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Decode the Coding Interview in Elixir: Real-World Examples

DIY: Count a Word in the Comments

Explore techniques to parse C++ source code, accurately detect comments, and count the occurrences of a given word within those comments. This lesson helps you develop skills essential for coding interviews by solving a practical problem that mimics real-world compiler challenges.

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Problem statement

In this challenge, you are given two arguments: a list of strings containing lines of a C++ source code and a string containing a word. Your task is to identify which parts of the code are comments, and then count all occurrences of the input word present in the comments ...