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Exercise: Repeated Values

Martin Breuss

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Overview

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Practice With a Plan 05:00

Remember What You Have Seen 03:30

Exercise: Repeated Values 08:00

Exercise: First Unique Character 08:00

Exercise: Matching Character Counts 08:00

Exercise: Target Pair Positions 08:00

Exercise: Shared Inventory 08:00

Exercise: Consecutive Value Run 08:30

Look Back at What You Stored 13:00

Move Two Positions With a Purpose 03:30

Exercise: Mirror Text 08:00

Exercise: Merge Ordered Readings 09:00

Exercise: Compact Repeated Values 08:00

Exercise: Move Empty Slots 08:00

Exercise: Ordered Target Pair 08:00

Exercise: Nearly Mirrored Text 10:00

Check Why Each Move Was Safe 14:00

Reuse a Moving Region 03:30

Exercise: Largest Fixed Total 08:00

Exercise: Vowel Window 08:00

Exercise: Longest Unique Segment 08:00

Exercise: Limited Character Variety 09:00

Exercise: Shortest Positive Total 08:00

Exercise: Rearranged Pattern Match 08:30

Retrace How Your Windows Moved 13:30

Exercise: Nearby Repeat 09:00

Exercise: Shared Ordered Readings 09:30

Read the Constraints Behind Your Choices 11:30

Mock Interview: Talk Through a Warm-Up Problem 22:00

Python Coding Interview Practice: Hashing, Pointers, and Windows (Quiz) 08:30

Practice Again With a Fresh Example 02:30

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