{ "cells": [ { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "This notebook was prepared by [Donne Martin](http://donnemartin.com). Source and license info is on [GitHub](https://github.com/donnemartin/interactive-coding-challenges)." ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "# Solution Notebook" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Problem: Implement the [Towers of Hanoi](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_Hanoi) with 3 towers and N disks.\n", "\n", "* [Constraints](#Constraints)\n", "* [Test Cases](#Test-Cases)\n", "* [Algorithm](#Algorithm)\n", "* [Code](#Code)\n", "* [Unit Test](#Unit-Test)" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Constraints\n", "\n", "* Can we assume we already have a stack class that can be used for this problem?\n", " * Yes\n", "* Can we assume the inputs are valid?\n", " * No\n", "* Can we assume this fits memory?\n", " * Yes" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Test Cases\n", "\n", "* None tower(s) -> Exception\n", "* 0 disks -> None\n", "* 1 disk\n", "* 2 or more disks" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Algorithm\n", "\n", "* Create three stacks to represent each tower\n", "* def hanoi(n, src, dest, buffer):\n", " * If 0 disks return\n", " * hanoi(n-1, src, buffer)\n", " * Move remaining element from src to dest\n", " * hanoi(n-1, buffer, dest) \n", "\n", "Complexity:\n", "* Time: O(2^n)\n", "* Space: O(m) where m is the number of recursion levels" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Code" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": 1, "metadata": { "collapsed": false }, "outputs": [], "source": [ "%run ../../stacks_queues/stack/stack.py" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": 2, "metadata": { "collapsed": false }, "outputs": [], "source": [ "class Hanoi(object):\n", "\n", " def move_disks(self, num_disks, src, dest, buff):\n", " if src is None or dest is None or buff is None:\n", " raise TypeError('Cannot have a None input')\n", " self._move_disks(num_disks, src, dest, buff)\n", "\n", " def _move_disks(self, num_disks, src, dest, buff):\n", " if num_disks == 0:\n", " return\n", " self.move_disks(num_disks-1, src, buff, dest)\n", " dest.push(src.pop())\n", " self.move_disks(num_disks-1, buff, dest, src)" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Unit Test\n", "\n" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": 3, "metadata": { "collapsed": false }, "outputs": [ { "name": "stdout", "output_type": "stream", "text": [ "Overwriting test_hanoi.py\n" ] } ], "source": [ "%%writefile test_hanoi.py\n", "from nose.tools import assert_equal, assert_raises\n", "\n", "\n", "class TestHanoi(object):\n", "\n", " def test_hanoi(self):\n", " hanoi = Hanoi()\n", " num_disks = 3\n", " src = Stack()\n", " buff = Stack()\n", " dest = Stack()\n", "\n", " print('Test: None towers')\n", " assert_raises(TypeError, hanoi.move_disks, num_disks, None, None, None)\n", "\n", " print('Test: 0 disks')\n", " hanoi.move_disks(num_disks, src, dest, buff)\n", " assert_equal(dest.pop(), None)\n", "\n", " print('Test: 1 disk')\n", " src.push(5)\n", " hanoi.move_disks(num_disks, src, dest, buff)\n", " assert_equal(dest.pop(), 5)\n", "\n", " print('Test: 2 or more disks')\n", " for disk_index in range(num_disks, -1, -1):\n", " src.push(disk_index)\n", " hanoi.move_disks(num_disks, src, dest, buff)\n", " for disk_index in range(0, num_disks):\n", " assert_equal(dest.pop(), disk_index)\n", "\n", " print('Success: test_hanoi')\n", "\n", "\n", "def main():\n", " test = TestHanoi()\n", " test.test_hanoi()\n", "\n", "\n", "if __name__ == '__main__':\n", " main()" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": 4, "metadata": { "collapsed": false }, "outputs": [ { "name": "stdout", "output_type": "stream", "text": [ "Test: None towers\n", "Test: 0 disks\n", "Test: 1 disk\n", "Test: 2 or more disks\n", "Success: test_hanoi\n" ] } ], "source": [ "%run -i test_hanoi.py" ] } ], "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": "3.5.0" } }, "nbformat": 4, "nbformat_minor": 0 }