{ "cells": [ { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "This notebook was prepared by [Donne Martin](https://github.com/donnemartin). Source and license info is on [GitHub](https://github.com/donnemartin/interactive-coding-challenges)." ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "# Challenge Notebook" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Problem: Given two strings, find the longest common substring.\n", "\n", "* [Constraints](#Constraints)\n", "* [Test Cases](#Test-Cases)\n", "* [Algorithm](#Algorithm)\n", "* [Code](#Code)\n", "* [Unit Test](#Unit-Test)\n", "* [Solution Notebook](#Solution-Notebook)" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Constraints\n", "\n", "* Can we assume the inputs are valid?\n", " * No\n", "* Can we assume the strings are ASCII?\n", " * Yes\n", "* Is this case sensitive?\n", " * Yes\n", "* Is a substring a contiguous block of chars?\n", " * Yes\n", "* Do we expect a string as a result?\n", " * Yes\n", "* Can we assume this fits memory?\n", " * Yes" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Test Cases\n", "\n", "* str0 or str1 is None -> Exception\n", "* str0 or str1 equals 0 -> ''\n", "* General case\n", "\n", "str0 = 'ABCDEFGHIJ'\n", "str1 = 'FOOBCDBCDE'\n", "\n", "result: 'BCDE'" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Algorithm\n", "\n", "Refer to the [Solution Notebook](). If you are stuck and need a hint, the solution notebook's algorithm discussion might be a good place to start." ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Code" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "class StringCompare(object):\n", "\n", " def longest_common_substr(self, str0, str1):\n", " # TODO: Implement me\n", " pass" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Unit Test" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "**The following unit test is expected to fail until you solve the challenge.**" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "# %load test_longest_common_substr.py\n", "import unittest\n", "\n", "\n", "class TestLongestCommonSubstr(unittest.TestCase):\n", "\n", " def test_longest_common_substr(self):\n", " str_comp = StringCompare()\n", " self.assertRaises(TypeError, str_comp.longest_common_substr, None, None)\n", " self.assertEqual(str_comp.longest_common_substr('', ''), '')\n", " str0 = 'ABCDEFGHIJ'\n", " str1 = 'FOOBCDBCDE'\n", " expected = 'BCDE'\n", " self.assertEqual(str_comp.longest_common_substr(str0, str1), expected)\n", " print('Success: test_longest_common_substr')\n", "\n", "\n", "def main():\n", " test = TestLongestCommonSubstr()\n", " test.test_longest_common_substr()\n", "\n", "\n", "if __name__ == '__main__':\n", " main()" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Solution Notebook\n", "\n", "Review the [Solution Notebook]() for a discussion on algorithms and code solutions." ] } ], "metadata": { "kernelspec": { "display_name": "Python 3", "language": "python", "name": "python3" }, "language_info": { "codemirror_mode": { "name": "ipython", "version": 3 }, "file_extension": ".py", "mimetype": "text/x-python", "name": "python", "nbconvert_exporter": "python", "pygments_lexer": "ipython3", "version": "3.7.2" } }, "nbformat": 4, "nbformat_minor": 1 }