14 August 2010 by Stuart Cam
Thycotic have put up a Code Challenge.
Below is my heavily LINQ-oriented solution:
public interface IConverter
{
string Convert(int number);
int Convert(string number);
string ConvertUsing(IConverter convertor, string number);
}
public abstract class ConverterBase : IConverter
{
protected abstract string Chars { get; }
public string Convert(int number)
{
return this.Encode(number)
.Aggregate(string.Empty, (s, c) => s + c);
}
public int Convert(string number)
{
return number.Reverse()
.Select((c, i) => Chars.IndexOf(c) * (int)Math.Pow(this.Chars.Length, i))
.Sum();
}
public string ConvertUsing(IConverter convertor, string number)
{
return convertor.Convert(this.Convert(number));
}
private IEnumerable<char> Encode(int number)
{
var remainder = number % this.Chars.Length;
if (number - remainder > 0)
{
foreach (var power in this.Encode((number - remainder) / this.Chars.Length))
{
yield return power;
}
}
yield return this.Chars[remainder];
}
}
public class Converter : ConverterBase
{
protected override string Chars
{
get
{
return "0123456789xyz";
}
}
}
public class HexConverter : ConverterBase
{
protected override string Chars
{
get
{
return "0123456789abcdef";
}
}
}
public class BinaryConverter : ConverterBase
{
protected override string Chars
{
get
{
return "01";
}
}
}
public class OctalConverter : ConverterBase
{
protected override string Chars
{
get
{
return "01234567";
}
}
}
Note: The code doesn't handle negative inputs or exceptions.