((car < 0) || (car == '\n')) break;
lin [lg++] += car;
}
}
catch (IOException e)
{
return (null);
}
if ((car < 0) && (lg == 0)) return (null); // eof
return (new String (lin, 0, lg));
}
public static void main(String args[]) // entry point from OS
{
Main myWork = new Main(); // Construct the bootloader
myWork.run(); // execute
}
public void run() {
new myStuff().run();
}
}
class myStuff implements Runnable{
private String input;
private StringTokenizer idata;
private List<Integer> maxes;
public void run(){
String input;
StringTokenizer idata;
int a, b,max=Integer.MIN_VALUE;
while ((input = Main.ReadLn (255)) != null)
{
max=Integer.MIN_VALUE;
maxes=new ArrayList<Integer>();
idata = new StringTokenizer (input);
a = Integer.parseInt (idata.nextToken());
b = Integer.parseInt (idata.nextToken());
System.out.println(a + " " + b + " "+max);
}
}
private static int getCyclesCount(long counter){
int cyclesCount=0;
while (counter!=1)
{
if(counter%2==0)
counter=counter>>1;
else
counter=counter*3+1;
cyclesCount++;
}
cyclesCount++;
return cyclesCount;
}
// You can insert more classes here if you want.
}

This solution gets accepted within 0.5s. I had to remove the package modifier.
import java.util.*;
public class Main {
static Map<Integer, Integer> map = new HashMap<>();
private static int f(int N) {
if (N == 1) {
return 1;
}
if (map.containsKey(N)) {
return map.get(N);
}
if (N % 2 == 0) {
N >>= 1;
map.put(N, f(N));
return 1 + map.get(N);
} else {
N = 3*N + 1;
map.put(N, f(N) );
return 1 + map.get(N);
}
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);
try {
while(scanner.hasNextLine()) {
int i = scanner.nextInt();
int j = scanner.nextInt();
int maxx = 0;
if (i <= j) {
for(int m = i; m <= j; m++) {
maxx = Math.max(Main.f(m), maxx);
}
} else {
for(int m = j; m <= i; m++) {
maxx = Math.max(Main.f(m), maxx);
}
}
System.out.println(i + " " + j + " " + maxx);
}
System.exit(0);
} catch (Exception e) {
}
}
}