Here is another codility problem solution from the codility lessons (GenomicRangeQuery-Find the minimal nucleotide from a range of sequence DNA..) due to the copy rights I can't copy the content of the problem here so to view the problem description click here.
// you can also use imports, for example: import java.util.*; // you can use System.out.println for debugging purposes, e.g. // System.out.println("this is a debug message"); class Solution { HashMap < Integer, Integer > ListOfA = new HashMap < Integer, Integer > (); HashMap < Integer, Integer > ListOfC = new HashMap < Integer, Integer > (); HashMap < Integer, Integer > ListOfG = new HashMap < Integer, Integer > (); HashMap < Integer, Integer > ListOfT = new HashMap < Integer, Integer > (); public int[] solution(String S, int[] P, int[] Q) { // write your code in Java SE 8 int sum = getSum(S); fillMap(S); int[] queries = new int[P.length]; for (int i = 0; i < P.length; i++) { int startIndex = P[i]; int endIndex = Q[i]; int sumA = ListOfA.get(endIndex) - ListOfA.get(startIndex); if (S.charAt(startIndex) == 'A') sumA++; if (sumA > 0) { queries[i] = 1; } else { int sumC = ListOfC.get(endIndex) - ListOfC.get(startIndex); if (S.charAt(startIndex) == 'C') sumC++; if (sumC > 0) { queries[i] = 2; } else { int sumG = ListOfG.get(endIndex) - ListOfG.get(startIndex); if (S.charAt(startIndex) == 'G') sumG++; if (sumG > 0) { queries[i] = 3; } else { int sumT = ListOfT.get(endIndex) - ListOfT.get(startIndex); if (S.charAt(startIndex) == 'T') sumT++; if (sumT > 0) { queries[i] = 4; } } } } // System.out.println(queries[i]+"========"+P[i]+"========"+Q[i]); } // System.out.println(S); return queries; } private void fillMap(String S) { int sumA = 0; int sumC = 0; int sumG = 0; int sumT = 0; int len = S.length(); for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) { char c = S.charAt(i); switch (c) { case 'A': sumA++; break; case 'C': sumC++; break; case 'G': sumG++; break; case 'T': sumT++; break; } ListOfA.put(i, sumA); ListOfC.put(i, sumC); ListOfG.put(i, sumG); ListOfT.put(i, sumT); } } private int getSum(String S) { int sum = 0; int len = S.length(); for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) { sum += mapChartoInt(S.charAt(i)); } return sum; } private int mapChartoInt(char c) { int mappedVal = -1; switch (c) { case 'A': mappedVal = 1; break; case 'C': mappedVal = 2; break; case 'G': mappedVal = 3; break; case 'T': mappedVal = 4; break; } return mappedVal; } }