Fayimora: Good luck to whoever is participating! Buzz me on twitter if you make it to the final round.

WhiZTiM:
hmn... Wish I could participate, but my semester exams wouldnt let me... Two questions...

lordZOUGA:
but this does not exactly qualify as an excuse.

Javanian:
: Please i heard you are given just 5 minutes for the first round, is it true?

WhiZTiM:
hmn... Wish I could participate, but my semester exams wouldnt let me... Two questions...
1. Why wouldn't you participate??
2. Why should you be contacted on twitter if any Nairalander makes it to the finals? (... I hope its either a job offer or extra reward!)

1. I'm very very busy. Where I work, you never have the time for stuffs like these... It's practically a waste of time!
2. Job offer, maybe but highly unlikely considering you might not be willing to re-locate. Nevertheless, the finals are in England(btw Google's offices at LDN are great! ), I'll like to meet whoever makes it . I don't mind gaining a few more geeky/nerdy friends.

Also, why would I stress myself when the finals are in LDN? lol. I *might* have attempted if it was ...... Zurich?

Otuabaroku: @ Fayimora, I thought you were based in England. Why would you want to attend the event if it was based in Zurich but not England?

Because I love traveling

naija_swag: Feeble minds. Humans are always in a habit of making excuses for their shortcomings. If your shallow minds cannot contend with strong reasoning, stop making silly excuses.

Fayimora:
Hmmm ........ if you were referring to me then you really have no idea what I do.

Fayimora:
btw Google's offices at LDN are great.

import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;

public class Googlechan {
    static char[] keys={' ','a','b','c','d','e','f','g','h','i','j','k','l','m','n','o','p','q','r','s','t','u','v','w','x','y','z'};
    static char[] values={' ','y','h','e','s','o','c','v','x','d','u','i','g','l','b','k','r','z','t','n','w','j','p','f','m','a','q'};
    static Map<Character,Character> Translator;
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception{
       
        Map<Integer,ArrayList<String>> output = new LinkedHashMap<Integer,ArrayList<String>>();
        BufferedWriter fileout = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter("E:/output1.txt");
        BufferedReader file = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("E:/input123.txt");
         
        String dataset;
        int cnt=1;
        
        puplateTranslator(keys,values);
        while((dataset=file.readLine())!=null){
           
            ArrayList<String> outans = new ArrayList<String>();
           char[] data=dataset.toCharArray();
           StringBuilder temp = new StringBuilder();
            for(int i=0;i<data.length;i++)
            {
               
                         
                         temp.append(Translator.get(data[i]));
                     
            }
             outans.add(temp.toString());
            output.put(cnt,outans);
            cnt++;
            
        }
        
         for(Integer key:output.keySet())
        {
            
            fileout.write("Case #"+key+":";
             fileout.write(" ";
             ArrayList<String> ans=output.get(key);
             
             if(ans!=null){
                 for(String val:ans)
                 {
                    
                  fileout.write(val);
                 }
                
                 fileout.newLine(); 
             }
            
            
            
        }
       fileout.close();  
   
    
    }
       
       
     public static void puplateTranslator(char[] keys,char[] values){
         Translator=new LinkedHashMap<Character,Character>();
         for(int i=0;i<keys.length;i++)
         {
             Translator.put(keys[i],values[i]);
         }
         
     }
        
    }

Otuabaroku:

public class Googlechan {
    static char[] keys={' ','a','b','c','d','e','f','g','h','i','j','k','l','m','n','o','p','q','r','s','t','u','v','w','x','y','z'};
    static char[] values={' ','y','h','e','s','o','c','v','x','d','u','i','g','l','b','k','r','z','t','n','w','j','p','f','m','a','q'};
    static Map<Character,Character> Translator;
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception{
       
        Map<Integer,ArrayList<String>> output = new HashMap<Integer,ArrayList<String>>();
        BufferedWriter fileout = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter("E:/output13.txt");
        BufferedReader file = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("E:/input12.txt");
        String dataset;
        int cnt=1;
        
        puplateTranslator(keys,values);
        while((dataset=file.readLine())!=null){
            ArrayList<String> outans = new ArrayList<String>();
           String[] data=dataset.split(" ";
            for(int i=0;i<data.length;i++)
            {
               
               String tempans =data[i];
                if(tempans!=null)
                 {
                     StringBuilder temp = new StringBuilder();
                     for(int j=0;j<tempans.length();j++)
                     {
                         char ian=tempans.charAt(j);
                         temp.append(Translator.get(ian));
                     }
                      outans.add(temp.toString());
                 }
            
            
            }
            output.put(cnt,outans);
            cnt++;
        }
        
        for(Integer key:output.keySet())
        {
            
            
            
            System.out.print("Case #"+key+":";
             fileout.write("Case #"+key+":";
             ArrayList<String> ans=output.get(key);
             
             if(ans!=null){
                 for(String val:ans)
                 {
                     int k=0;
                     
                     
                         
                      if( k%2!=0)
                     {
                        
                         
                         System.out.print(val);
                         fileout.write(val);
                     }
                     else
                     {   
                       
                         System.out.print(" ";
                        System.out.print(val); 
                         fileout.write(" ";
                         fileout.write(val);
                         
                     
                     }
                    k++;      
                        
                 }
                
             System.out.println();
             fileout.newLine(); 
             }
            
            
            
        }
       fileout.close();  
   
    
    }
       
     public static void puplateTranslator(char[] keys,char[] values){
         Translator=new HashMap<Character,Character>();
         for(int i=0;i<keys.length;i++)
         {
             Translator.put(keys[i],values[i]);
         }
         
     }
        
    }

import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;

public class CreditService {
    
    static Map<Integer,ArrayList<Integer>> result = new LinkedHashMap<Integer,ArrayList<Integer>>();
    
public static ArrayList<Integer> two_sum_problem(int arr[], int sum) {
              ArrayList<Integer> anstemp = new ArrayList<Integer>();
	       
		for (int i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
			int lookFor = sum - arr[i];
                        int index;
                        boolean status=false;
                        for(int j=0;j<arr.length;j++)
                        {
                         if(lookFor==arr[j]){
                             if(i==j)
                             {
                                 index=j+1;
                             }
                             index=j;
                              anstemp.add((i+1));
                             anstemp.add((index+1));
                                status=true; 
                               
                                     }
                        }
			
			    
                        if(status)     
                        break;   
			}
                       
		
                return anstemp;
	}
    
    
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception{
       BufferedWriter output=new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter("E:/output13.txt"); 
        Scanner file = new Scanner(new FileReader("E:/input123.txt");
        int cnt=0;
        int cnt2 =file.nextInt();
        while(cnt<cnt2)
        {
            int sum=file.nextInt();
           
            int datainterator =file.nextInt();
           
            int[] dataset = new int[datainterator];
            for(int i=0;i<datainterator;i++)
            {
                dataset[i]=file.nextInt();
                System.out.print(dataset[i]);
            }
            System.out.println();
            ArrayList<Integer> temp = two_sum_problem(dataset,sum);
            result.put((cnt+1), temp);
            System.out.println(temp);
            cnt++;
        }
      
        for (Integer currKey : result.keySet()) {
            
          

            
      System.out.print("Case #"+currKey+":";
        output.write("Case #"+currKey+":";


            ArrayList<Integer>  diffMapValue = result.get(currKey);
              for(Integer val:diffMapValue)
              {
                  int cnt1=0;
                  if(cnt1%2!=0)
                  {
                     
                      System.out.print(val);
                      output.write(String.valueOf(val));
                  }
                  else{
                       System.out.print("  ";
                  System.out.print(val);
                   output.write(" ";
                     output.write(String.valueOf(val));
                  
                  }
                  cnt1++;
              }
              System.out.println();
               output.newLine();
    }
 output.close();
    }
}

import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
public class Anotherone {
    static char[] keys={' ','a','b','c','d','e','f','g','h','i','j','k','l','m','n','o','p','q','r','s','t','u','v','w','x','y','z'};
static String[] values={"0","2","22","222","3","33","333","4","44","444","5","55","555","6","66","666","7","77","777","7777","8","88","888","9","99","999","9999"};
static char[] seta={'a','b','c','d','e','f','g','h','i','j','k','l','m','n','o','p','q','r','s','t','u','v','w','x','y','z'};    
static int[]  valueset={2,2,2,3,3,3,4,4,4,5,5,5,6,6,6,7,7,7,7,8,8,8,9,9,9,9};
static Map<Character,String> Translator;
static Map<Character,Integer> Translator2;
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception{
       
        Map<Integer,ArrayList<String>> output = new LinkedHashMap<Integer,ArrayList<String>>();
        BufferedWriter fileout = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter("E:/output1.txt");
        BufferedReader file = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("E:/input123.txt");
         
        String dataset;
        int cnt=1;
        
        puplateTranslator(keys,values);
         puplateTranslator2(seta, valueset);
        
         
        while((dataset=file.readLine())!=null){
           
            ArrayList<String> outans = new ArrayList<String>();
           char[] data=dataset.toCharArray();
           StringBuilder temp = new StringBuilder();
            for(int i=0;i<data.length;i++)
            {
               
                         if(i>0&&(Translator2.get(data[i])==Translator2.get(data[i-1])))
                         {
                             
                             
                                 temp.append(" ";
                                 temp.append(Translator.get(data[i]));
                                 continue;
                             
                         }
                         temp.append(Translator.get(data[i]));
                     
                     
                 
            
            
            }
             outans.add(temp.toString());
            output.put(cnt,outans);
            cnt++;
            
        }
        
        for(Integer key:output.keySet())
        {
            
            
            
            System.out.print("Case #"+key+":";
            System.out.print(" ";
             fileout.write("Case #"+key+":";
             fileout.write(" ";
             ArrayList<String> ans=output.get(key);
             
             if(ans!=null){
                 for(String val:ans)
                 {
                    
                        
                         
                         System.out.print(val);
                         fileout.write(val);
                         
                        
                 }
                
             System.out.println();
             fileout.newLine(); 
             }
            
            
            
        }
       fileout.close();  
   
    
    }
       
     public static void puplateTranslator(char[] keys,String[] values){
         Translator=new LinkedHashMap<Character,String>();
         for(int i=0;i<keys.length;i++)
         {
             Translator.put(keys[i],values[i]);
         }
         
     }
     
      public static void puplateTranslator2(char[] keys, int[] values){
         Translator2=new LinkedHashMap<Character,Integer>();
         for(int i=0;i<keys.length;i++)
         {
             Translator2.put(keys[i],values[i]);
         }
         
     }
        
    }

Otuabaroku: I tried solving the last qualifying google codejam for 2012 at the link http://code.google.com/codejam/contest/1460488/dashboard.

My java solution for the challenge is thus:

..............................

The model solution provided by google in python was so portable that I'm asking my fellow Java developer is there a similar data structure in java to replicate same? The link to the question and the model solution is http://code.google.com/codejam/contest/1460488/dashboard. Thanks in anticipation.

Here is mine

Code is on Gist
Raw link: https://gist.github.com/fayimora/5330382

The actual solution is on lines 12 - 17

translate_to_english = {
    ' ': ' ', 'a': 'y', 'b': 'h', 'c': 'e', 'd': 's',
    'e': 'o', 'f': 'c', 'g': 'v', 'h': 'x', 'i': 'd',
    'j': 'u', 'k': 'i', 'l': 'g', 'm': 'l', 'n': 'b',
    'o': 'k', 'p': 'r', 'q': 'z', 'r': 't', 's': 'n',
    't': 'w', 'u': 'j', 'v': 'p', 'w': 'f', 'x': 'm',
    'y': 'a', 'z': 'q'}

for tc in xrange(1, int(raw_input()) + 1):
  english = ''.join(
      [translate_to_english[ch] for ch in raw_input()])
  print 'Case #%d: %s' % (tc, english)

Otuabaroku: I used hashmap in my implementation too. The link to the You received credit is http://code.google.com/codejam/contest/351101/dashboard#s=p0

naija_swag: The important thing is to have an efficient code.

Sorry but when it comes to competitions like codejam, that's very wrong! The most important thing is to have a solution .

Fayimora:

Sorry but when it comes to competitions like codejam, that's very wrong! The most important thing is to have a solution .

naija_swag:

FYI the qualification round starts today. Go and post nonsense code that is correct but takes hours to run and expect to get to the next round.

lordZOUGA:
you are bitter