Answer: Slack SWE Interview Question 2024 June | Stacks | on-campus

Answer · Posted Jun 2026

Solution 1: Simplify Path — Stack Directory Parsing Approach We can parse the directories sequentially by splitting the path string and using a Stack to simulate directory traversal: Split the input string path by the slash character "/". This splits the path into individual directory names and empty strings (caused by consecutive slashes). Initialize a Stack of strings to keep track of the active directory path. Iterate through the split tokens: If the token is empty or a single period ...

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