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DataWeave programming challenge #3: Count palindrome phrases using the Strings module



 

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💡 Tip: For this challenge, we encourage you to make use of the Strings module's functions.



Input


Consider the following input payload (can be of txt format):


this is not a palindrome
blue
Mr. Owl ate my metal worm
Was it a car or a cat I saw?
you're doing great!
mug
Rats live on no evil star
what's taking so long?
kayak
Live on time, emit no evil
Step on no pets
boat
Anna
2020/02/02
15/03/2001
01/02/2010


Explanation of the problem


Each line of the input payload is considered a different phrase. Review each phrase and find those that are palindromes. Notice that punctuation, spaces, or special characters should not be considered to ensure a phrase is a palindrome.


For example,

  • Anna in reverse is anna - this is a palindrome.

  • 2020/02/02 in reverse is 20200202 - this is a palindrome.

  • Mr. Owl ate my metal worm in reverse is mrowlatemymetalworm - this is a palindrome.


After that, retrieve the character count of the original phrase. Including punctuation, spaces, and special characters.


For example,

  • Anna is 4.

  • 2020/02/02 is 10.

  • Mr. Owl ate my metal worm is 25.


Return the total sum of all the palindrome's character count.



Expected output


In this case, the expected output would be:


148

The result for each of the phrases (whether they're palindrome or not) should be:

  1. false

  2. false

  3. true

  4. true

  5. false

  6. false

  7. true

  8. false

  9. true

  10. true

  11. true

  12. false

  13. true

  14. true

  15. false

  16. true




Clues


If you're stuck with your solution, feel free to check out some of these clues to give you ideas on how to solve it!


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Answer


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Solution #1



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Kevin Medina
Kevin Medina
24 févr.

%dw 2.0

import * from dw::core::Strings

import * from dw::core::Arrays

output application/json

fun getPalindromCount(text) = (lines(text) map ((sentence, index) -> do{

    var cleanedSentence = lower(sentence mapString if (!isAlphanumeric($)) "" else $)

    ---

    if(reverse(cleanedSentence) == cleanedSentence) sizeOf(sentence) else 0

}))sumBy $

---

getPalindromCount(payload)

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Kelvin Fernandes
Kelvin Fernandes
23 oct. 2023

%dw 2.0 import * from dw::core::Strings var payloadLines = lines(payload) var payloadLinesOnlyLetterAndNumbers = payloadLines map ( lower( $ replace /[^A-Za-z0-9]/ with "" ) ) var areTheyPalindromes = payloadLinesOnlyLetterAndNumbers map ( $ == reverse($) ) var onlyPalindromesLines = (areTheyPalindromes map ( if($) ( payloadLines[$$] ) else ( null ) )) filter $ != null output application/json --- /* Expected output: 148 */ sizeOf(onlyPalindromesLines joinBy "")

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%dw 2.0 import * from dw::core::Strings fun isPalindrome(word) = word == reverse(word) fun formatWord(word) = lower(word replace /[^\w\d]/ with "") output application/json --- sum(lines(payload) map(if(isPalindrome(formatWord($))) sizeOf($) else 0))

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shwetabh singh
shwetabh singh
06 mai 2023

Here is my approach:


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Alex Martinez
Alex Martinez
08 mai 2023
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love it. thank you for sharing!

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tafkamw
02 mai 2023

%dw 2.0

output application/json


import * from dw::core::Strings


var cleanString = (aString) ->

lower (aString mapString if( !isAlphanumeric($)) "" else $)

---

lines(payload) map (

sizeOf(

if (cleanString($) == reverse(cleanString($))) $ else ""

)

)

reduce ($$ + $)

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Alex Martinez
Alex Martinez
02 mai 2023
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sweet! thanks for sharing!

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