AccessChanger | Topcoder Archive

Problem Statement

You are converting old code for a new compiler version. Each "->" string should be replaced by ".", but this replacement shouldn't be done inside comments. A comment is a string that starts with "//" and terminates at the end of the line.

You will be given a String[] program containing the old code. Return a String[] containing the converted version of the code.

Definition

Class:: AccessChanger
Method:: convert
Parameters:: String[]
Returns:: String[]
Method signature:: String[] convert(String[] program)
(be sure your method is public)

Constraints

program will have between 1 and 50 elements, inclusive.
Each element of program will contain between 1 and 50 characters, inclusive.
Each character in program will have ASCII value between 32 and 127, inclusive.

Examples

{"Test* t = new Test();", 
 "t->a = 1;", 
 "t->b = 2;", 
 "t->go(); // a=1, b=2 --> a=2, b=3"}

Returns: {"Test* t = new Test();", "t.a = 1;", "t.b = 2;", "t.go(); // a=1, b=2 --> a=2, b=3" }

{"---> // the arrow --->",
 "---",
 "> // the parted arrow"}

Returns: {"--. // the arrow --->", "---", "> // the parted arrow" }

{"->-> // two successive arrows ->->"}

Returns: {".. // two successive arrows ->->" }

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