ProgressBar

Problem:

TopCoder Problem Statement - ProgressBar

Single Round Match 173 Round 1 - Division II, Level One

Overview:

Fill in a progress bar to show the fraction of completed time vs. total time estimated to complete a task.

Java Source:

     1 public class ProgressBar {
     2
     3  public static final int NUM_MARKERS = 20;
     4  private static final char FILL_CHAR = '#';
     5  private static final char EMPTY_CHAR = '.';
     6
     7
     8  public String showProgress(int[] taskTimes, int tasksCompleted) {
     9
    10   int totalTime = 0;
    11   int completedTime = 0;
    12
    13   /*
    14   * Count the time for all completed tasks and the
    15   * overall total time.
    16   */
    17   for (int i = 0; i < taskTimes.length; i++)  {
    18    totalTime += taskTimes[i];
    19
    20    if (tasksCompleted > i)  {
    21     completedTime = totalTime;
    22    }
    23   }
    24
    25   int numberToFill = NUM_MARKERS * completedTime / totalTime;
    26
    27   /*
    28   * Create our return array.  Fill in the characters that should
    29   * be filled in, then mark the rest as empty.
    30   */
    31   char[] chars = new char[NUM_MARKERS];
    32
    33   for (int i = 0; i < numberToFill; i++)  {
    34    chars[i] = FILL_CHAR;
    35   }
    36
    37   for (int i = numberToFill; i < NUM_MARKERS; i++)  {
    38    chars[i] = EMPTY_CHAR;
    39   }
    40
    41   return new String(chars);
    42  }
    43 }

Notes:

The first step is to sum the time taken so far and the total time. This can be done in one pass of the given taskTimes array.

With these, we can determine the number of characters that must be filled in using the formula:

NUM_MARKERS * completedTime / totalTime

Note that this is using integer division, so the result will automatically be rounded down for us.

Then it's just a matter of filling in the first numberToFill characters, and setting the rest to empty.

Thank you for taking the time to read this solution. I welcome any feedback you may have.

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