Daily Coding Problem #671 - Easy

Daily Coding Problem #671 - Easy

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Finally getting back to some data-structures and algorithm questions. Starting off with some easy ones.

This problem was asked by Facebook.

Given a function f, and N return a debounced f of N milliseconds.

That is, as long as the debounced f continues to be invoked, f itself will not be called for N milliseconds.

This one was interesting as it introduced me 'debounce' and how it compares to throttling.

Problem Solution with Test Harness

Debouncing consolidates a series of sequential calls over a specified time interval into a single call. One invocation for events that fires multiple times, ensuring that the function is not invoked again for a specified time interval.

Throttling ensures that a function is invoked at maximum N number of times over a specified interval.

Interesting read on how this applied to Twitter.

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