***PYTHON INTERVIEW CODING QUESTIONS***
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1.Write a Python function to reverse a string?
A .Python function to reverse a String :
def reverse_string(s):
return s[::-1]
print(reverse_string("hello")) # Output: "olleh"
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2. Write a Python function to check if a number is prime?
A. Python function to check if a number is prime or not :
Solution -1:
def is_prime(n):
if n <= 1:
return False
for i in range(2, int(n ** 0.5) + 1):
if n % i == 0:
return False
return True
print(is_prime(7)) # Output: True
Solution-2:
num = int(input(“Enter a number:”))
# To take input from the user
#num = int(input("Enter a number: "))
if num == 0 or num == 1:
print(num, "is not a prime number")
elif num > 1:
# check for factors
for i in range(2,num):
if (num % i) == 0:
print(num,"is not a prime number")
print(i,"times",num//i,"is",num)
break
else:
print(num,"is a prime number")
# if input number is less than
# or equal to 1, it is not prime
else:
print(num,"is not a prime number")
Solution-3 :
# Input number from the user
num = int(input("Enter a number: "))
# A prime number is greater than 1 and divisible only by 1 and itself
if num > 1:
# Check divisibility from 2 to num-1
for i in range(2, num):
if num % i == 0:
print(num, "is not a prime number")
break
else:
print(num, "is a prime number")
else:
print(num, "is not a prime number")
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3. Write a Python function to find the factorial of a number.
A. Python function to find the factorial of a number :
def fact(n):
If n==1 or n==0:
return 1
return n*fact(n-1)
n=int(input(“Enter a number:”))
print(fact(n))
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4. Write a Python program to check if a number is even or odd.
A. Python program to check the given number is even or odd :
num=int(input(“enter a number :”))
if num%2==0:
print(“Given number”,num,”is even”)
else:
print(“Given number”,num,”is odd”)
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5. Write a program to count the number of vowels in a given string .
A.
# Input string from the user
string = input("Enter a string: ")
# Define the vowels
vowels = "aeiouAEIOU"
# Initialize the count to 0
count = 0
# Loop through each character in the string
for char in string:
if char in vowels:
count += 1
# Print the result
print("Number of vowels in the string:", count)
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6. How do you remove duplicates from a list?
A.
my_list = [1, 2, 2, 3, 4, 4, 5]
unique_list = list(set(my_list))
print(unique_list) # Output: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] (Order may vary)
(OR)
my_list = [1, 2, 2, 3, 4, 4, 5]
unique_list = []
[unique_list.append(x) for x in my_list if x not in unique_list]
print(unique_list) # Output: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
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7. Write a program to find the common elements in two lists.
A.
def common_elements(list1, list2):
return list(set(list1) & set(list2))
# Example usage
list1 = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
list2 = [4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
print(common_elements(list1, list2)) # Output: [4, 5]
(OR)
def common_elements(list1, list2):
return [x for x in list1 if x in list2]
# Example usage
list1 = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
list2 = [4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
print(common_elements(list1, list2)) # Output: [4, 5]
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8. How do you merge two dictionaries in Python?
A.
dict1 = {'a': 1, 'b': 2}
dict2 = {'b': 3, 'c': 4}
merged_dict = dict1 | dict2
print(merged_dict) # Output: {'a': 1, 'b': 3, 'c': 4}
(OR)
dict1 = {'a': 1, 'b': 2}
dict2 = {'b': 3, 'c': 4}
dict1.update(dict2)
print(dict1) # Output: {'a': 1, 'b': 3, 'c': 4}
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9. Write a program to sort a list of numbers.
A.
def sort_numbers(numbers):
return sorted(numbers)
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10. How can you count the occurrences of each character in a string?
A.
Using collections.Counter (Best for Simplicity & Performance)
from collections import Counter
text = "hello world"
char_count = Counter(text)
print(char_count) # Output: Counter({'l': 3, 'o': 2, 'h': 1, 'e': 1, ' ': 1, 'w': 1, 'r': 1, 'd': 1})
Using a Dictionary (Manual Counting)
text = "hello world"
char_count = {}
for char in text:
char_count[char] = char_count.get(char, 0) + 1
print(char_count) # Output: {'h': 1, 'e': 1, 'l': 3, 'o': 2, ' ': 1, 'w': 1, 'r': 1, 'd': 1}
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