1hr - two questions | hackerank
Question: 1

Working Code: [Python]
def vowels_prob(strArr, queries):
s_e_vowels = []
vowels = {'a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u'}
for each in strArr:
if each[0] in vowels and each[-1] in vowels:
s_e_vowels.append(1)
else:
s_e_vowels.append(0)
# prefix sum
for i in range(1, len(s_e_vowels)):
s_e_vowels[i] += s_e_vowels[i-1]
print(strArr)
print(s_e_vowels)
s_e_vowels = [0] + s_e_vowels
output = []
for q in queries:
l, r = map(int, q.split("-"))
output.append(s_e_vowels[r] - s_e_vowels[l-1])
print(output)Question: 2

Working Code: [Python]
def closestNumbers(numbers):
numbers.sort()
smallestDiff = float("inf")
output = []
for i in range(1, len(numbers)):
diff = abs(numbers[i] - numbers[i-1])
if diff < smallestDiff:
smallestDiff = diff
output = [(numbers[i-1], numbers[i])]
elif diff == smallestDiff:
output.append((numbers[i-1], numbers[i]))
for each in output:
print(f"{each[0]} {each[1]}")