Solved Problems

Output a string to the console

Write the string "Hello World!" to STDOUT
perl
print "Hello World!\n"
java
System.out.println("Hello World!");
System.out.printf("Hello World!\n");
cpp
std::cout << "Hello World" << std::endl;
std::printf("Hello World\n");
Console::WriteLine(L"Hello World");

Retrieve a string containing ampersands from the variables in a url

My PHP script first does a query to obtain customer info for a form. The form has first name and last name fields among others. The customer has put entries such as "Ron & Jean" in the first name field in the database. Then the edit form script is called with variables such as

"http://myserver.com/custinfo/edit.php?mode=view&fname=Ron & Jean&lname=Smith".

The script variable for first name $_REQUEST['firstname'] never gets beyond the "Ron" value because of the ampersand in the data.

I have tried various functions like urldecode but all to no avail. I even tried encoding the url before the view screen is painted so that the url looks like "http://myserver/custinfo/edit.php?mode=view&fname="Ronxxnbsp;xxamp;xxnbsp;Jean"&lname=SMITH". (sorry I had to add the xx to replace the ampersand or it didn't display meaningful url contents the browser sees.)

Of course this fails for the same reasons. What is a better approach?
perl
print "http://myserver.com/custinfo/edit.php"
."?fname=".urlenc('Ron & Jean')
."&lname=".urlenc('Smith');
sub urlenc{my($s)=@_;$s=~s/([^A-Za-z0-9])/sprintf("%%%02X",ord($1))/seg;$s}
java
Map<String, String> params = new HashMap<String, String>();
params.put("mode", "view");
params.put("fname", "Ron & Jean");
params.put("lname", "Smith");

StringBuilder buffer = new StringBuilder();
for (Map.Entry<String, String> entry : params.entrySet()) {
buffer.append(URLEncoder.encode(entry.getKey(), "UTF-8"))
.append("=")
.append(URLEncoder.encode(entry.getValue(), "UTF-8"));
}
System.out.println(buffer.toString());
cpp
QUrl url("http://myserver.com/custinfo/edit.php");
url.addQueryItem("mode", "view");
url.addQueryItem("fname", "Ron & Jean");
url.addQueryItem("lname", "Smith");
QByteArray encodedUrl = url.toEncoded();

Define a string containing special characters

Define the literal string "\#{'}${"}/"
perl
$special = '\#{\'}${"}/';
$special = q(\#{'}${"}/);
java
String special = "\\#{'}${\"}/";
cpp
std::string special = "\\#{'}${\"}/";
String^ special = L"\\#{'}${\"}/";

Define a multiline string

Define the string:
"This
Is
A
Multiline
String"
perl
$text = 'This
Is
A
Multiline
String';
$text = <<EOF;
This
Is
A
Multiline
String
EOF
java
String text = "This\nIs\nA\nMultiline\nString";
String text =
"This\n" +
"Is\n" +
"A\n" +
"Multiline\n" +
"String"
cpp
std::string text =
"This\n"
"Is\n"
"A\n"
"Multiline\n"
"String";
String^ text = L"This\nIs\nA\nMultiline\nString";
std::string text = "This\nIs\nA\nMultiline\nString";

Define a string containing variables and expressions

Given variables a=3 and b=4 output "3+4=7"
perl
print "$a+$b=${\($a+$b)}\n";
sprintf("%d+%d=%d", $a, $b, $a + $b);
print $a, '+', $b, '=', $a + $b;
java
System.out.println(a + "+" + b + "=" + (a+b));
System.out.printf("%d+%d=%d\n", a, b, a + b);
cpp
Console::WriteLine(L"{0}+{1}={2}", a, b, a+b);
std::printf("%d+%d=%d\n", a, b, a+b);
std::cout << boost::format("%|1|+%|1|=%|1|") % a % b % (a+b) << std::endl;

Reverse the characters in a string

Given the string "reverse me", produce the string "em esrever"
perl
$_ = reverse "reverse me"; print
java
String reverse = new StringBuffer("reverse me").reverse().toString();
String reverse = new StringBuilder("reverse me").reverse().toString();
String reverse = StringUtils.reverse("reverse me");
cpp
String^ s = "reverse me";
array<Char>^ sa = s->ToCharArray();
Array::Reverse(sa);
String^ sr = gcnew String(sa);
std::string s = "reverse me";
std::reverse(s.begin(), s.end());
std::string s = "reverse me";
std::string sr(s.rbegin(), s.rend());
std::string s = "reverse me";
std::swap_ranges(s.begin(), (s.begin() + s.size() / 2), s.rbegin());

Reverse the words in a string

Given the string "This is a end, my only friend!", produce the string "friend! only my end, the is This"
perl
$reversed = join ' ', reverse split / /, $text;
java
List list = new ArrayList();
StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer(text, " ");
while(st.hasMoreTokens()) {
list.add(0, st.nextToken());
}
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
for (Iterator iterator = list.iterator(); iterator.hasNext();) {
String word = (String) iterator.next();
sb.append(word);
if (iterator.hasNext()) {
sb.append(" ");
}
}
String reversed = sb.toString();
List<String> ls = Arrays.asList("This is the end, my only friend!".split("\\s"));
Collections.reverse(ls);
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(32); for (String s : ls) sb.append(" ").append(s);
String reversed = sb.toString().trim();
String reversed = StringUtils.reverseDelimited("This is the end, my only friend!", ' ');
cpp
array<Char>^ sep = {L' '};
array<String^>^ words =
String(L"This is the end, my only friend!").Split(sep, StringSplitOptions::RemoveEmptyEntries);

Array::Reverse(words); String^ newwords = String::Join(L" ", words);
std::string words = "This is the end, my only friend!"; std::vector<std::string> swv;

boost::split(swv, words, boost::is_any_of(" ")); std::reverse(swv.begin(), swv.end());
std::string newwords = (std::for_each(swv.begin(), swv.end(), StringTAndJ())).value();

Text wrapping

Wrap the string "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. " repeated ten times to a max width of 78 chars, starting each line with "> ", yielding this result:

> The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps
> over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The
> quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps
> over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The
> quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps
> over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The
> quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
perl
use Text::Wrap;
$text = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. ";
$Text::Wrap::columns = 73;
print wrap('> ', '> ', $text x 10);
$_ = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. " x 10;
s/(.{0,70}) /> $1\n/g;
print;
java
String prefix = "> "; String input = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.";

String[] lines = WordUtils.wrap(StringUtils.repeat(input, 10), 72 - prefix.length()).split("\n");

for (String line : lines) System.out.printf("%s%s\n", prefix, line);
cpp
String^ input = ::copies("The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. ", 10);
String^ sep = " "; String^ prefix = "> ";

String^ wrapped = textwrap(input, 74 - prefix->Length, sep, prefix);
Console::WriteLine("{0}", wrapped);
void rep(ostream &os, const string& str, int times)
{
while (times--)
os << str;
}

void wrap(ostream &os, const string& str, const string &prefix, int width)
{
int line_len = width;
bool first_word = true;

width -= prefix.size();
BOOST_FOREACH(string word, tokenizer<char_separator<char>>(str, char_separator<char>(" ")))
{
line_len += word.size();
if (line_len++ < width)
os << ' ';
else {
if (first_word)
first_word = false;
else
os << endl;
os << prefix;
line_len = word.size();
}
os << word;
}
os << endl;
}

int main()
{
stringstream input;

rep(input, "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. ", 10);
wrap(cout, input.str(), "> ", 72);
}

Remove leading and trailing whitespace from a string

Given the string "  hello    " return the string "hello".
perl
my $string = " hello ";
$string =~ s{
\A\s* # Any number of spaces at the start of the string
(.+?) # Remember any number of characters until we reach
\s*\z # any number of spaces at the end of the string
}{
$1 # Leave the characters we remembered
}x;
my $string = " hello ";
$string =~ s{\A\s*}{};
$string =~ s{\s*\z}{};

#Modification History:
# 2009-MAR-17: GGARIEPY: [creation] (geoff.gariepy@gmail.com)

$string = " hello ";
$string =~ s/^\s+|\s+$//g; # All the action happens in one regex!

# Regex Notes:
# ^ - anchors to the beginning of the string
# $ - anchors to the end of the string
# g - causes regex to match as many times as possible
# | - logical OR
java
String s = " hello "; String trimmed = s.trim();
cpp
String^ s = " hello "; String^ trimmed = s->Trim();

Simple substitution cipher

Take a string and return the ROT13 and ROT47 (Check Wikipedia) version of the string.
For example:
String is: Hello World #123
ROT13 returns: Uryyb Jbeyq #123
ROT47 returns: w6==@ (@C=5 R`ab
perl
sub rot13 {
my $str = shift;
$str =~ tr/A-Za-z/N-ZA-Mn-za-m/;
return $str;
}

sub rot47 {
my $str = shift;
$str =~ tr/!-~/P-~!-O/;
return $str;
}

my $string = 'Hello World #123';

print "$string\n";
print rot13($string)."\n";
print rot47($string)."\n";
java
CharArrayWriter rot13 = new CharArrayWriter() ;
for (char c : i ) {
char lc = Character.toLowerCase(c) ;
rot13.append( c += ( (lc >= 'a' && lc <= 'm') ? 13 : ( (lc >= 'n' && lc <= 'z') ? -13 : 0 ) )) ;
}

CharArrayWriter rot47 = new CharArrayWriter() ;
for (char c : i )
rot47.append( c += ( (c >= '!' && c <= 'O') ? 47 : ( (c >= 'P' && c <= '~') ? -47 : 0 ) )) ;
cpp
#include <algorithm>
#include <iostream>
#include <cctype>
using namespace std;

int rot13(int c) {
if (!isalpha(c)) {
return c;
} else {
char start = islower(c) ? 'a' : 'A';
return ((c - start) + 13) % 26 + start;
}
}

int rot47(int c) {
if (c < 33 || c > 126) {
return c;
} else {
return ((c - 33) + 47) % 94 + 33;
}
}

int main(int argc, char **argv) {
for (int i = 0; i < argc; ++i) {
string original = argv[i];

string rot13enc = original;
transform(original.begin(), original.end(), rot13enc.begin(), rot13);

string rot47enc = original;
transform(original.begin(), original.end(), rot47enc.begin(), rot47);

cout << "original: " << original << endl
<< "rot 13: " << rot13enc << endl
<< "rot 47: " << rot47enc << endl;
}
return 0;
}

Make a string uppercase

Transform "Space Monkey" into "SPACE MONKEY"
perl
print uc "Space Monkey"
java
String upper = text.toUpperCase();
cpp
String(L"Space Monkey").ToUpper();
std::string s = "Space Monkey";
std::transform(s.begin(), s.end(), s.begin(), std::toupper);
std::string s = "Space Monkey";
boost::to_upper(s);

Make a string lowercase

Transform "Caps ARE overRated" into "caps are overrated"
perl
print lc "Caps ARE overRated"
java
"Caps ARE overRated".toLowerCase();
cpp
std::string s = "Caps ARE overRated";
std::string sl(boost::to_lower_copy(s));
String(L"Caps ARE overRated").ToLower();

Capitalise the first letter of each word

Transform "man OF stEEL" into "Man Of Steel"
perl
$text =~ s/(\w+)/\u\L$1/g;
java
String input = "man OF stEEL";
StringTokenizer tokenizer = new StringTokenizer(input);
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
while (tokenizer.hasMoreTokens()) {
String word = tokenizer.nextToken();
sb.append(word.substring(0, 1).toUpperCase());
sb.append(word.substring(1).toLowerCase());
sb.append(' ');
}
String text = sb.toString();
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder("man OF stEEL"); String s = sb.toString();
int last = s.length() - 1;

for (int i = 0; i <= last; ++i)
if (Character.isSpaceChar(s.charAt(i)) && i < last) { ++i; sb.setCharAt(i, Character.toUpperCase(s.charAt(i))); }
else if (i == 0) sb.setCharAt(i, Character.toUpperCase(s.charAt(i)));
else sb.setCharAt(i, Character.toLowerCase(s.charAt(i)));
Matcher m = Pattern.compile("(\\w+)").matcher("man OF stEEL"); StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(32), rsb = new StringBuffer(8);

while (m.find())
{
rsb.replace(0, rsb.length(), m.group().toLowerCase()); rsb.setCharAt(0, Character.toUpperCase(rsb.charAt(0)));
m.appendReplacement(sb, rsb.toString());
}
m.appendTail(sb);
String text = WordUtils.capitalizeFully("man OF stEEL");
cpp
std::string words = "mAn OF stEEL";
std::transform(words.begin(), words.end(), words.begin(), ToCaps<>());
StringBuilder^ sb = gcnew StringBuilder(L"man OF stEEL");

for (int i = 0, isFirst = 1; i < sb->Length; ++i)
{
sb[i] = Char::IsWhiteSpace(sb[i]) ? (isFirst = 1, sb[i]) : isFirst ? (isFirst = 0, Char::ToUpper(sb[i])) : Char::ToLower(sb[i]);
}
std::string words = "mAn OF stEEL";
std::vector<std::string> swv;

boost::split(swv, words, boost::is_any_of(" "));
std::string newwords = (std::for_each(swv.begin(), swv.end(), StringTAndJ(WordToCaps))).value();

Find the distance between two points

perl
use Math::Complex;
$a = Math::Complex->make(0, 3);
$b = Math::Complex->make(4, 0);
$distance = abs($a - $b);
java
double distance = Point2D.distance(x1, y1, x2, y2);
Point2D point1 = new Point2D.Double(x1, y1);
Point2D point2 = new Point2D.Double(x2, y2);
double distance = point1.distance(point2);
double distance = Math.hypot(x2-x1, y2-y1);
cpp
Point p1 = {34, 78}, p2 = {67, -45};
double distance = ::distance(p1, p2);
Console::WriteLine("{0,3:F2}", distance);

Zero pad a number

Given the number 42, pad it to 8 characters like 00000042
perl
sprintf("%08d", 42);
java
String formatted = new DecimalFormat("00000000").format(42);
String formatted = String.format("%08d", 42);
cpp
String^ formatted = Convert::ToString(42)->PadLeft(8, '0');
String^ formatted = String::Format("{0,8:D8}", 42);
std::printf("%08d", 42);
std::ostringstream os;
os << std::setw(8) << std::setfill('0') << 42 << std::ends;
std::cout << os.str() << std::endl;
std::cout << boost::format("%|08|") % 42 << std::endl;

Right Space pad a number

Given the number 1024 right pad it to 6 characters "1024  "
perl
sprintf("%-6d", 1024);
java
private static String spaces(int spaces) {
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
for(int i=0; i<spaces; i++) {
sb.append(' ');
}
return sb.toString();
}

private static String rightPad(int number, int spaces) {
String numberString = String.valueOf(number);
return numberString + spaces(spaces - numberString.length());
}
String text = StringUtils.rightPad(String.valueOf(1024), 6)
String formatted = String.format("%-6d", 1024);
cpp
String^ formatted = Convert::ToString(1024)->PadRight(6);
String^ formatted = String::Format("{0,-6:D}", 1024);
std::printf("%-6d\n", 1024);
std::ostringstream os;
os << std::setw(6) << std::setfill(' ') << std::left << 1024 << std::ends;
std::cout << os.str() << std::endl;
std::cout << boost::format("%|-6|") % 1024 << std::endl;

Format a decimal number

Format the number 7/8 as a decimal with 2 places: 0.88
perl
sprintf("%.2f", 7/8);
java
String formatted = String.format("%3.2f", 7./8.);
cpp
String^ formatted = String::Format("{0,3:F2}", result);
Console::WriteLine("{0,3:F2}", (7. / 8.));
std::printf("%3.2f\n", result);
std::ostringstream os;
os.width(3); os.fill('0'); os.setf(std::ios::fixed|std::ios::showpoint); os.precision(2);
os << result << std::ends;
std::cout << os.str() << std::endl;
std::cout << boost::format("%|3.2f|") % result << std::endl;

Left Space pad a number

Given the number 73 left pad it to 10 characters "        73"
perl
sprintf("%10d", 73);
java
private static String spaces(int spaces) {
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
for(int i=0; i<spaces; i++) {
sb.append(' ');
}
return sb.toString();
}

private static String leftPad(int number, int spaces) {
String numberString = String.valueOf(number);
return spaces(spaces - numberString.length()) + numberString;
}
String formatted = String.format("%10d", 73);
cpp
String^ formatted = Convert::ToString(73)->PadLeft(10);
String^ formatted = String::Format("{0,10:D}", 73);
std::printf("%10d\n", 73);
std::ostringstream os;
os << std::setw(10) << std::setfill(' ') << 73 << std::ends;
std::cout << os.str() << std::endl;
std::cout << boost::format("%|10|") % 73 << std::endl;

Generate a random integer in a given range

Produce a random integer between 100 and 200 inclusive
perl
my $range = 100;
my $minimum = 100;

my $random_number = int(rand($range)) + $minimum;

print "$random_number\n";
java
Random random = new Random();
int randomInt = random.nextInt(200-100+1)+100;
cpp
Random^ rnd = gcnew Random;
int rndInt = rnd->Next(100, 201);
std::srand(std::time(NULL));

unsigned lb = 100, ub = 200;
unsigned rnd = lb + (rand() % ((ub - lb) + 1));
typedef boost::uniform_int<> Distribution;
typedef boost::mt19937 RNG;

Distribution distribution(100, 200);
RNG rng; rng.seed(std::time(NULL));
boost::variate_generator<RNG&, Distribution> generator(rng, distribution);

unsigned rnd = generator();

Generate a repeatable random number sequence

Initialise a random number generator with a seed and generate five decimal values. Reset the seed and produce the same values.
perl
srand(12345);
@list1 = map(int(rand(100)+1), (1..5));

srand(12345);
@list2 = map(int(rand(100)+1), (1..5));

print join(', ', @list1) . "\n";
print join(', ', @list2) . "\n";
java
int[] arr1 = genFillRand(new int[5], new Random(12345), 100, 200);
int[] arr2 = genFillRand(new int[5], new Random(12345), 100, 200);

for (int[] arr : new int[][]{ arr1, arr2 }) { for (int i : arr) System.out.printf("%d ", i); System.out.println(); }
cpp
void printAction(int i) { Console::Write("{0} ", i); }

array<int>^ genFillRand(array<int>^ arr, Random^ rnd, int lb, int ub)
{
for (int i = 0; i < arr->Length; ++i) arr[i] = rnd->Next(lb, ub + 1); return arr;
}

int main()
{
array<int>^ arr1 = genFillRand(gcnew array<int>(5), gcnew Random(12345), 100, 200);
array<int>^ arr2 = genFillRand(gcnew array<int>(5), gcnew Random(12345), 100, 200);

Action<int>^ print = gcnew Action<int>(printAction);
Array::ForEach<int>(arr1, print); Console::WriteLine();
Array::ForEach<int>(arr2, print); Console::WriteLine();
}
typedef boost::uniform_int<> Distribution;
typedef boost::mt19937 RNG;

Distribution distribution(100, 200);
RNG rng;
boost::variate_generator<RNG&, Distribution> generator(rng, distribution);

rng.seed(42L);
std::generate_n(std::ostream_iterator<unsigned>(std::cout, " "), 5, generator);

rng.seed(42L);
std::cout << std::endl;
std::generate_n(std::ostream_iterator<unsigned>(std::cout, " "), 5, generator);

Check if a string matches a regular expression

Display "ok" if "Hello" matches /[A-Z][a-z]+/
perl
print 'ok' if ('Hello' =~ /[A-Z][a-z]+/);
java
if ("Hello".matches("[A-Z][a-z]+")) {
System.out.println("ok");
}
cpp
if ((gcnew Regex("[A-Z][a-z]+"))->IsMatch("Hello")) Console::WriteLine("ok");
if (Regex::IsMatch("Hello", "[A-Z][a-z]+")) Console::WriteLine("ok");
Regex^ rx = gcnew Regex("[A-Z][a-z]+");
if (rx->IsMatch("Hello")) Console::WriteLine("ok");
cmatch what;
if (regex_match("Hello", what, regex("[A-Z][a-z]+")))
cout << "ok" << endl;

Check if a string matches with groups

Display "two" if "one two three" matches /one (.*) three/
perl
print $1 if "one two three"=~/^one (.*) three$/
java
Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile("one (.*) three");
Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher("one two three");
if (matcher.matches()) {
System.out.println(matcher.group(1));
}
cpp
Match^ match = Regex::Match("one two three", "one (.*) three");
if (match->Success) Console::WriteLine("{0}", match->Groups[1]->Captures[0]);
cmatch what;
if (regex_match("one two three", what, regex("one (.*) three")))
cout << what[1] << endl;

Check if a string contains a match to a regular expression

Display "ok" if "abc 123 @#$" matches /\d+/
perl
print "ok" if ("abc 123 @#\$" =~ m/\d+/)
java
Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile("\\d+");
Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(text);
if (matcher.find()) {
System.out.println("ok");
}
cpp
if (Regex::IsMatch("abc 123 @#$", "\\d+")) Console::WriteLine("ok");

Loop through a string matching a regex and performing an action for each match

Create a list [fish1,cow3,boat4] when matching "(fish):1 sausage (cow):3 tree (boat):4" with regex /\((\w+)\):(\d+)/
perl
while ($text =~ /\((\w+)\):(\d+)/g) {
push @list, "$1$2"
}
java
List list = new ArrayList();
Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile("\\((\\w+)\\):(\\d+)");
Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(text);
while(matcher.find()) {
list.add(matcher.group(1)+matcher.group(2));
}
cpp
Match^ match = Regex::Match("(fish):1 sausage (cow):3 tree (boat):4", "\\((\\w+)\\):(\\d+)");

while (match->Success)
{
list->Add(match->Groups[1]->Captures[0]->ToString() + match->Groups[2]->Captures[0]->ToString());
match = match->NextMatch();
}

Replace the first regex match in a string with a static string

Transform "Red Green Blue" into "R*d Green Blue" by replacing /e/ with "*"
perl
$text =~s/e/*/;
java
String replaced = "Red Green Blue".replaceFirst("e", "*");
cpp
String^ Replaced = (gcnew Regex("e"))->Replace("Red Green Blue", "*", 1);

Replace all regex matches in a string with a static string

Transform "She sells sea shells" into "She X X shells" by replacing /se\w+/ with "X"
perl
$text = "She sells sea shells";
$text =~ s/se\w+/X/g;
java
String replaced = text.replaceAll("se\\w+", "X");
cpp
String^ Replaced = (gcnew Regex("se\\w+"))->Replace("She sells sea shells", "X");
String^ Replaced = Regex::Replace("She sells sea shells", "se\\w+", "X");

Replace all regex matches in a string with a dynamic string

Transform "The {Quick} Brown {Fox}" into "The kciuQ Brown xoF" by reversing words in braces using the regex /\{(\w+)\}/.
perl
$text = "The {Quick} Brown {Fox}";
$text =~ s/\{(\w+)\}/reverse($1)/ge;
java
Matcher m = Pattern.compile("\\{(\\w+)\\}").matcher("The {Quick} Brown {Fox}");
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(32), rsb = new StringBuffer(8);

while (m.find())
{
rsb.replace(0, rsb.length(), m.group(1)); rsb.reverse(); m.appendReplacement(sb, rsb.toString());
}
m.appendTail(sb);
cpp
String^ Replaced = (gcnew Regex("{(\\w+)}"))->Replace("The {Quick} Brown {Fox}", gcnew MatchEvaluator(&RegRep::RepGroup));
String^ Replaced = Regex::Replace("The {Quick} Brown {Fox}", "{(\\w+)}", gcnew MatchEvaluator(&RegRep::RepGroup));

Define an empty list

Assign the variable "list" to a list with no elements
perl
@list = ();
java
List list = Collections.emptyList();
String[] list = {};
cpp
Generic::List<String^>^ list = gcnew Generic::List<String^>();
std::list<std::string> list;

Define a static list

Define the list [One, Two, Three, Four, Five]
perl
@list = qw(One Two Three Four Five);
@list = ('One', 'Two', 'Three', 'Four', 'Five');
java
List<String> numbers = new ArrayList<String>();
Collections.addAll(numbers, "One", "Two", "Three", "Four", "Five");
List numbers = new ArrayList();
numbers.add("One");
numbers.add("Two");
numbers.add("Three");
numbers.add("Four");
numbers.add("Five");
List numbers = Arrays.asList(new String[]{"One", "Two", "Three", "Four", "Five"});
String[] numbers = {"One", "Two", "Three", "Four", "Five"};
List numbers = new ArrayList(){{put("One"); put("Two"); put("Three"); put("Four"); put("Five"); }};
cpp
array<String^>^ input = {"One", "Two", "Three", "Four", "Five"};
Generic::List<String^>^ list = gcnew Generic::List<String^>((Generic::IEnumerable<String^>^) input);
Generic::List<String^>^ list = gcnew Generic::List<String^>();

list->Add("One");
list->Add("Two");
list->Add("Three");
list->Add("Four");
list->Add("Five");
std::string input[] = {"One", "Two", "Three", "Four", "Five"};
std::list<std::string> list(input, input + 5);
std::list<std::string> list;

list.push_back("One");
list.push_back("Two");
list.push_back("Three");
list.push_back("Four");
list.push_back("Five");
list<string> lst = { "One", "Two", "Three", "Four", "Five" };
list<string> lst;
lst += "One", "Two", "Three", "Four", "Five";

Join the elements of a list, separated by commas

Given the list [Apple, Banana, Carrot] produce "Apple, Banana, Carrot"
perl
print join ', ', qw(Apple Banana Carrot);
# Longer and less efficient than join(), but illustrates
# Perl's foreach operator, which can be useful for
# less trivial problems with lists

@list = ('Apple', 'Banana', 'Carrot');
foreach $fruit (@list) {
print "$fruit,";
}
print "\n";
my @a = qw/Apple Banana Carrot/;
{
local $, = ", ";
print @a
}
print "\n";
my @a = qw/Apple Banana Carrot/;
{
local $" = ", ";
print "@a\n";
}
java
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
for (Iterator it = fruit.iterator(); it.hasNext();) {
sb.append(it.next());
if (it.hasNext()) {
sb.append(", ");
}
}
String result = sb.toString();
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(fruit.get(0));
for (String item : fruit.subList(1, fruit.size())) sb.append(", ").append(item);
String result = sb.toString();
String result = StringUtils.join(fruit, ", ");
cpp
String^ result = String::Join(L", ", fruit->ToArray());
string fruits[] = {"Apple", "Banana", "Carrot"};
string result = boost::algorithm::join(fruits, ", ");

Join the elements of a list, in correct english

Create a function join that takes a List and produces a string containing an english language concatenation of the list. It should work with the following examples:
join([Apple, Banana, Carrot]) = "Apple, Banana, and Carrot"
join([One, Two]) = "One and Two"
join([Lonely]) = "Lonely"
join([]) = ""
perl
sub myjoin {
$_ = join ', ', @_;
s/, ([^,]+)$/ and $1/;
return $_;
}


# Note: I don't think this meets the spec --Geoff
sub myjoin {
if ($#_ < 2) {
return join ' and ', @_;
} else {
return join(', ', @_[0..$#_-1]) . ' and ' . $_[-1];
}
}

# Note: I don't think this meets the spec --Geoff
# Previous "myjoin()" responses don't meet the spec of including
# the final comma before the "and" if the list has more than
# two elements...this is one way to meet that spec...it may
# not be the most efficient...

sub AnotherMyJoin {
my @list = @_;

if ($#list == -1) {return}
elsif ($#list == 0) {return $list[0]}
elsif ($#list == 1) {return $list[0].' and '.$list[1]}
else {
return join(", ", @list[0..$#list - 1]) . ', and '. $list[$#list];
}
}
# This is the long way, but it's kind of fun
# It illustrates the use of Perl's reverse()
# operator to work our way through the list
# elements backwards...I wrote this one before
# getting smart and looking at some of the other
# algorithms from the other languages. Still,
# it is only 12 lines of code vs 9 for my other
# solution if you disregard the comments.

sub myjoin {
my @list = reverse(@_); # Reverse original order of elements
my $retval;

# Make our exit here if we were passed an empty list
if ($#list == -1) {return}

# Loop through reversed elements in end-to-start order
for (0..$#list) {
# Add the reversed form of each element plus a space char
$retval .= reverse($list[$_]).' ';

# Add 'and' to lists with two or more elements
# placing it in between final and 'next to final'
$retval .= "dna " if ($#list > 0 and $_== 0);

# Add ',' to each element as long as there are more
# than two elements and the current element isn't the
# final element
$retval .= "," if ($#list > 1 and $_ != $#list);
}

# Remove what will end up as an extraneous leading space
chop($retval);

# Done looping, now reverse things back into correct order and return
$retval = reverse($retval);
return($retval);
}
# Yes, this doesn't meet the spec, the spec is flawed
# the serial comma (Oxford comma) is not required in a list
sub english_join {
return join(', ', @_[0..$#_-1])
. ($#_ ? ' and ' : '' )
. $_[-1];
}
java
private String join(List elements) {
if (elements == null || elements.size() == 0) {
return "";
} else if (elements.size() == 1) {
return elements.get(0).toString();
} else if (elements.size() == 2) {
return elements.get(0) + " and " + elements.get(1);
}
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
for (Iterator it = elements.iterator(); it.hasNext();) {
String next = (String) it.next();
if (sb.length() > 0) {
if (it.hasNext()) {
sb.append(", ");
} else {
sb.append(", and ");
}
}
sb.append(next);
}
return sb.toString();
}
System.out.println(join(fruit));
cpp
Console::WriteLine(join(fruit));
string join(const vector<string> &s, int b=0)
{
switch (s.size() - b)
{
case 0: return "";
case 1: return s[b];
case 2: return s[b] + (s.size() > 2 ? "," : "") + " and " + s[b+1];
default: return s[b] + ", " + join(s, b+1);
}
}

Produce the combinations from two lists

Given two lists, produce the list of tuples formed by taking the combinations from the individual lists. E.g. given the letters ["a", "b", "c"] and the numbers [4, 5], produce the list: [["a", 4], ["b", 4], ["c", 4], ["a", 5], ["b", 5], ["c", 5]]
perl
@letters = qw(a b c);
@numbers = (4, 5);
@list = map { $number=$_; map [$_, $number], @letters; } @numbers;
@letters = qw(a b c);
@numbers = (4, 5);

for $number (@numbers) {
for $letter (@letters) {
push @list, [$letter, $number];
}
}
java
List<String> combinations = new ArrayList<String>();

for (int number : numbers)
for (String letter : letters)
combinations.add(letter + ":" + Integer.toString(number));
SortedSet<AbstractMap.SimpleImmutableEntry<String, Integer> > combinations =
new TreeSet<AbstractMap.SimpleImmutableEntry<String, Integer> >(new CombinationComparator());

for (int number : numbers)
for (String letter : letters)
combinations.add(new AbstractMap.SimpleImmutableEntry<String, Integer>(letter, Integer.valueOf(number)));
cpp
Specialized::StringCollection^ combinations = gcnew Specialized::StringCollection;

for each(int number in numbers)
for each(String^ letter in letters)
combinations->Add(makeCombo(letter, number));
string letters[] = { "a", "b", "c" };
int numbers[] = { 4, 5 };
list<pair<string,int> > combo;

for (int n = 0; n < sizeof numbers / sizeof *numbers; n++)
for (int l = 0; l < sizeof letters / sizeof *letters; l++)
combo.push_back(make_pair(letters[l], numbers[n]));

cout << combo << endl;

From a List Produce a List of Duplicate Entries

Taking a list:
["andrew", "bob", "chris", "bob"]

Write the code to produce a list of duplicates in the list:
["bob"]
perl
my @input = ("andrew", "bob", "chris", "bob", "bob");

my %input_count;
my @output = grep { $input_count{$_}++; $input_count{$_} == 2 } @input;
java
List listOfDuplicates = new ArrayList(Arrays.asList(new String[]{"andrew", "bob", "chris", "bob"}));

Set set = new HashSet(listOfDuplicates);
for (Object element : set)
listOfDuplicates.remove(element);
cpp
vector<string> lst = { "andrew", "bob", "chris", "bob" };
vector<string> lst_no_dups;
vector<string> tmp;
vector<string> dups;

sort(lst.begin(), lst.end());
unique_copy(lst.begin(), lst.end(), back_inserter(lst_no_dups));
set_difference(lst.begin(), lst.end(),
lst_no_dups.begin(), lst_no_dups.end(),
back_inserter(tmp));
unique_copy(tmp.begin(), tmp.end(), back_inserter(dups));

cout << dups << endl;
list<string> lst = { "andrew", "bob", "chris", "bob" };
map<string,int> num_identical;
list<string> dups;

for (auto &s: lst)
num_identical[s]++;
for (auto &n: num_identical)
if (n.second > 1)
dups.push_back(n.first);
cout << dups << endl;

Fetch an element of a list by index

Given the list [One, Two, Three, Four, Five], fetch the third element ('Three')
perl
qw(One Two Three Four Five)[2];
@list = qw(One Two Three Four Five);
$list[2];
java
String result = list.get(2);
cpp
String^ result = list[2];

Fetch the last element of a list

Given the list [Red, Green, Blue], access the last element ('Blue')
perl
qw(Red Green Blue)[-1];
@list = qw(Red Green Blue);
$list[-1];
java
String result = list.get(list.size() - 1);
cpp
String^ result = list[list->Count - 1];
string last_elem = lst.back();

Find the common items in two lists

Given two lists, find the common items. E.g. given beans = ['broad', 'mung', 'black', 'red', 'white'] and colors = ['black', 'red', 'blue', 'green'], what are the bean varieties that are also color names?
perl
@beans = qw(broad mung black red white);
@colors = qw(black red blue green);
@seen{@beans} = ();
for (@colors) {
push(@intersection, $_) if exists($seen{$_});
}
print join(', ', @intersection);
@beans = qw(broad mung black red white);
@colors = qw(black red blue green);

my %colors_hash = map { $_ => 1 } @colors;
my @intersection = grep { $colors_hash{$_} } @beans;
print join(', ', @intersection),"\n";
@beans = qw/broad mung black red white/;
@colors = qw/black red blue green/;

print join ', ', grep { $_ ~~ @colors } @beans;
java
List beans = Arrays.asList(new String[]{"broad", "mung", "black", "red", "white"});
List colors = Arrays.asList(new String[]{"black", "red", "blue", "green"});

List common = ListUtils.intersection(beans, colors);
cpp
array<String^>^ inbeans = {"broad", "mung", "black", "red", "white"};
Generic::ICollection<String^>^ beans = makeSET<String^>(gcnew Generic::List<String^>((Generic::IEnumerable<String^>^) inbeans));

array<String^>^ incolors = {"black", "red", "blue", "green"};
Generic::ICollection<String^>^ colors = makeSET<String^>(gcnew Generic::List<String^>((Generic::IEnumerable<String^>^) incolors));

Generic::ICollection<String^>^ result = intersectSET<String^>(beans, colors);

Display the unique items in a list

Display the unique items in a list, e.g. given ages = [18, 16, 17, 18, 16, 19, 14, 17, 19, 18], display the unique elements, i.e. with duplicates removed.
perl
@ages = (18, 16, 17, 18, 16, 19, 14, 17, 19, 18);
@seen{@ages} = ();
@unique = keys %seen;
print join(', ', @unique);
@ages = (18, 16, 17, 18, 16, 19, 14, 17, 19, 18);
@unique = grep(!$seen{$_}++, @ages);
print join(', ', @unique);
@ages = (18, 16, 17, 18, 16, 19, 14, 17, 19, 18);
print join(', ', grep(!$seen{$_}++, @ages));
@ages = (18, 16, 17, 18, 16, 19, 14, 17, 19, 18);
for (@ages) {
push(@unique, $_) unless $seen{$_}++;
}
print join(', ', @unique);
use List::MoreUtils qw(uniq);

@ages = (18, 16, 17, 18, 16, 19, 14, 17, 19, 18);
print join(', ', uniq(@ages));
java
Set<Integer> ages = new TreeSet<Integer>(Arrays.asList(new Integer[]{18, 16, 17, 18, 16, 19, 14, 17, 19, 18}));

System.out.println(ages);
cpp
array<int>^ input = {18, 16, 17, 18, 16, 19, 14, 17, 19, 18};
Generic::List<int>^ ages = gcnew Generic::List<int>((Generic::IEnumerable<int>^) input);

Generic::ICollection<int>^ result = makeSET<int>(ages);
list<int> input;
input += 18, 16, 17, 18, 16, 19, 14, 17, 19, 18;
input.sort();
unique_copy(input.begin(), input.end(), ostream_iterator<int>(cout, "\n"));

Remove an element from a list by index

Given the list [Apple, Banana, Carrot], remove the first element to produce the list [Banana, Carrot]
perl
@list = qw(Apple Banana Carrot);
shift @list;
@list = qw(Apple Banana Carrot);
$offset = 0;
splice(@list, $offset, 1);
java
list.remove(0);
cpp
fruit->RemoveAt(0);

Remove the last element of a list

perl
pop @list;
java
list.remove(list.size() - 1);
cpp
fruit->RemoveAt(fruit->Count - 1);

Rotate a list

Given a list ["apple", "orange", "grapes", "bananas"], rotate it by removing the first item and placing it on the end to yield ["orange", "grapes", "bananas", "apple"]
perl
@list = qw(apple, orange, grapes, bananas);
push @list, shift @list;
@list = qw(apple orange grapes bananas);
@list = @list[1..$#list,0];
java
list.add(list.remove(0));
Collections.rotate(list, -1);
cpp
fruit->Add(fruit[0]); fruit->RemoveAt(0);
rotate(fruit.begin(), fruit.begin()+1, fruit.end());

Gather together corresponding elements from multiple lists

Given several lists, gather together the first element from every list, the second element from every list, and so on for all corresponding index values in the lists. E.g. for these three lists, first = ['Bruce', 'Tommy Lee', 'Bruce'], last = ['Willis', 'Jones', 'Lee'], years = [1955, 1946, 1940] the result should produce 3 actors. The middle actor should be Tommy Lee Jones.
perl
my @first = ('Bruce', 'Tommy Lee', 'Bruce');
my @last = ('Willis', 'Jones', 'Lee');
my @years = (1955, 1946, 1940);

my @actors;

my $max = scalar @first;
for my $index (0 .. $max) {
push @actors, [ $first[$index], $last[$index], $years[$index] ];
};
java
String[] first = new String[]{"Bruce", "Tommy Lee", "Bruce"};
String[] last = new String[]{"Willis", "Jones", "Lee"};
String[] years = new String[]{"1955", "1946", "1940"};

List<String[]> list = new ArrayList<String[]>(); list.add(first); list.add(last); list.add(years);

String[] result = zip(",", list);
cpp
array<String^>^ first = {"Bruce", "Tommy Lee", "Bruce"}; array<String^>^ last = {"Willis", "Jones", "Lee"}; array<String^>^ years = {"1955", "1946", "1940"};

array<String^>^ result = zip<String^>(",", first, last, years);
list<string> first = { "Bruce", "Tommy Lee", "Bruce" };
list<string> last = {"Willis", "Jones", "Lee"};
list<int> years = {1955, 1946, 1940};
list<tuple<string,string,int> > actors;

for (firstIt = first.begin(), lastIt = last.begin(), yearIt = years.begin();
firstIt != first.end() && lastIt != last.end() && yearIt != years.end();
++firstIt, ++lastIt, ++yearIt)
actors.push_back(make_tuple(*firstIt, *lastIt, *yearIt));

List Combinations

Given two source lists (or sets), generate a list (or set) of all the pairs derived by combining elements from the individual lists (sets). E.g. given suites = ['H', 'D', 'C', 'S'] and faces = ['2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', '10', 'J', 'Q', 'K', 'A'], generate the deck of 52 cards, confirm the deck size and check it contains an expected card, say 'Ace of Hearts'.
perl
@suites = qw(H D C S);
@faces = qw(2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 J Q K A);
@deck = map { $suite=$_; map $suite.$_, @faces; } @suites;
print 'checking deck size: ' . (@deck == 52 ? 'pass' : 'fail') . "\n";
print 'deck contains "Ace of Hearts": ' . (grep(/^HA$/, @deck) ? 'true' : 'false') . "\n";
java
SortedSet<AbstractMap.SimpleImmutableEntry<String, String> > cards =
new TreeSet<AbstractMap.SimpleImmutableEntry<String, String> >(new CardComparator());

for (String suite : suites)
for (String face : faces)
cards.add(new AbstractMap.SimpleImmutableEntry<String, String>(suite, face));

Boolean containsEntry = cards.contains(new AbstractMap.SimpleImmutableEntry<String, String>("h", "A"));

if (containsEntry) System.out.println("Deck contains 'Ace of Hearts'");
else System.out.println("'Ace of Hearts' not in deck");
cpp
Specialized::StringCollection^ cards = gcnew Specialized::StringCollection;

for each(String^ suite in suites)
for each(String^ face in faces)
cards->Add(makeCard(suite, face));

Console::WriteLine("Deck has {0} cards", cards.Count);
if (cards->Contains(makeCard("h", "A"))) Console::WriteLine("Deck contains 'Ace of hearts'"); else Console::WriteLine("'Ace of hearts' not in deck");
auto suites = {"h", "d", "c", "s"};
auto faces = {"2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9", "10", "J", "Q", "K", "A"};
list<card> cards;

for (auto s: suites)
for (auto f: faces)
cards.push_back(make_pair(s,f));

cout << "Deck has " << cards.size() << " cards." << endl;

card ace_of_harts = make_pair("h", "A");
if (end(cards) != find_if(begin(cards), end(cards),
[&](const card& c) { return c == ace_of_harts; }))
cout << "Deck contain 'Ace of Harts'" << endl;
else
cout << "Deck lacks 'Ace of Harts'" << endl;

Perform an operation on every item of a list

Perform an operation on every item of a list, e.g.
for the list ["ox", "cat", "deer", "whale"] calculate
the list of sizes of the strings, e.g. [2, 3, 4, 5]
perl
my @list = qw{ox cat deer whale};

my @lengths = map {length($_)} @list;

print "@list\n";
print "@lengths\n";
java
public class SolutionXX {
public static void main(String[] args) {
String[] list = {"ox", "cat", "deer", "whale"};
for (String str : list) {
System.out.println(str.length() + " ");
}
}
}
cpp
list<string> words;

words.push_back("ox");
words.push_back("cat");
words.push_back("deer");
words.push_back("whale");

for (list<string>::iterator it = words.begin(); it != words.end(); ++it)
cout << it->size() << ' ';
cout << endl;
auto words = { "ox", "cat", "deer", "whale" };
list<size_t> word_sizes;

transform(begin(words),
end(words),
back_inserter(word_sizes),
[](const string& s) { return s.size(); });

Split a list of things into numbers and non-numbers

Given a list that might contain e.g. a string, an integer, a float and a date,
split the list into numbers and non-numbers.
perl
use Scalar::Util qw(looks_like_number);
my @things = ('hello',25,3.14,scalar(localtime(time)));
my @numbers;
my @others;
for ( @things ) {
if ( looks_like_number $_ ) {
push @numbers, $_;
} else {
push @other, $_;
}
}
java
public class NumbersSolution {
public static void main(String[] args) {
List<Object> items = Arrays.asList(new Object[] { new Date(), 12L, 15.4, 99, "x" } ) ;
List<Object> numbers = new ArrayList<Object>() ;
List<Object> nonNumbers = new ArrayList<Object>() ;
for (Object item : items )
(item instanceof Number ? numbers : nonNumbers).add(item) ;
}
}
public class NumbersSolution {
public static void main() {
List<Object> numbers = new ArrayList<Object>() ;
List<Object> nonNumbers = new ArrayList<Object>() ;
for (Object item : new Object[] { new Date(), 12L, 15.4, 99, "x" } )
(item instanceof Number ? numbers : nonNumbers).add(item) ;
}
}
cpp
typedef variant<int,float,string,date> dynamic;

class is_number : public static_visitor<bool>
{
public:
bool operator()(int &) const {
return true;
}
bool operator()(float &) const {
return true;
}
bool operator()(string &) const {
return false;
}
bool operator()(date &) const {
return false;
}
};

int main()
{
list<dynamic> lst;
list<dynamic> numbers;
list<dynamic> non_numbers;

lst += "hello", 3.14f, 42, date(2011,Aug,23);

BOOST_FOREACH(dynamic v, lst)
if (apply_visitor(is_number(), v))
numbers += v;
else
non_numbers += v;
#include <iostream>
#include <list>

#include <boost/any.hpp>
#include <boost/date_time/gregorian/gregorian.hpp>
#include <boost/foreach.hpp>

using namespace boost;
using namespace boost::gregorian;
using namespace std;

int main()
{
list<any> lst;
list<any> numbers;
list<any> non_numbers;

lst.push_back(string("hello"));
lst.push_back(42);
lst.push_back(3.14f);
lst.push_back(date(day_clock::local_day()));

BOOST_FOREACH(const any &a, lst)
try
{
numbers.push_back(any_cast<int>(a));
}
catch (bad_any_cast &e)
{
try
{
numbers.push_back(any_cast<float>(a));
}
catch (bad_any_cast &e)
{
non_numbers.push_back(a);
}
}

// float and int are now in 'numbers' and the rest in 'non_numbers'
}

Define an empty map

perl
# %map = {}
# This was wrong, that would have created a hash with one key
# of the stringified hash reference (HASH(0xNUMBERSHERE)) and a
# value of 'undef', as well as triggering a
# "Reference found where even-sized list expected" with the warnings
# pragma enabled

my %map;
java
Map map = new HashMap();
cpp
Hashtable^ hash = gcnew Hashtable;
Generic::Dictionary<String^, String^>^ dict = gcnew Generic::Dictionary<String^, String^>();
std::map<int, std::string> m;

Define an unmodifiable empty map

perl
# perl does not provide unmodifiable maps/hashes, but you could use "constant
# functions", if you really need them
# 2011-07-06 Not actually true, see Hash::Util::lock_hash;

sub MAP () { {} }
use Hash::Util qw/lock_hash/;
# two lines
my %hash;
lock_hash(%hash);
# or in one line
lock_hash(my %locked_hash);
java
Map empty = Collections.EMPTY_MAP;
SortedMap empty = MapUtils.EMPTY_SORTED_MAP;
cpp
const std::map<T1,T2> immutable_map_instance_of_type_t1_to_t2;

Define an initial map

Define the map {circle:1, triangle:3, square:4}
perl
%map = (circle => 1, triangle => 3, square => 4);
java
Map shapes = new HashMap();
shapes.put("circle", 1);
shapes.put("triangle", 3);
shapes.put("square", 4);
Map shapes = new HashMap() {{ put("circle",1); put("triangle",3); put("square",4); }}
cpp
Hashtable^ shapes = gcnew Hashtable;

shapes->Add("circle", 1);
shapes->Add("triangle", 3);
shapes->Add("square", 4);
Generic::Dictionary<String^, int>^ shapes = gcnew Generic::Dictionary<String^, int>();

shapes->Add("circle", 1);
shapes->Add("triangle", 3);
shapes->Add("square", 4);
map<string, int> shapes;

shapes["circle"] = 1;
shapes["triangle"] = 3;
shapes["square"] = 4;

Check if a key exists in a map

Given a map pets {joe:cat,mary:turtle,bill:canary} print "ok" if an pet exists for "mary"
perl
%pets = (joe => 'cat', mary => 'turtle', bill => 'canary');
print 'ok' if ($pets{'mary'});
%pets = (joe => 'cat', mary => 'turtle', bill => 'canary');
print 'ok' if $pets{'mary'};
print 'ok' if $pets{mary};
print 'ok' if exists $pets{mary}
java
if (pets.containsKey("mary")) System.out.println("ok");
cpp
if (pets->ContainsKey("mary")) Console::WriteLine("ok");
if (pets.find("mary") != pets.end()){
std::cout << "ok" << std::endl;
}
if (pets.count("mary") > 0)
cout << "ok" << endl;

Retrieve a value from a map

Given a map pets {joe:cat,mary:turtle,bill:canary} print the pet for "joe" ("cat")
perl
%pets = (joe => 'cat', mary => 'turtle', bill=>'canary');
print $pets{joe};
java
String pet = pets.get("joe");
cpp
if (pets->ContainsKey("joe")) Console::WriteLine(pets["joe"]);
cout << pets["joe"] << endl;

Add an entry to a map

Given an empty pets map, add the mapping from "rob" to "dog"
perl
$pets{rob} = 'dog';
java
pets.put("rob", "dog");
cpp
pets->Add("rob", "dog");
pets["rob"] = "dog";

Remove an entry from a map

Given a map pets {joe:cat,mary:turtle,bill:canary} remove the mapping for "bill" and print "canary"
perl
print delete $pets{bill};
java
System.out.println(pets.remove("bill"))
cpp
if (pets->ContainsKey("bill"))
{
String^ value = safe_cast<String^>(pets["bill"]); pets->Remove("bill");
Console::WriteLine("{0}", value);
}

Create a histogram map from a list

Given the list [a,b,a,c,b,b], produce a map {a:2, b:3, c:1} which contains the count of each unique item in the list
perl
foreach(@list) {
$histogram{$_}++;
}
$histogram{$_}++ for @list;
java
Map map = new HashMap();
for (Iterator it = list.iterator(); it.hasNext();) {
String s = (String) it.next();
if (!map.containsKey(s)) {
map.put(s, new Integer(1));
} else {
map.put(s, new Integer(((Integer)map.get(s)).intValue() + 1));
}
}
LinkedMap histogram = new LinkedMap();

for (Object letter : list)
histogram.put(letter, !histogram.containsKey(letter) ? 1 : MapUtils.getIntValue(histogram, letter) + 1);
cpp
for each(String^ entry in input) hash[entry] = hash->ContainsKey(entry)
? Convert::ToInt32(hash[entry]->ToString()) + 1 : 1;
for each(String^ entry in input) dict[entry] = dict->ContainsKey(entry) ? dict[entry] + 1 : 1;
map<string,int> hist;
for (auto e: { "a","b","a","c","b","b" })
++hist[e];
for (auto e: hist)
cout << e.first << " : " << e.second << endl;

Categorise a list

Given the list [one, two, three, four, five] produce a map {3:[one, two], 4:[four, five], 5:[three]} which sorts elements into map entries based on their length
perl
@list = qw(one two three four five);
push @{$map{length($_)}}, $_ for (@list);
java
SortedMap<Integer, List<String> > map = new TreeMap<Integer, List<String> >(); int key; List<String> vlist;

for (String item : list)
{
key = item.length(); vlist = map.containsKey(key) ? map.get(key) : new ArrayList<String>();
vlist.add(item); map.put(key, vlist);
}
MultiValueMap map = new MultiValueMap();
for (Object item : list) map.put(((String) item).length(), item);
cpp
for each(String^ entry in input)
{
key = entry->Length;
if (!hash->ContainsKey(key)) hash[key] = gcnew ArrayList;
safe_cast<ArrayList^>(hash[key])->Add(entry);
}

Perform an action if a condition is true (IF .. THEN)

Given a variable name, if the value is "Bob", display the string "Hello, Bob!". Perform no action if the name is not equal.
perl
if ($name eq "Bob") {
print "Hello, Bob!"
}
print "Hello, Bob!" if $name eq "Bob";
java
if (name.equals("Bob")) {
System.out.println("Hello, Bob!");
}
cpp
if (name == "Bob") Console::WriteLine("Hello, {0}!", name);
if (name == "Bob") std::cout << "Hello, " << name << "!" << std::endl;

Perform different actions depending on a boolean condition (IF .. THEN .. ELSE)

Given a variable age, if the value is greater than 42 display "You are old", otherwise display "You are young"
perl
if ($age > 42) {
print "You are old"
}
else {
print "You are young"
}
print 'You are ',($age > 42) ? 'old' : 'young';
java
if (age > 42) {
System.out.println("You are old");
} else {
System.out.println("You are young");
}
System.out.println("You are " + ((age>42)?"old":"young"));
cpp
if (age > 42) Console::WriteLine("You are old");
else Console::WriteLine("You are young");
Console::WriteLine("You are {0}", (age > 42 ? "old" : "young"));
std::printf("You are %s\n", (age > 42 ? "old" : "young"));

Perform different actions depending on several boolean conditions (IF .. THEN .. ELSIF .. ELSE)

perl
if ($age > 84) {
print "You are really ancient";
} elsif ($age > 30) {
print "You are middle-aged";
} else {
print "You are young";
}
print 'You are ',
$age > 84 ? 'really ancient!'
: $age > 30 ? 'middle-aged'
: 'young';
java
if (age > 84) System.out.println("You are really ancient");
else if (age > 30) System.out.println("You are middle-aged");
else System.out.println("You are young");
cpp
if (age > 84) Console::WriteLine("You are really ancient");
else if (age > 30) Console::WriteLine("You are middle-aged");
else Console::WriteLine("You are young");
Console::WriteLine("You are {0}", (age > 84 ? "really ancient" : age > 30 ? "middle-aged" : "young"));
std::cout << "You are " << (age > 84 ? "really ancient" : age > 30 ? "middle-aged" : "young") << std::endl;

Replacing a conditional with many branches with a switch/case statement

Many languages support more compact forms of branching than just if ... then ... else such as switch or case or match. Use such a form to add an appropriate placing suffix to the numbers 1..40, e.g. 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, ..., 11th, 12th, ... 39th, 40th
perl
sub suffix {
my $n = shift;

return 'th' if $n % 100 >= 4 && $n % 100 <= 20;
return 'st' if $n % 10 == 1;
return 'nd' if $n % 10 == 2;
return 'rd' if $n % 10 == 3;
return 'th';

}

foreach my $n (1..40) {
print $n.suffix($n)."\n";
}
java
String[] array = new String[40];
for(int n = 1; n <= array.length; n++)
array[n-1] = Integer.toString(n);
for(int n = 0; n < array.length; n++)
{
int y = Integer.parseInt(array[n]);
if(array[n].length() > 1)
y = Integer.parseInt(array[n].substring(1));
switch(y)
{
case 1: {array[n] += "st"; break;}
case 2: {array[n] += "nd"; break;}
case 3: {array[n] += "rd"; break;}
default: array[n] += "th";
}
}
cpp
#include<iostream.h>
#include<conio.h>
void main()
{
clrscr();
int num,i,x;
cout<<"Enter the range:";
cin>>num;
for(i=1;i<=num;i++)
{
x=i%10;
switch(i)
{
case 11:
case 12:
case 13:cout<<i<<"th ";
continue;
}
switch(x)
{
case 1: cout<<i<<"st ";break;
case 2: cout<<i<<"nd ";break;
case 3: cout<<i<<"rd ";break;
default: cout<<i<<"th ";
}
}
getch();
}

Perform an action multiple times based on a boolean condition, checked before the first action (WHILE .. DO)

Starting with a variable x=1, Print the sequence "1,2,4,8,16,32,64,128," by doubling x and checking that x is less than 150.
perl
my $x = 1;
while($x < 150) {
print $x, ",";
$x *=2
}
java
int x = 1;
while (x < 150) {
System.out.println(x+",");
x*=2;
}
cpp
int x = 1;

while (x < 150) { x *= 2; Console::Write("{0},", x); }
Console::WriteLine();
for (int x = 1; x < 150; x *= 2) { std::cout << x << ","; }
std::cout << std::endl;

Perform an action multiple times based on a boolean condition, checked after the first action (DO .. WHILE)

Simulate rolling a die until you get a six. Produce random numbers, printing them until a six is rolled. An example output might be "4,2,1,2,6"
perl
do {
my $number = int(rand(6)+1);
print $number;
print ',' if ($number != 6);
} while ($number != 6);
java
int rnd;
do {
rnd = (int)(Math.random()*6)+1;
System.out.print(rnd);
if (rnd!=6) {
System.out.print(",");
}
} while(rnd!=6);
cpp
Random^ rnd = gcnew Random;

int dice = rnd->Next(1, 7); Console::Write("{0}", dice);
do { Console::Write(",{0}", (dice = rnd->Next(1, 7))); } while (dice != 6);
Console::WriteLine();

Perform an action a fixed number of times (FOR)

Display the string "Hello" five times like "HelloHelloHelloHelloHello"
perl
print "Hello" x 5
print "Hello" for (1..5)
java
for(int i=0;i<5;i++) {
System.out.print("Hello");
}
cpp
for(int i = 0; i < 5; ++i) Console::Write("Hello");
for(int i = 5; i > 0; --i) Console::Write("Hello");
dotimes(5, hello);
fill_n(ostream_iterator<string>(cout), 5, "Hello");

Perform an action a fixed number of times with a counter

Display the string "10 .. 9 .. 8 .. 7 .. 6 .. 5 .. 4 .. 3 .. 2 .. 1 .. Liftoff!"
perl
for (my $i = 10; $i > 0; $i--) {
print "$i .. ";
}
print "Liftoff!";
print "$_ .. " for reverse 1..10;
print "Liftoff!";
java
for(int i=10; i>=1; i--) {
System.out.print(i + " .. ");
}
System.out.print("Liftoff!");
cpp
for(int i = 10; i != 0; --i) Console::Write("{0} .. ", i);
Console::WriteLine("Liftoff!");

Read the contents of a file into a string

perl
@file = read()
open(my $fh, '<', $path) or die "can't open $path: $!";
$string = do { local $/; <$fh> };
close $fh;
java
String text = FileUtils.readFileToString(new File("Solution109.java"), "UTF-8");
RandomAccessFile raf = null; byte[] buffer; String text = null;

try
{
raf = new RandomAccessFile("Solution399.java", "r");
buffer = new byte[(int)raf.length()]; raf.read(buffer);
text = new String(buffer);
}
cpp
IO::FileStream^ file; String^ buffer;

try
{
file = gcnew IO::FileStream("test.txt", IO::FileMode::Open);
buffer = gcnew String((gcnew IO::BinaryReader(file))->ReadChars(file->Length));
}
IO::StreamReader^ stream; String^ buffer;

try
{
stream = gcnew IO::StreamReader("test.txt");
buffer = stream->ReadToEnd();
}
String^ buffer = IO::File::ReadAllText("test.txt");

Process a file one line at a time

Open the source file to your solution and print each line in the file, prefixed by the line number, like:
1> First line of file
2> Second line of file
3> Third line of file
perl
open(my $fh, '<', $path) or die "can't open $path: $!";
$c = 1;
print $c++ . "> $_" for (<$fh>);
close $fh;
open my $fh, '<', $path or die "Can't open $path: $!";
while (<$fh>) {
print "$.> $_";
}
java
BufferedReader br = null;
try {
br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("Solution104.java"));
String line = null;
int lineNumber = 1;
while ((line=br.readLine())!=null) {
System.out.println(lineNumber + "> " + line);
lineNumber++;
}
} catch (IOException e) {
throw new RuntimeException(e);
} finally {
if (br!=null) {
try {
br.close();
} catch (Exception e) {
// ok
}
}
}
LineNumberReader lnr = null; PrintWriter pw = null; String line;

try
{
lnr = new LineNumberReader(new FileReader("Solution400.java"));
pw = new PrintWriter(System.out);
while ((line = lnr.readLine()) != null) pw.printf("%d> %s\n", lnr.getLineNumber(), line);
}
cpp
IO::StreamReader^ stream; String^ ln; int i = 0;

try
{
stream = gcnew IO::StreamReader("test.txt");
while ((ln = stream->ReadLine())) Console::WriteLine("{0}> {1}", ++i, ln);
}
int i = 0;
for each(String^ line in IO::File::ReadAllLines("test.txt")) Console::WriteLine("{0}> {1}", ++i, line);

Write a string to a file

perl
open(my $fh, '>', $path) or die "can't open $path: $!";
print $fh "This line overwites file contents!";
close $fh;
java
FileWriter fw = null;

try
{
fw = new FileWriter("test.txt");
fw.write("This line overwites file contents!");
}
PrintWriter pw = null;

try
{
pw = new PrintWriter(new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter("test.txt")));
pw.print("This line overwites file contents!");
}
cpp
IO::StreamWriter^ stream;

try
{
stream = gcnew IO::StreamWriter("test.txt", false);
stream->WriteLine("This line overwites file contents!");
}

Append to a file

perl
open(my $fh, '>>', $path) or die "can't open $path: $!";
print $fh "This line is appended to the file!";
close $fh;
java
FileWriter fw = null;

try
{
fw = new FileWriter("test.txt", true);
fw.write("This line appended to file!");
}
PrintWriter pw = null;

try
{
pw = new PrintWriter(new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter("test.txt", true)));
pw.print("This line appended to file!");
}
cpp
IO::StreamWriter^ stream;

try
{
stream = gcnew IO::StreamWriter("test.txt", true);
stream->WriteLine("This line appended to file!");
}

Process each file in a directory

perl
use File::Glob;

for (<*>) {
process_file($_) if (-f);
}
java
for (File file : (new File("c:\\")).listFiles()) process(file);
cpp
for each(String^ filename in IO::Directory::GetFiles(dirname)) process(filename);

Process each file in a directory recursively

perl
use File::Glob;

process_directory(".");

sub process_directory {
my $dir = shift;
for my $file (<$dir/*>) {
next unless (-r $file);
if (-f $file) {
process_file($file);
} elsif (-d $file) {
process_directory($file);
}
}
}
use File::Find ();

# Traverse desired filesystems
sub process_directory {
my $directory = shift;
File::Find::find({wanted => \&wanted}, $directory);
}

sub wanted {
process_file( $File::Find::name );
}
java
processDirectory(new File("c:\\"));
cpp
void processFile(String^ filename) { Console::WriteLine("{0}", filename); }

void processDirectory(String^ dirname)
{
for each(String^ filename in IO::Directory::GetFiles(dirname)) processFile(filename);
for each(String^ subdirname in IO::Directory::GetDirectories(dirname)) processDirectory(subdirname);
}

int main()
{
processDirectory("c:\\");
}

Parse a date and time from a string

Given the string "2008-05-06 13:29", parse it as a date representing 6th March, 2008 1:29:00pm in the local time zone.
perl
#! /usr/bin/perl
# -*- Mode: CPerl -*-

use strict;
use POSIX;

# Given the string "2008-05-06 13:29", parse it as a date
# representing 6th March, 2008 1:29:00pm in the local time zone.

my $ds = "2008-05-06 13:29";

my $y;
my $m;
my $d;
my $hr;
my $mn;

print "Original: ",$ds,"\n";

if ( $ds =~ /(\d{4})-(\d{2})-(\d{2})\s+(\d{2}):(\d{2})/ ){
$y = $1 - 1900;
$m = $2;
$d = $3;
$hr = $4;
$mn = $5;

printf "Nominal: %s\n",
strftime("%e %B, %Y %l:%M:%S%P",0, $mn , $hr, $d, $m,$y);

my $eth = "";
if ( $d == 1 ){
$eth = "st";
} elsif ( $d == 2 ){
$eth = "nd";
} elsif ( $d == 3 ){
$eth = "rd";
} else {
$eth = "th";
}

printf "As required: %d%s %s\n",$d,$eth,
strftime("%B, %Y %l:%M:%S%P",0, $mn , $hr, $d, $m,$y);
}

#eos
# Shurely you mean 6th MAY? If not, oh well
use Time::Piece;

my $dt_str = '2008-05-06 13:29';
my $tp = Time::Piece->strptime( $dt_str, '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M');
print $tp,"\n";
java
DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm");
Date date = df.parse("2008-05-06 13:29");
DateTimeFormatter fmt = DateTimeFormat.forPattern("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm");
DateTime dt = fmt.parseDateTime("2008-05-06 13:29");
cpp
DateTimeOffset^ dateTime = DateTimeOffset::Parse("2008-05-06 13:29");

// Use format specifiers to appropriately format string
// 1. Default culture
Console::WriteLine("{0}", dateTime->ToString("d MMMM, yyyy h:mm:sstt"));

// 2. Nominated culture
Console::WriteLine("{0}", dateTime->ToString("d MMMM, yyyy h:mm:sstt"), Globalization::CultureInfo::CreateSpecificCulture("en-us"));
DateTimeOffset^ dateTime = DateTimeOffset::Parse("2008-05-06 13:29");

// Customize date/time string
Text::StringBuilder^ dsb = gcnew Text::StringBuilder(40);
dsb->Append(dateTime->ToString("%d"))->Append("th ")->Append(dateTime->ToString("MMMM, yyyy h:mm:ss"))->Append(dateTime->ToString("tt")->ToLower());

Console::WriteLine("{0}", dsb);

Display information about a date

Display the day of month, day of year, month name and day name of the day 8 days from now.
perl
#! /usr/bin/perl
# -*- Mode: CPerl -*-

use strict;
use Date::Calc qw(:all);

my $days_in_future = $ARGV[0];
$days_in_future = 8 unless $days_in_future;

my ($year,$month,$day, $hour,$min,$sec, $doy,$dow,$dst) = Localtime();

my ($fyear,$fmonth,$fday) = Add_Delta_Days($year,$month,$day,$days_in_future);

printf "Now: %d-%2.2d-%2.2d %2.2d:%2.2d:%2.2d\n",
$year,$month,$day,$hour,$min,$sec;

printf "Then: %d-%2.2d-%2.2d %2.2d:%2.2d:%2.2d\n",
$fyear,$fmonth,$fday,$hour,$min,$sec;

printf "Then: day of month: %d\n",$fday;
printf "Then: day of year: %d\n",Day_of_Year($fyear,$fmonth,$fday);
printf "Then: day of name: %s\n",
Day_of_Week_to_Text(Day_of_Week($fyear,$fmonth,$fday));
printf "Then: month name: %s\n",Month_to_Text($fmonth);

#eos
use Time::Piece;
use Time::Seconds;

my $t = localtime;
my $t_8 = $t + (ONE_DAY * 8);

printf "Now: %d, %d, %s, %s\n",
$t->day_of_month, $t->day_of_year, $t->fullmonth, $t->fullday;

printf "Then: %d, %d, %s, %s\n",
$t_8->day_of_month, $t_8->day_of_year, $t_8->fullmonth, $t_8->fullday;
java
Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
cal.add(DAY_OF_YEAR, 8);
System.out.println(cal.get(DAY_OF_MONTH));
System.out.println(cal.get(DAY_OF_YEAR));
System.out.println(new SimpleDateFormat("MMMM").format(cal.getTime()));
System.out.println(new SimpleDateFormat("EEEE").format(cal.getTime()));
cpp
QDate dateEightDaysFromNow = QDate::currentDate().addDays(8);

Display a date in different locales

Display a language/locale friendly version of New Year's Day for 2009 for several languages/locales. E.g. for languages English, French, German, Italian, Dutch the output might be something like:

Thursday, January 1, 2009
jeudi 1 janvier 2009
giovedì 1 gennaio 2009
Donnerstag, 1. Januar 2009
donderdag 1 januari 2009

(Indicate in comments where possible if any language specific or operating system configuration needs to be in place.)
perl
#!/usr/bin/perl
use warnings;
use strict;

use locale;
use POSIX qw(strftime);
use Time::Local;

my $date=timegm(0,0,0, 1,0,101); #00:00:00 01/01/2001

my $str_time = strftime "%c", gmtime;

print "Date: $str_time\n";
java
Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
cal.set(2009, Calendar.JANUARY, 1);
Locale[] locales = { ENGLISH, FRENCH, ITALIAN, GERMAN, new Locale("nl") };

for (Locale l : locales) {
System.out.println(getDateInstance(FULL, l).format(cal.getTime()));
}
cpp
QList<QLocale::Language> locales;
locales << QLocale::English
<< QLocale::French
<< QLocale::German
<< QLocale::Italian
<< QLocale::Dutch;

QDate date(2009, 1, 1);
foreach (QLocale::Language ll, locales)
{
QLocale::setDefault(ll);
qDebug() << date.toString(Qt::DefaultLocaleLongDate);
}

Display the current date and time

Create a Date object representing the current date and time. Print it out.
If you can also do this without creating a Date object you can show that too.
perl
use Class::Date;
my $date = Class::Date->now();
print $date->string()."\n";

print localtime()."\n";
use Time::Piece ();

# Date object
my $date = Time::Piece::localtime;
print "$date\n";
# no object
print scalar(localtime),"\n";
java
import java.util.Date;

public class SolutionXX {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Date now = new Date();
System.out.println(now.toString());
}
}
cpp
QDate now = QDate::currentData();
qDebug() << now.toString();
time_t date = time(0);
cout << ctime(&date);
OOP

Define a class

Declare a class named Greeter that takes a string on creation and greets using this string if you call the "greet" method.
perl
{ package Greeter;
sub new {
my $self = {};
my $type = shift;
$self->{'whom'} = shift;
bless $self, $type;
}

sub greet {
my $self = shift;
print "Hello " . $self->{'whom'} . "!\n";
}
}

my $greeter = Greeter->new("world");
$greeter->greet();
{
package Greeter;

sub new {
my $class = shift;
my $whom = shift or die 'Need a name to greet';
bless \$whom, $class;
}

sub greet {
my $self = shift;
print "Hello $$self!\n";
}
}

my $greeter = Greeter->new("Bob");
$greeter->greet();
java
class Greeter
{
public Greeter(String whom) { this.whom = whom; }
public void greet() { System.out.printf("Hello, %s\n", whom); }
private String whom;
}

public class Solution381 {
public static void main(String[] args) {
(new Greeter("world")).greet();
}
}
cpp
class Greeter
{
public:
Greeter(const std::string& whom);
void greet() const;

private:
std::string whom;
};

int main()
{
Greeter* gp = new Greeter("world");
gp->greet();
delete gp;
}

Greeter::Greeter(const std::string& whom) : whom(whom) {}

void Greeter::greet() const
{
std::cout << "Hello, " << whom << std::endl;
}
public ref class Greeter
{
public:
Greeter(String^ whom);
void greet();

private:
initonly String^ whom;
};

int main()
{
(gcnew Greeter(L"world"))->greet();
}

Greeter::Greeter(String^ whom) : whom(whom) {}

void Greeter::greet()
{
Console::WriteLine(L"Hello, {0}", whom);
}

Instantiate object with mutable state

Reimplement the Greeter class so that the 'whom' property or data member remains private but is mutable, and is provided with getter and setter methods. Invoke the setter to change the greetee, invoke 'greet', then use the getter in displaying the line, "I have just greeted {whom}.".

For example, if the greetee is changed to 'Tommy' using the setter, the 'greet' method would display:

Hello, Tommy!

The getter would then be used to display the line:

I have just greeted Tommy.
perl
package Greeter;
sub new {
my ($class, $whom) = @_;
bless {whom => $whom}, $class;
}
sub whom {
my ($self, $whom) = @_;
if ($whom) { $self->{whom} = $whom; }
else { return $self->{whom} }
}
sub greet {
my ($self) = @_;
my $whom = $self->{whom};
print "Hello, $whom!\n";
}
package main;

my $g = new Greeter ("world");
$g->greet;

$g->whom("Tommy");
$g->greet;
print "I have just greeted " . $g->whom . "\n";
java
class Greeter {
private String whom;

public Greeter(String whom) {
this.whom = whom;
}

public String getWhom() {
return whom;
}

public void setWhom(String whom) {
this.whom = whom;
}

public void greet() {
System.out.println("Hello " + whom + "!");
}
}
Greeter greeter = new Greeter("World");
greeter.greet();
greeter.setWhom("Tommy");
greeter.greet();
System.out.println("I have just greeted " + greeter.getWhom() + ".");
cpp
#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

class Greeter {
string whom_;

public:
Greeter(const string &whom) : whom_(whom) {}

string get_whom() const {
return whom_;
}

void set_whom(const string &whom) {
whom_ = whom;
}

void greet() const {
cout << "Hello " << whom_ << "!" << endl;
}
};

int main()
{
Greeter greeter("world");
greeter.greet();
greeter.set_whom("Tommy");
greeter.greet();
cout << "I have just greeted " + greeter.get_whom() << "." << endl;
}

Implement Inheritance Heirarchy

Implement a Shape abstract class which will form the base of an inheritance hierarchy that models 2D geometric shapes. It will have:

* A non-mutable 'name' property or data member set by derived or descendant classes at construction time
* A 'area' method intended to be overridden by derived or descendant classes ( double precision floating point return value)
* A 'print' method (also for overriding) will display the shape's name, area, and all shape-specific values

Two derived or descendant classes will be created:
* Circle    -> Constructor requires a '
radius' argument, and a 'circumference' method to be implemented  
* Rectangle -> Constructor requires '
length' and 'breadth' arguments, and a 'perimeter' method to be implemented 

Instantiate an object of each class, and invoke each objects '
print' method to show relevant details.
perl
package Shapes;

use MooseX::Declare;

class Shape {
use MooseX::ABC;
requires qw/area print/;
has 'name' => (is => 'ro', isa => 'Str', default => '', required => 0, init_arg => undef );

}

class Circle extends Shape {
use constant PI => 4 * atan2(1, 1);

has '+name' => ( default => 'circle' );
has 'radius' => (is => 'ro', isa => 'Num', required => 1, init_arg => 'r' );

sub area { PI * ( $_[0]->radius ** 2 ) }
sub circumference { 2 * PI * ( $_[0]->radius ** 2 ) }

sub print {
my $self = shift;

printf <<"END_OF_BLOCK", map { $self->$_ } qw/name radius area circumference/;
I am a '%s' with
Radius: %.2f
Area: %.2f
Circumference: %.2f
END_OF_BLOCK

}

}

class Rectangle extends Shape {

has '+name' => ( default => 'rectangle' );
has 'length' => (is => 'ro', isa => 'Num', required => 1, init_arg => 'l' );
has 'breadth' => (is => 'ro', isa => 'Num', required => 1, init_arg => 'b' );

sub area { $_[0]->length * $_[0]->breadth }
sub perimeter { 2 * ( $_[0]->length + $_[0]->breadth ) }

sub print {
my $self = shift;

printf <<"END_OF_BLOCK", map { $self->$_ } qw/name length breadth area perimeter/;
I am a '%s' with
Length, Width: %.2f, %.2f
Area: %.2f
Perimeter: %.2f
END_OF_BLOCK

}

}

1;

package main;

my @shapes = ( Circle->new( r => 4.2 ), Rectangle->new(l => 2.7, b => 3.1),
Rectangle->new(l => 6.2, b => 2.6), Circle->new( r => 17.3) );
$_->print for @shapes;
{
package Shapes;

sub new {
my $class = shift;
die 'Invalid parameters' if (@_ % 2);
my %parameters = @_;
die 'Missing name' unless defined $parameters{name};
bless \%parameters, $class
}

sub area {
die
'area() method must be implemented by ',__PACKAGE__.' subclasses';
}
sub print {
my $self = shift;
printf "Name: \t%s\n", $self->{name};
printf "Area: \t%.2f\n", $self->area();
}
}

{
package Circle;
use parent -norequire, 'Shapes';
use Scalar::Util qw/looks_like_number/;
use Math::Trig;

sub new {
my $class = shift;
my $self = $class->SUPER::new(name => 'Circle', @_);
die 'Missing radius' unless defined($self->{radius});
die 'Invalid radius (not a number)'
unless looks_like_number($self->{radius});
$self
}
sub area {
my $self = shift;
pi * ($self->{radius} ** 2)
}
sub circumference {
my $self = shift;
2 * pi * $self->{radius};
}
sub print {
my $self = shift;
$self->SUPER::print;
printf "Circumference: \t%.2f\n", $self->circumference;
}

}

{
package Rectangle;
use parent -norequire, 'Shapes';
use Scalar::Util qw/looks_like_number/;

sub new {
my $class = shift;
my $self = $class->SUPER::new(name => 'Rectangle', @_);
do {
die "Missing $_" unless defined($self->{$_});
die "Invalid $_" unless looks_like_number($self->{$_});
} for qw/length breadth/;
$self;
}
sub area {
my $self = shift;
$self->{length} * $self->{breadth}
}
sub print {
my $self = shift;
$self->SUPER::print();
do {
printf ucfirst($_).": \t%.2f\n", $self->{$_}
} for qw/length breadth/;
}
}


package main;

my @shapes = ( Circle->new( radius => 4.2 ),
Rectangle->new(length => 2.7, breadth => 3.1),
Rectangle->new(length => 6.2, breadth => 2.6),
Circle->new( radius => 17.3) );
$_->print for @shapes;
java
/*
* Will work with version 1.4 if you remove the @Override annotation
* and declare floating point numbers using the primitive "double"
*/
abstract class Shape {
protected final String name;
public Shape(String name) {
this.name = name;
}
public abstract Double area();
public abstract void print();
}
class Circle extends Shape {
private Double radius;
public Circle(Double radius) {
super("circle");
this.radius = radius;
}
@Override
public Double area() {
return Math.PI * Math.pow(radius, 2);
}
@Override
public void print() {
System.out.println("A " + name + " with radius " + radius
+ ", area " + area() + " and circumference "
+ circumference() + ".");
}
public Double circumference() {
return 2 * Math.PI * radius;
}
}
class Rectangle extends Shape {
private Double length, breadth;
public Rectangle(Double length, Double breadth) {
super("Rectangle");
this.length = length;
this.breadth = breadth;
}
@Override
public Double area() {
return length * breadth;
}
public Double perimeter() {
return 2 * length + 2 * breadth;
}
@Override
public void print() {
System.out.println("A " + name + " with length " + length
+ ", breadth " + breadth + ", area " + area()
+ " and perimeter " + perimeter() + ".");
}
}
Circle circle = new Circle(4d);
circle.print();
Rectangle rectangle = new Rectangle(2d, 5.5);
rectangle.print();
cpp
#include <string>
#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

static const double PI = 3.141592;

class Shape {
protected:
string name_;
public:
Shape(const string& name) : name_(name) { }
virtual double area() const = 0;
virtual void print() const = 0;
};

class Circle : public Shape {
double radius_;
public:
Circle(double radius) : Shape("circle"), radius_(radius) { }
double area() const {
return PI * radius_ * radius_;
}
void print() const {
cout << "A " << name_ << " with radius " << radius_ << ", area "
<< area() << " and circumference " << circumference() << "."
<< endl;
}
double circumference() const {
return 2 * PI * radius_;
}
};

class Rectangle : public Shape {
double length_;
double breadth_;
public:
Rectangle(double length, double breadth) :
Shape("rectangle"), length_(length), breadth_(breadth) { }
double area() const {
return length_ * breadth_;
}
void print() const {
cout << "A " << name_ << " with length " << length_ << ", breadth "
<< breadth_ << ", area " << area() << " and perimeter "
<< perimeter() << "." << endl;
}
double perimeter() const {
return 2 * length_ + 2 * breadth_;
}
};

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
Circle circle(4);
circle.print();
Rectangle rectangle(2, 5.5);
rectangle.print();
}

Implement and use an Interface

Create a Serializable interface consisting of 'save' and 'restore' methods, each of which:

* Accept a stream or handle or descriptor argument for the source or destination
* Save to destination or restore from source the properties or data members of the implementing class (restrict yourself to the primitive types 'int' and 'string')

Next, create a Person class which has 'name' and 'age' properties or data members and implements this interface. Instantiate a Person object, save it to a serial stream, and instantiate a new Person object by restoring it from the serial stream.
perl
package Person;

use Moose;
use MooseX::Storage;
with Storage('format' => 'JSON', 'io' => 'File');

has 'name' => (is => 'rw', isa => 'Str');
has 'age' => (is => 'rw', isa => 'Int');

1;

Person->new( name => 'David B.', age => 28)->store('person.json');

my $p = Person->load('person.json');
{
package Serializable;
use Role::Basic;
use Storable qw'store_fd retrieve_fd';
use Scalar::Util 'blessed';
use IO::Handle;
use Carp;

sub save {
my $self = shift;
my $fd = shift or croak 'Needs target file handle';
$DB::single = (1);
store_fd($self, $fd);
}

sub restore {
my $class = shift;
my $fd = shift or croak 'Needs source file handle';
my $self = retrieve_fd( $fd );
bless $self, $class
}

}
{
package Person;
use Role::Basic 'with';
use Scalar::Util 'looks_like_number';
use Carp;

with 'Serializable';

sub new {
my $class = shift;
croak 'Invalid parameters' if (@_ % 2);
%parameters = @_;

do {
croak "Missing $_" unless defined $parameters{$_}
} for qw/name age/;
croak 'Invalid age' unless looks_like_number($parameters{age});
bless \%parameters, $class
}
sub name {
$self{name}
}
sub age {
$self{age}
}
}

use IO::Handle;
my $p1 = Person->new(age => 42, name => 'Milly Fogg');
open my $fh, '+>', 'person.store';
$p1->save( $fh );
seek $fh, 0, SEEK_SET;
my $p2 = Person->restore( $fh );
java
// Serialization to a file
class Person implements Serializable {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
private String name;
private int age;
public void setAge(int age) {
this.age = age;
}
public int getAge() {
return age;
}
public void setName(String name) {
this.name = name;
}
public String getName() {
return name;
}
public boolean equals(Object obj) {
if(obj == this) return true;
if(obj instanceof Person) {
Person p = (Person) obj;
return (p.getName().equals(this.getName())
& p.getAge() == this.getAge());
}
return false;
}
public String toString() {
return "Name: " + name + ", age: " + age;
}
}
Person person = new Person();
person.setName("Gaylord Focker");
person.setAge(21);

try {
File file = new File("ser.obj");
FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(file);
ObjectOutputStream oos = new ObjectOutputStream(fos);
oos.writeObject(person);
oos.close();
FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(file);
ObjectInputStream ois = new ObjectInputStream(fis);
Person deserializedPerson = (Person) ois.readObject();
ois.close();
System.out.println(deserializedPerson);
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
cpp
struct person
{
person(){}
person(const string &name, int age) : name_(name), age_(age) {}

string name_;
int age_;

template<typename Archive>
void serialize(Archive &ar, const unsigned int version) {
ar & name_ & age_;
}
};


int main()
{
const char *fn = "filename.txt";

person k("Ken", 38);
{
ofstream ofs(fn);
archive::text_oarchive oa(ofs);
oa << k;
}

person restored_person;
{
ifstream ifs(fn);
archive::text_iarchive ia(ifs);
ia >> restored_person;
}

cout << "Name : " << restored_person.name_ << endl
<< "Age : " << restored_person.age_ << endl;
}

Check your language appears on the langref.org site

Your language name should appear within the HTML found at the http://langreg.org main page.
perl
# requires libwww-perl
use LWP::Simple;

if (grep /perl/, get('http://langref.org/')) {
print 'perl appears on langref.org';
} else {
print 'perl does not appear on langref.org';
}
java
String url = "http://langref.org/", language = "java", line = null, regexp = ".*" + url + language + ".*";

BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader((new URL(url)).openStream()));
while ((line = in.readLine()) != null)
if (line.matches(regexp)) { System.out.printf("Language %s exists @ %s\n", language, url); break; }

in.close();
cpp
HttpWebRequest^ httpReq = safe_cast<HttpWebRequest^>(WebRequest::Create(url)); httpReq->KeepAlive = false;
StreamReader^ httpStream = gcnew StreamReader(httpReq->GetResponse()->GetResponseStream());
String^ htmlPage = httpStream->ReadToEnd(); httpStream->Close();

Console::WriteLine("{0} {1} {2}", url, (htmlPage->IndexOf(url + language) > 0 ? "offers" : "does not offer"), language);
XML

Process an XML document

Given the XML Document:

<shopping>
  <item name="bread" quantity="3" price="2.50"/>
  <item name="milk" quantity="2" price="3.50"/>
</shopping>

Print out the total cost of the items, e.g. $14.50
perl
#! /usr/bin/perl
# -*- Mode: CPerl -*-

use strict;
use XML::Simple;
use Data::Dumper;

# Given the XML Document:
#
# <shopping>
# <item name="bread" quantity="3" price="2.50"/>
# <item name="milk" quantity="2" price="3.50"/>
# </shopping>
#
# Print out the total cost of the items, e.g. $14.50

my $xml =
" <shopping>\n"
." <item name=\"bread\" quantity=\"3\" price=\"2.50\"/>\n"
." <item name=\"milk\" quantity=\"2\" price=\"3.50\"/>\n"
." </shopping>\n";

my $xs = XML::Simple->new();
my $ref = $xs->XMLin($xml);
my $stuff = ${$ref}{item};

my $q;
my $p;
my $t;
my $z;

foreach my $item ( sort keys %{$stuff}){
$q = ${$stuff}{$item}{quantity};
$p = ${$stuff}{$item}{price};
$z = $q*$p;
printf "%5.5s %2d @\$%5.2f = \$%5.2f\n",$item,$q,$p,$z;
$t += $z;
}
printf "Total \$%5.2f\n",$t;

#eos
use strict;
use XML::Twig;

use Data::Dumper;

my $xml = <<ENDXML;
<shopping>
<item name="bread" quantity="3" price="2.50"/>
<item name="milk" quantity="2" price="3.50"/>
</shopping>
ENDXML

my $xt = XML::Twig->parse( $xml );

my $price;
foreach my $item ($xt->root->children('item')) {
$price += ($item->{att}{price} * $item->{att}{quantity})
}

printf "Total Cost: %.2f\n", $price


java
// solution uses JAXP and SAX included in Java API since version >= 1.5
class ShoppingContentHandler extends DefaultHandler {
Double priceSum = 0d;
@Override
public void startElement(String uri, String localName, String name,
Attributes attributes) throws SAXException {
if(name.equals("item")) {
String quantityString = attributes.getValue(attributes.getIndex("quantity"));
String priceString = attributes.getValue(attributes.getIndex("price"));
Integer quantity = Integer.parseInt(quantityString);
Double price = Double.parseDouble(priceString);
priceSum += (quantity * price);
}
}
public Double getPriceSum() {
return priceSum;
}
}

SAXParserFactory parserFactory = SAXParserFactory.newInstance();
try {
SAXParser parser = parserFactory.newSAXParser();
XMLReader reader = parser.getXMLReader();
ShoppingContentHandler contentHandler = new ShoppingContentHandler();
reader.setContentHandler(contentHandler);
reader.parse(new InputSource(new FileReader("shopping.xml")));
System.out.printf("$%.2f", contentHandler.getPriceSum());

} catch (ParserConfigurationException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (SAXException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
cpp
char input[] =
"<shopping>"
" <item name=\"bread\" quantity=\"3\" price=\"2.50\"/>"
" <item name=\"milk\" quantity=\"2\" price=\"3.50\"/>"
"</shopping>";

xml_document<> doc;
doc.parse<0>(input);
xml_node<> *shopping = doc.first_node();

float total_price = 0;
for (xml_node<> *item = shopping->first_node(); item != NULL; item = item->next_sibling())
{
float item_sum = 0;
float val;

if (string(item->name()) != "item")
continue;

for (xml_attribute<> *attr = item->first_attribute(); attr != NULL; attr = attr->next_attribute())
{
string name(attr->name());
if (name == "quantity" || name == "price")
{
stringstream v(attr->value());
v >> val;
if (item_sum)
item_sum *= val;
else
item_sum = val;
}
}
total_price += item_sum;
}

cout.setf(ios::fixed, ios::floatfield);
cout << "Total price is $" << setprecision(2) << total_price << endl;

create some XML programmatically

Given the following CSV:

bread,3,2.50
milk,2,3.50

Produce the equivalent information in XML, e.g.:

<shopping>
  <item name="bread" quantity="3" price="2.50" />
  <item name="milk" quantity="2" price="3.50" />
</shopping>
perl
#! /usr/bin/perl
# -*- Mode: CPerl -*-

use strict;
use XML::Simple;
use Data::Dumper;

# bread,3,2.50
# milk,2,3.50
#
# Produce the equivalent information in XML, e.g.:
#
# <shopping>
# <item name="bread" quantity="3" price="2.50" />
# <item name="milk" quantity="2" price="3.50" />
# </shopping>
#

my $line;
my $item;
my $q;
my $p;
my $z;

my $xs = XML::Simple->new();
my %d = ();
while($line=<DATA>){
chomp $line;
($item,$q,$p) = split ",",$line;
$d{shopping}{item}{$item}{quantity} = $q;
$d{shopping}{item}{$item}{price} = $p;
}

$xml = $xs->XMLout(\%d, KeepRoot => 1);
print $xml,"\n";

__DATA__
bread,3,2.50
milk,2,3.50
use strict;
use XML::Writer;
use Text::CSV;

my $csv = <<ENDOFCSV;
bread,3,2.50
milk,2,3.50
ENDOFCSV

open my $fh, '<', \$csv or die "Can't open string, $!\n";
my $csv = Text::CSV->new;
my $writer = XML::Writer->new(DATA_MODE => 1, DATA_INDENT => 2);

$writer->startTag('shopping');

while (my $arr_ref = $csv->getline($fh)) {
my %attributes;
@attributes{qw/name quantity price/} =
@{$arr_ref}[0..2];
$writer->emptyTag('item' => %attributes)
}
$writer->endTag('shopping');


java
// In this solution JAXB is used to created the xml output.
// JAXB is included in Java 1.6. Runs with 1.5 if you include JAXB Jars
// in the classpath.
class Item {
// Of course you use getters and setters and declare attributes private.
// In this sample a "dirty" way is chosen to keep LOC low.
@XmlAttribute
String name;
@XmlAttribute
Integer quantity;
@XmlAttribute
Double price;
}

@XmlRootElement
class Shopping {
@XmlElement
Set<Item> items = new HashSet<Item>();
}

String line = null;
Shopping shopping = new Shopping();
try {
BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("shopping.csv"));
while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
String[] parts = line.split(",");
Item item = new Item();
item.name = parts[0];
item.quantity = Integer.parseInt(parts[1]);
item.price = Double.parseDouble(parts[2]);
shopping.items.add(item);

}
JAXB.marshal(shopping, "D:" + File.separatorChar + "shopping.auto.xml");
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
cpp
string input("bread,3,2.50\nmilk,2,3.50\n");

tokenizer<char_separator<char> > tokens(input, char_separator<char>(", \n"));
tokenizer<char_separator<char> >::iterator it = tokens.begin();

xml_document<> doc;
xml_node<> *shopping = doc.allocate_node(node_element, "shopping");
doc.append_node(shopping);

while (it != tokens.end()) {
xml_node<> *item = doc.allocate_node(node_element, "item");
shopping->append_node(item);

item->append_attribute(doc.allocate_attribute("name", doc.allocate_string((*it++).c_str())));
item->append_attribute(doc.allocate_attribute("quantity", doc.allocate_string((*it++).c_str())));
item->append_attribute(doc.allocate_attribute("price", doc.allocate_string((*it++).c_str())));
}

cout << doc << endl;

Find all Pythagorean triangles with length or height less than or equal to 20

Pythagorean triangles are right angle triangles whose sides comply with the following equation:

a * a + b * b = c * c

where c represents the length of the hypotenuse, and a and b represent the lengths of the other two sides. Find all such triangles where a, b and c are non-zero integers with a and b less than or equal to 20. Sort your results by the size of the hypotenuse. The expected answer is:

[3, 4, 5]
[6, 8, 10]
[5, 12, 13]
[9, 12, 15]
[8, 15, 17]
[12, 16, 20]
[15, 20, 25]
perl
#!/usr/bin/perl
my @results;
for my $x (1..20) {
for my $y ($x..20) {
my $z = sqrt($x**2+$y**2);
push @results, [$x,$y,$z] if $z == int($z);
}
}
for my $triangle ( sort { $a->[2] <=> $b->[2] } @results) {
print "[".join(',',@$triangle)."]\n";
}
java
SortedSet<List<Integer>> results = new TreeSet<List<Integer>>(new Comparator<List<Integer>>() {
public int compare(List<Integer> o1, List<Integer> o2) {
return o1.get(2).compareTo(o2.get(2));
}
});
for (int x = 1; x <= 20; x++) {
for (int y = 1; y <= 20; y++) {
double z = Math.hypot(x, y) ;
if ((int) z == z)
results.add(Arrays.asList( new Integer[] { x, y, (int) z }));
}
}
cpp
vector<solution> solutions;

for (int a = 1; a <= 20; ++a)
for (int b = a + 1; b <= 20; ++b)
{
int c_squared = a*a + b*b;
int c = b + 1;
while (c * c < c_squared)
++c;
if (c * c == c_squared)
solutions.push_back(make_tuple(a, b, c));
}

sort(begin(solutions), end(solutions),
[](const solution& s1, const solution& s2) { return get<2>(s1) < get<2>(s2); });

for (const auto &s: solutions)
cout << '[' << get<0>(s) << ", " << get<1>(s) << ", " << get<2>(s) << ']' << endl;

Greatest Common Divisor

Find the largest positive integer that divides two given numbers without a remainder. For example, the GCD of 8 and 12 is 4.

perl
sub gcd {
my ($a, $b) = @_;
($a,$b) = ($b,$a) if $a > $b;

while ($a) { ($a, $b) = ($b % $a, $a) }

return $b;
}

print gcd( 8, 12 );
my $g = gcd (8, 12);
print $g;

sub gcd {
# Euclid's Algorithm - recursive
my ($c, $d) = @_;
return $c unless $d;
return gcd ($d, $c % $d);
}
my $g = gcd2 (8, 12);
print $g;

sub gcd2 {
# Dijkstra's Algorithm - recursive
my ($c, $d) = @_;
return $c if $c == $d;
return $c > $d? gcd2 ($c - $d, $d) : gcd2 ($c, $d - $c);
}
java
static int gcd(int a, int b) {
if (Math.min(a, b) == 0)
return Math.max(a, b);
else
return gcd(Math.min(a, b), Math.abs(a - b));
}
cpp
#include <iostream>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <algorithm>

using namespace std;

int gcd_recursive(int i, int j) {
if (min(i, j) == 0)
return max(i, j);
else
return gcd_recursive(min(i, j), abs(i - j));
}

int gcd_recursive2(int x, int y) {
if (y == 0)
return x;
else
return gcd_recursive2(y, (x % y));
}

int gcd_iterative(int i, int j) {
while (min(i, j) != 0) {
i = min(i, j);
j = abs(i - j);
}
return max(i, j);
}

int main() {
std::cout << gcd_recursive(8, 12) << std::endl;
std::cout << gcd_recursive2(8, 12) << std::endl;
std::cout << gcd_iterative(8, 12) << std::endl;
return 0;
}
Fun

produces a copy of its own source code

In computing, a quine is a computer program which produces a copy of its own source code as its only output.
perl
seek DATA,0,0;
print <DATA>;
__DATA__
Cheating quine.
$_=q(print qq(\$_=q($_);eval\n));eval
$x=q($x=q(%s);printf($x,$x););printf($x,$x);
java
public class Quine {public static void main(String[] args) {String s = "public class Quine {public static void main(String[] args) {String s = %c%s%c;System.out.printf(s, 34, s, 34);}}";System.out.printf(s, 34, s, 34);}}
public class Quine {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Character cq = (char) 34;
Character cn = (char) 10;
Character cs = (char) 92;
String s = "public class Quine {\n public static void main(String[] args) {\n Character cq = (char) 34;\n Character cn = (char) 10;\n Character cs = (char) 92;\n String s = %c%s%c;\n System.out.printf(s, cq, s.replace(cn.toString(), cs.toString() + 'n'), cq);\n }\n}";
System.out.printf(s, cq, s.replace(cn.toString(), cs.toString() + 'n'), cq);
}
}
cpp
#include <cstdio>
#define B(x) x; printf("{ B(" #x ") }\n");
int main()
{ B(printf("#include <cstdio>\n#define B(x) x; printf(\"{ B(\" #x \") }\\n\");\nint main()\n")) }

Create a multithreaded "Hello World"

Create a program which outputs the string "Hello World" to the console, multiple times, using separate threads or processes.

Example:

-Output-

Thread one says Hello World!
Thread two says Hello World!
Thread four says Hello World!
Thread three says Hello World!

-Notice that the threads can print in any order.
perl
use threads;

foreach my $tid ("one","two","three","four") {
threads->create(
sub { print("Thread $tid says Hello World!\n"); }
)->join();
}
java
for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
final int nr = i ;
new Thread(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
System.out.println("Thread " + new String[] { "one", "two", "three", "four" }[nr] + " says Hello World!");
}
}).start();
}
cpp
#include <iostream>
#include <string>

using namespace std;

int main(){
int pid;
string text[4]={"one","two","three","four"};
for (int i=0;i<4;i++){
pid=fork();
if (pid>0){
//cout << "Process("<<pid<<") - " << "Thread " << text[i] << " says Hello World!" << endl;
cout << "Thread " << text[i] << " says Hello World!" << endl;
exit(0);
}
}
return 0;
}
#include <iostream>
#include <string>

#include <omp.h>

int main() {
unsigned int const num_threads = 4;

std::string const names[] = { "one", "two", "three", "four" };

# pragma omp parallel num_threads(num_threads)
{
unsigned const id = omp_get_thread_num();
// Stream concatenation isn't thread-safe so we use a critical section.
# pragma omp critical
std::cout << "Thread " << names[id] << " says Hello World!" << std::endl;
}
}