GenomicRangeQuery Demo Task at Codility.com

Lesson 3 – Prefix Sums – GenomicRangeQuery demo task solution code written in php. Gives 100/100 score at the time of publishing. The description of the problem is copyrighted, so please see the following link for it: //codility.com/demo/take-sample-test/genomic_range_query

Solution in php:

function solution($S, $P, $Q) {
    $S      = str_split($S);
    $len    = count($S);
    $lep    = count($P);
    $arr    = array();
    $result = array();
    $clone  = array_fill(0, 4, 0);
    for($i = 0; $i < $len; $i++){
        $arr[$i] = $clone;
        switch($S[$i]){
            case 'A':
                $arr[$i][0] = 1;
                break;
            case 'C':
                $arr[$i][1] = 1;
                break;
            case 'G':
                $arr[$i][2] = 1;
                break;
            default:
                $arr[$i][3] = 1;
                break;
        }
    }
    for($i = 1; $i < $len; $i++){
        for($j = 0; $j < 4; $j++){
            $arr[$i][$j] += $arr[$i - 1][$j];
        }
    }
    for($i = 0; $i < $lep; $i++){
        $x = $P[$i];
        $y = $Q[$i];
        for($a = 0; $a < 4; $a++){
            $sub = 0;
            if($x - 1 >= 0){
                $sub = $arr[$x - 1][$a];
            }
            if($arr[$y][$a] - $sub > 0){
                $result[$i] = $a + 1;
                break;
            }
        }
    }
    return $result;
}

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