Top 10 Java Coding Questions For Test Automation

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Question-1: Write Code To Filter Duplicate Elements From An

Array And Print As A List?
package simple.test;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Set;

public class findDuplicates {

public static void main(String[] args) {

ArrayList<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();

// Form a list of numbers from 0-9.

for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
list.add(String.valueOf(i));
}

// Insert a new set of numbers from 0-5.

for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
list.add(String.valueOf(i));
}

System.out.println("Input list : " + list);

System.out.println("\nFiltered duplicates : " +
processList(list));
}

public static Set<String> processList(List<String>

listContainingDuplicates) {
 final Set<String> resultSet = new HashSet<String>();
final Set<String> tempSet = new HashSet<String>();

for (String yourInt : listContainingDuplicates) {

if (!tempSet.add(yourInt)) {
resultSet.add(yourInt);
}
}
return resultSet;
}
}

Question-2: Write Code To Sort The List Of Strings Using Java

Collection?
package simple.test;

import java.util.Arrays;

public class sortStrings {

public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {

String[] inputList = { "Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun",

"Jul",
"aug", "Sep", "Oct", "nov", "Dec" };

// Display input un-sorted list.

System.out.println("-------Input List-------");
showList(inputList);

// Call to sort the input list.

Arrays.sort(inputList);

// Display the sorted list.

System.out.println("\n-------Sorted List-------");
showList(inputList);

// Call to sort the input list in case-sensitive order.

System.out.println("\n-------Sorted list (Case-Sensitive)-------");
 Arrays.sort(inputList, String.CASE_INSENSITIVE_ORDER);

// Display the sorted list.

showList(inputList);
}

public static void showList(String[] array) {

for (String str : array) {
System.out.print(str + " ");
}
System.out.println();
}

Question-3: Write A Function To Reverse A Number In Java?

package simple.test;

public class invertNumber {

public long doInvert(long number) {

long invert = 0;
while (number != 0) {
invert = (invert * 10) + (number % 10);
number = number / 10;
}
return invert;
}

public static void main(String args[]) {

long lnum = 654321;
invertNumber input = new invertNumber();

System.out.println("Input value : " + lnum);

System.out.println("Inverted value : " +
input.doInvert(lnum));
}
}
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Question-4: Write A Method To Check Prime No. In Java?

package simple.test;

import java.util.Scanner;

public class findPrime {

public static void main(String[] args) {

Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.print("Enter an int value : ");
int input = scan.nextInt();
if (checkPrime(input)) {
System.out.println("Input value " + input + " is a
prime number.");
} else {
System.out.println("Input value " + input
+ " is not a prime number.");
}
}

public static boolean checkPrime(int n) {

if (n <= 1) {
return false;
}
for (int i = 2; i < Math.sqrt(n); i++) {
if (n % i == 0) {
return false;
}
}
return true;
}
}

Question-5: Write A Java Program To Find Out The First Two

Max Values From An Array?
package simple.test;

public class findTwoMaxValue {

public void GetTwoMaxValues(int[] nums) {

int maxOne = 0;
int maxTwo = 0;
for (int n : nums) {
if (maxOne < n) {
maxTwo = maxOne;
maxOne = n;
} else if (maxTwo < n) {
maxTwo = n;
}

System.out.println("Max1 - " + maxOne);

System.out.println("Max2 - " + maxTwo);
}

public static void main(String[] args) {

int list[] = { 15, 24, 48, 21, 43, 11, 79, 93 };

findTwoMaxValue max = new findTwoMaxValue();

max.GetTwoMaxValues(list);
}
}

Question-6: Write A Java Program To Find The Longest Substring

From A Given String Which Doesn’t Contain Any Duplicate
Characters?
package simple.test;

import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.Set;

public class findSubstr {

private Set<String> stringSet = new HashSet<String>();
private int lstringSet = 0;

public Set<String> findStr(String input) {

// Reset instance data.

stringSet.clear();
lstringSet = 0;

// Set a boolean flag on each char's ASCII value.

boolean[] flag = new boolean[256];
int j = 0;
char[] inputCharArr = input.toCharArray();
for (int i = 0; i < inputCharArr.length; i++) {
char c = inputCharArr[i];
if (flag[c]) {
extractSubString(inputCharArr, j, i);
for (int k = j; k < i; k++) {
if (inputCharArr[k] == c) {
j = k + 1;
break;
}
flag[inputCharArr[k]] = false;
}
} else {
flag[c] = true;
}
}
extractSubString(inputCharArr, j, inputCharArr.length);
return stringSet;
}

private String extractSubString(char[] inputArr, int start, int end) {

StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();

for (int i = start; i < end; i++) {
sb.append(inputArr[i]);
}
String subStr = sb.toString();
if (subStr.length() > lstringSet) {
 lstringSet = subStr.length();
stringSet.clear();
stringSet.add(subStr);
} else if (subStr.length() == lstringSet) {
stringSet.add(subStr);
}

return sb.toString();
}

public static void main(String a[]) {

findSubstr substr = new findSubstr();

System.out
.println("Actual Strings ------------ | ---- Longest
Non-Repeated Strings");
System.out.println("Software_Programmer"
+" | "+
substr.findStr("Software_Programmer"));
System.out.println("Software_Developer_In_Test"
+ " | "+
substr.findStr("Software_Developer_In_Test"));
System.out.println("developers_write_unit_tests"
+ "| "+
substr.findStr("developers_write_unit_tests"));
System.out.println("javajavbasp.net"
+ " | "+
substr.findStr("javajavbasp.net"));
}
}

Question-7: Write Java Code To Get Rid Of Multiple Spaces From

A String?
package simple.test;

import java.util.StringTokenizer;

public class removeExtraSpaces {

 public static void main(String args[]){

String input = "Try to remove extra spaces.";

StringTokenizer substr = new StringTokenizer(input, " ");
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();

while(substr.hasMoreElements()){
sb.append(substr.nextElement()).append(" ");
}

System.out.println("Actual string: " + input);

System.out.println("Processed string: " + sb.toString().trim());
}
}

Question-8: Write Java Code To Identify A Number As

Palindrome?
package simple.test;

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;

public class identifyPalindrome {

public static void main(String[] args) {

try {
BufferedReader object = new BufferedReader(new
InputStreamReader(
System.in));
System.out.println("Input number");
int inputValue = Integer.parseInt(object.readLine());
int n = inputValue;
int rev = 0;
System.out.println("Input value is : ");
System.out.println(" " + inputValue);
for (int i = 0; i <= inputValue; i++) {
int r = inputValue % 10;
 inputValue = inputValue / 10;
rev = rev * 10 + r;
i = 0;
}
System.out.println("Post reversal : " + " ");
System.out.println(" " + rev);
if (n == rev) {
System.out.print("Input value is a
palindrome.");
} else {
System.out.println("Input value is not a
palindrome.");
}
} catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println("Out of Range.");
}
}
}

Question-9: Write Java Code To Swap Two Numbers Without

Using A Temporary Variable?
package simple.test;

public class smartSwapping {

public static void main(String args[]) {

int numX = 10;

int numY = 20;
System.out.println("Pre-swapping state:");
System.out.println("numX value: " + numX);
System.out.println("numY value: " + numY);

System.out.println("");

numX = numX + numY;

numY = numX - numY;
numX = numX - numY;
System.out.println("Post-swapping state:");
 System.out.println("numX value: " + numX);
System.out.println("numY value: " + numY);
}
}

Question-10: Write A Java Program To Demonstrate String

Reverse With And Without StringBuffer Class?
package simple.test;

public class invertString {

public String invertWithStringBuffer(String str) {

StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer(str);

buffer.reverse();
return buffer.toString();
}

public String invertWithoutStringBuffer(String str) {

int length = str.length();

String original = str;
String invert = "";
for (int i = length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
invert = invert + original.charAt(i);
}
return invert;
}

public static void main(String[] args) {

invertString invertStr = new invertString();

System.out.println("Inverted String with StringBuffer class: "

+
invertStr.invertWithStringBuffer("987654321"));

System.out.println("");
 System.out.println("Inverted String without StringBuffer class:
"
+
invertStr.invertWithoutStringBuffer("kjihgfedcba"));
}
}