FCS-Puzzle-Solution
My two solutions for the FCS (Fog Creek Software) support engineer application (just for fun)
Problem is as follows:
- Sort the characters in the following string:
- abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz_
- by the number of times the character appears in the following text (descending):
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- Now take the sorted string, and drop all the characters after (and including) the _. The remaining word is the answer.