Yesterday evening I was talking with a software manager about an algorithm to autocomplete words. The idea was to build a data structure that could help (hint) users with the available words that would match what has been entered so far. For example, if someone would be looking for my phone number in a company directory application and would have entered “can” then the autocomplete feature could display “cane” and “canessa”. Continue reading “Autocomplete”
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Huffman Coding
As I have mentioned in a previous blog, it is very important to reduce as much as possible distractions (i.e., email, phone, texting) while at work and to dedicate a percentage (i.e., 10% to 15%) of your daily workday to learn something. On occasions I decide to learn a new technology (e.g., Spring). Sometimes I decide to spend time polishing on topics I know (e.g., Java) while sometimes I need to refresh concepts (e.g., Huffman Codes and Tries) that I learned in school but seldom use at work. Continue reading “Huffman Coding”