CodingChallenge

Coding challenges for Scientific Games. There are two problems that have been given that will be outlined below.

Problem 1

Given a list of people with their birth and end years (all between 1900 and 2000), find the year with the most number of people alive. Solve using a language of your choice and dataset of your own creation. Please upload your code, dataset, and example of the program’s output to Bit Bucket or Github.

Requirements

• Node.js 4.6.0+
• C++ compiler (Microsoft Visual Studio or MinGW)

Solution Steps

• Change your working directory to the Problem1 sub-directory.
• Install the necessary node dependencies by running npm install
• Create a random person dataset by running node generateList.js -o <outputFile> -n <numberOfPeople>, OR you can use an existing dataset from the testData directory
• Compile the C++ code for the application that will compute the year(s) with the most number of people alive. There are two source files (FindLiveliestYear.cpp and jsoncpp/jsoncpp.cpp) and you will need to add the include directory jsoncpp. Compiling with MinGW would look like

> g++ -o FindLiveliestYear FindLiveliestYear.cpp jsoncpp\jsoncpp.cpp -I jsoncpp -std=gnu++11

• Execute the application by passing in the path to a JSON list of people e.g.

> FindLiveliestYear.exe testData\data1Person.json
Most number of people alive: 1
Year(s) with most people alive:
        1980 - Randall Burton
        1981 - Randall Burton
        1982 - Randall Burton
        1983 - Randall Burton
        1984 - Randall Burton
        1985 - Randall Burton
        1986 - Randall Burton
        1987 - Randall Burton
        1988 - Randall Burton
        1989 - Randall Burton

Test Output

You can find sample JSON input files under the testData folder along with their expected outputs under the testResults folder with the same name. These sample outputs showcase different sample sizes, as well as error handling cases.

Problem 2

TODO