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CODING (weight: 50%) The string "PAYPAL IS HIRING" is written in a zigzag pattern on a given number of rows like this: (you may want to display this pattern in a fixed font for better legibility) P A H N A P L S I I G Y I R And then read line by line: PAHNAPLSIIGYIR Write the code that will take a string and make this conversion given a number of rows: String convert(String text, int nRows); convert("paypalishiring", 3) should return "pahnaplsiigyir"
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Software Engineer

Interviewed at PayPal

3.6
Dec 19, 2011

CODING (weight: 50%) The string "PAYPAL IS HIRING" is written in a zigzag pattern on a given number of rows like this: (you may want to display this pattern in a fixed font for better legibility) P A H N A P L S I I G Y I R And then read line by line: PAHNAPLSIIGYIR Write the code that will take a string and make this conversion given a number of rows: String convert(String text, int nRows); convert("paypalishiring", 3) should return "pahnaplsiigyir"

iOS developers have a "dispatch_after(when, queue, block)" Grand Central Dispatch (GCD) function they can utilize but once it's set up, these calls can not be easily cancelled. Describe how you might implement a more convenient version of this named "cancellable_dispatch_after"
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IOS Developer

Interviewed at Meta

3.6
Jan 14, 2016

iOS developers have a "dispatch_after(when, queue, block)" Grand Central Dispatch (GCD) function they can utilize but once it's set up, these calls can not be easily cancelled. Describe how you might implement a more convenient version of this named "cancellable_dispatch_after"

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