Problem Statement
Forgetting a close friend's birthday is quite embarrassing, but forgetting it two years in a row is a catastrophe.
So what can a coder do to prevent this from happening again? Well, the thing he possibly can do best: code...
Given a String date (the current date) and a String[] birthdays, a list of people's birthdays and names, return a String, the date of the next occurring birthday, starting from the current date.
date is in the format "MM/DD" (quotes for clarity), where MM represents the two-digit month and DD represents the two-digit day (leading zero if necessary). Each element of birthdays is in the format "MM/DD <Name>" (quotes for clarity), where MM/DD is the date of <Name>'s birthday. <Name> is a sequence of characters from 'A'-'Z' and 'a'-'z'. There is exactly one space character between the date and <Name>. The date returned also has to be in the format "MM/DD" (quotes for clarity).
Given a String date (the current date) and a String[] birthdays, a list of people's birthdays and names, return a String, the date of the next occurring birthday, starting from the current date.
date is in the format "MM/DD" (quotes for clarity), where MM represents the two-digit month and DD represents the two-digit day (leading zero if necessary). Each element of birthdays is in the format "MM/DD <Name>" (quotes for clarity), where MM/DD is the date of <Name>'s birthday. <Name> is a sequence of characters from 'A'-'Z' and 'a'-'z'. There is exactly one space character between the date and <Name>. The date returned also has to be in the format "MM/DD" (quotes for clarity).
Definition
- Class:
- Birthday
- Method:
- getNext
- Parameters:
- String, String[]
- Returns:
- String
- Method signature:
- String getNext(String date, String[] birthdays)
- (be sure your method is public)
Constraints
- birthdays contains between 1 and 50 elements, inclusive.
- Each element of birthdays contains between 7 and 50 characters, inclusive.
- date and each element of birthdays follow the format described in the problem statement.
- All dates are legal dates and neither date nor any date in birthdays is the 29th of February.
Examples
"06/17"
{"02/17 Wernie", "10/12 Stefan"}Returns: "10/12"
"06/17"
{"10/12 Stefan"}Returns: "10/12"
"02/17"
{"02/17 Wernie", "10/12 Stefan"}Returns: "02/17"
"12/24"
{"10/12 Stefan"}Returns: "10/12"
"01/02"
{"02/17 Wernie", "10/12 Stefan", "02/17 MichaelJordan", "10/12 LucianoPavarotti", "05/18 WilhelmSteinitz"}Returns: "02/17"
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