October is done, and here's a tally of all the highest performing new colleges who made their mark in Lunchtime and Cook-Off last month. Shri Vishnu Engineering College For Women, Bhimavaram, shone in the limelight this time with a whopping 1k+ submission. We also saw VNR Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology, Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology Gorakhpur, Dr. BR Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, and NIT, Durgapur dominate and leave their mark this time. Check out the blog to know more about them!
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Kunal Verma, Software Engineer at Google and ICPC’20 World Finalist, is joining us this Saturday at 3 PM to discuss and share things that helped him out in the long run. Hear him out and submit your question today!
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Do you have 2+ years of experience and looking for a change? Global FinTech Infra company Nium has come up with a fabulous coding challenge to hire for SE/SSE roles. With a chance to work remotely, Code:Nium Challenge is all for you!! Registration for the contest and application for SE/SSE roles are now open!

PS: The contest is open for all. However, coders with 2+ years of experience will be eligible for the prizes & job offers.
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Chef wants to find any connected undirected graph with n vertices and m edges with the maximum number of bridges. The graph should not contain any self-loops or multiple edges. Please help him with this task.
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How to prepare for prestigious competitions? How to crack tech interviews and land the dream job? Get all these queries answered in our upcoming episode of Weekends With Champions this November 13th, featuring ICPC’20 Finalist & Google SDE, Kunal Verma.
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Get, set, and start coding! If you have 2 years+ experience, then Code: Nium is the challenge for you: https://bit.ly/3qv8gMx! The registration window is already open, and the contest starts on 15th November 2021. The top performers will get a chance to work with ICC Men's T-20 Partner & Global FinTech Infrastructure company Nium for SE/SSE roles, and bag prizes such as MacBook Pro, iPad Pro & Swag Goodies! So register right away.
PS: The contest is open for all. However, coders with 2+ years of experience will be eligible for the prizes & job offers.

A software engineer at Google, an ICPC World Finalist, and a die-hard competitive programming enthusiast, Kunal Verma will share coding tips, preparation methods, and his mantra for success this Saturday, 3 PM on Weekends With Champions. Send your questions in the form to make sure we pick them first: https://bit.ly/3BYbASi! Spread the word.

Cricket has forever been one of the most loved games. WT20 is going on, New Zealand has already marked their place in the Finals, and now we are eagerly waiting for the new champions. But did you know that programming is used even in Cricket?! Check out the blog to know more.
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Chef has an array A of N non-negative integers, where N is odd. Help him find the minimum non-negative integer x that satisfies the equation (A_1 + x) ⊕ (A_2 + x) ⊕ ... ⊕ (A_N + x) = 0 where ⊕ denotes the bitwise xor operation.
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It's raining contests this month, and here's the first Starters of November: https://bit.ly/3qqtjjd. Starters 17 will be on 17th Nov, 8 PM IST onwards. And this time, it's rated for both Division 2 and 3 coders! So make sure to participate and show off your coding skills.

Code: Nium is the challenge for you if you have 2+ years of experience: https://bit.ly/3odHqWk. Participate in this coding contest, win big prizes such as MacBook Pro, iPad Pro, and lots of other goodies. The top coders in this challenge also stand a chance to work with this global FinTech Infra company. So register right away, and start your preparation.
PS: The contest is open for all. However, coders with 2+ years of experience will be eligible for the prizes & job offers.

Kunal Verma, ICPC finalist and SDE at Google, will be joining us tomorrow to clear all your doubts, share his tips and methods, and much more. Make sure to tune in at 3 PM. Send your questions in the form below to make sure we pick them first!
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We call a string S valid if either S = ? or S = (x + y) or S = (x - y) where x and y are valid strings. The power of a valid string S is defined as the maximum value that can be attained by replacing each '?' in it either by 0 or 1 and evaluating the resulting expression. Chef is given a valid string S and Q queries on it. For each query, he is given two integers L and R (L <= R) such that the substring S[L...R] is valid. Help Chef in finding the power of this valid substring for all queries.
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This is your golden chance to start your Competitive Programming journey with Starters 17: https://bit.ly/3qsUrhz. Tailor-made for beginners, the contest is on November 17th at 8 PM IST.

A FinTech brand with its presence in multiple countries is here now with a thrilling challenge for you: https://bit.ly/3HdSifH. Code: Nium, a contest for all coders with 2+ years of experience, is a chance to work remotely with Nium in SE/SSE roles. Participate in the challenge starting this November 15th & bag amazing prizes!
PS: The contest is open for all. However, coders with 2+ years of experience will be eligible for the prizes & job offers.

Join us today at 3 PM for a live AMA session with Kunal Verma, ICPC Finalist and SDE at Google: https://youtu.be/RD__Y9_m1Vs. Make sure to be there on time, and get your doubts cleared.

Get to learn the Standard Template Library in C++ with Mohammad Fraz at 6 PM today.
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You are given a binary string S of length N. You can perform the following operations on S:
Flip: Pick an index i (1 <= i <= N) and flip the i-th character (i.e. change 0 to 1 or 1 to 0)
Compress: Pick any non-empty substring consisting of the same character and replace it with a single occurrence of that character.
Find the minimum number of operations required to make all the characters of S equal.
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Four more days and it's Starters time: https://bit.ly/3wK6F6g! We all are excited to see you guys ramp up for the programming battle. Go ahead and set a reminder for the contest this Wednesday, November 17 at 8 PM IST.

The functional array of an array A=[A_1, A_2, ... A_N] is the array fA of size N−1, where fA_i = A_{i+1} - A_i for 1≤i<N. You are given two arrays B=[B_1, B_2....B_N] and Z=[Z_1,Z_2,...Z_M]. Find out whether there exists an array A such that:
- B is a subsequence of A
- fA is a subsequence of Z
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