刚刚面完stripe，题目和地里其他人发的基本一样，我这里把完整的题都沾上了吧。
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Step 1: min_by_key
Throughout this interview, we'll pretend we're building a new analytical database. Don't worry about actually building a database though these will all be toy problems.
Here's how the database works: all records are represented as maps, with string keys and integer values. The records are contained in an array, in no particular order.
To begin with, the database will support just one function: min_by_key. This function scans the array of records and returns the record that has the minimum value for a specified key. Records that do not contain the specified key are considered to have value 0 for the key. Note that keys may map to negative values!
Here's an example use case: each of your records contains data about a school student. You can use min_by_key to answer questions such as "who is the youngest student?" and "who is the student with the lowest grade-point average?"
Implementation notes:
You should handle an empty array of records in an idiomatic way in your language of choice.
If several records share the same minimum value for the chosen key, you may return any of them.
assert min_by_key("a", [{"a": 1, "b": 2}, {"a": 2}]) == {"a": 1, "b": 2}
assert min_by_key("a", [{"a": 2}, {"a": 1, "b": 2}]) == {"a": 1, "b": 2}
assert min_by_key("b", [{"a": 1, "b": 2}, {"a": 2}]) == {"a": 2}
assert min_by_key("a", [{}]) == {}
assert min_by_key("b", [{"a": -1}, {"b": -1}]) == {"b": -1}
Step 2: first_by_key
Our next step in database development is to add a new function. We'll call this function first_by_key. It has much in common with min_by_key. first_by_key takes three arguments:
a string key
a string sort direction (which must be either "asc" or "desc")
an array of records, just as in min_by_key.
If the sort direction is "asc", then we should return the minimum record, otherwise we should return the maximum record. As before, records without a value for the key should be treated as having value 0.
Once you have a working solution, you should re-implement min_by_key in terms of first_by_key .
assert first_by_key("a", "asc", [{"a": 1}]) == {"a": 1}
assert first_by_key("a", "asc", [{"b": 1}, {"b": -2}, {"a": 10}]) in [{"b": 1}, {"b": -2}]
assert first_by_key("a", "desc", [{"b": 1}, {"b": -2}, {"a": 10}]) == {"a": 10}
assert first_by_key("b", "asc", [{"b": 1}, {"b": -2}, {"a": 10}]) == {"b": -2}
assert first_by_key("b", "desc", [{"b": 1}, {"b": -2}, {"a": 10}]) == {"b": 1}
assert first_by_key("a", "desc", [{}, {"a": 10, "b": -10}, {}, {"a": 3, "c": 3}]) == {"a": 10, "b": -10}
Step 3: first_by_key comparator
As we build increasingly rich orderings for our records, we'll find it useful to extract the comparison of records into a comparator. This is a function or object (depending on your language) which determines if a record is "less than", equal, or "greater than" another.
In object-oriented languages, you should write a class whose constructor accepts two parameters: a string key and a string direction. The class should implement a method compare that takes as its parameters two records. This method should return -1 if the first record comes before the second record (according to key and direction), zero if neither record comes before the other, or 1 if the first record comes after the second.
In functional languages, you should write a function which accepts two parameters: a string key and a string direction. The function should return a method that takes as its parameters two records. This function should return -1 if the first record comes before the second record (according to key and direction), zero if neither record comes before the other, or 1 if the first record comes after the second.
You should then use your comparator in your implementation of first_by_key.
Examples (in Python):
cmp = RecordComparator("a", "asc")
assert cmp.compare({"a": 1}, {"a": 2}) == -1
assert cmp.compare({"a": 2}, {"a": 1}) == 1
assert cmp.compare({"a": 1}, {"a": 1}) == 0
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期间要用step 2的方法实现step 1，step 3的方法实现step 2
补充内容 (2018-11-18 16:28):
过了两三天recruiter通知onsite，所以没有当天收到消息的也不用太担心。还有我觉得也不一定是要做多少个steps才能过，主要是过程中要清晰地和面试官交流想法并且写出正确的代码吧。