{ "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: Swap the odd and even bits of a positive integer with as few operations as possible.\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 input is always a positive int?\n", " * Yes\n", "* Can we assume we're working with 32 bits?\n", " * Yes\n", "* Is the output an int?\n", " * Yes\n", "* Can we assume the inputs are valid (not None)?\n", " * No\n", "* Can we assume this fits memory?\n", " * Yes" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Test Cases\n", "\n", "* None -> Exception\n", "* 0 -> 0\n", "* -1 -> -1\n", "* General case\n", "
\n", " input = 1001 1111 0110\n", " result = 0110 1111 1001\n", "" ] }, { "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": { "collapsed": false }, "outputs": [], "source": [ "class Bits(object):\n", "\n", " def pairwise_swap(self, num):\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": { "collapsed": false }, "outputs": [], "source": [ "# %load test_pairwise_swap.py\n", "from nose.tools import assert_equal\n", "\n", "\n", "class TestBits(object):\n", "\n", " def test_pairwise_swap(self):\n", " bits = Bits()\n", " assert_equal(bits.pairwise_swap(0), 0)\n", " assert_equal(bits.pairwise_swap(1), 1)\n", " num = int('0000100111110110', base=2)\n", " expected = int('0000011011111001', base=2)\n", " assert_equal(bits.pairwise_swap(num), expected)\n", " print('Success: test_pairwise_swap')\n", "\n", "\n", "def main():\n", " test = TestBits()\n", " test.test_pairwise_swap()\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": "3.5.0" } }, "nbformat": 4, "nbformat_minor": 0 }