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If the candidate starts by drawing 2 lines, then marking start and end on the lines, you know you would be off to having a good chat
by venture_lol 9y ago
If the candidate starts by drawing 2 lines, then marking start and end on the lines, you know you would be off to having a good chat
- mpetrovich 9y agoMy thoughts exactly. Defining the problem space and all possible cases is the key that so many people miss. Once you do that, the solution is just Boolean logic.
- marcuslager 9y agoTo have a good chat I would hope they drew a coordinate system, mapped both appointments in Euclidian space, and then did an intersect between vector A (first appointment) and vector B (second appointment) to see if there are any data points in common.
- poikniok 9y agoWhat does this mean?
- marcuslager 9y agoFor a good discussion, instead of looking at the problem strictly programmatically, you could look at it as something you could map in vector space. The dimensions of appointments are [startTime, endTime, location]. If you have points in one appointment that intersect with other appointments, then you have a collision.
- 4ydx 9y agoThis problem is solved with a couple of simple if statements. Finding a "solution" that is more complex than necessary or introduces knowledge that really isn't needed is the sign of a programmer who... over-engineers and is likely to be a detriment.
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