{ "cells": [ { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Problem: Implement SetOfStacks that wraps a list of stacks, where each stack is bound by a capacity.\n", "\n", "* [Clarifying Questions](#Clarifying-Questions)\n", "* [Test Cases](#Test-Cases)\n", "* [Algorithm](#Algorithm)\n", "* [Code](#Code)" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Clarifying Questions\n", "\n", "* Can we assume we have a Stack class to use?\n", " * Yes" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Test Cases\n", "\n", "* Push and pop on an empty stack\n", "* Push and pop on a non-empty stack\n", "* Push on a capacity stack to create a new one\n", "* Pop on a one element stack to destroy it" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Algorithm\n", "\n", "### Push\n", "\n", "* If there are no stacks or the last stack is full\n", " * Create a new stack\n", "* Push to the new stack\n", "\n", "Complexity:\n", "* Time: O(1)\n", "* Space: O(1)\n", "\n", "### Pop\n", "\n", "* If there are no stacks, return None\n", "* Else if the last stack has one element\n", " * Pop the last element's data\n", " * Delete the now empty stack\n", " * Update the last stack pointer\n", "* Else Pop the last element's data\n", "* Return the last element's data\n", "\n", "Complexity:\n", "* Time: O(1)\n", "* Space: O(1)" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Code" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": { "collapsed": true }, "outputs": [], "source": [ "%run stack.py" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": { "collapsed": false }, "outputs": [], "source": [ "class StackWithCapacity(Stack):\n", " def __init__(self, top=None, capacity=10):\n", " self.capacity = capacity\n", " self.num_items = 0\n", " super(StackWithCapacity, self).__init__(top)\n", "\n", " def push(self, data):\n", " if self.num_items < self.capacity:\n", " super(StackWithCapacity, self).push(data)\n", " self.num_items += 1\n", " else:\n", " raise Exception('Stack full')\n", "\n", " def pop(self):\n", " data = super(StackWithCapacity, self).pop()\n", " self.num_items -= 1\n", " return data\n", "\n", " def is_full(self):\n", " return self.num_items == self.capacity\n", "\n", "class SetOfStacks(object):\n", " def __init__(self, capacity):\n", " self.capacity = capacity\n", " self.stacks = []\n", " self.last_stack = None\n", "\n", " def push(self, data):\n", " if self.last_stack is None or self.last_stack.is_full():\n", " self.last_stack = StackWithCapacity(None, self.capacity)\n", " self.stacks.append(self.last_stack)\n", " self.last_stack.push(data)\n", "\n", " def pop(self):\n", " if self.last_stack is None:\n", " return\n", " elif self.last_stack.top.next is None:\n", " data = self.last_stack.pop()\n", " self.stacks.pop()\n", " num_stacks = len(self.stacks)\n", " if num_stacks == 0:\n", " self.last_stack = None\n", " else:\n", " self.last_stack = self.stacks[num_stacks-1]\n", " else:\n", " data = self.last_stack.pop()\n", " return data" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": { "collapsed": false }, "outputs": [], "source": [ "print('Push on an empty stack')\n", "capacity = 2\n", "stacks = SetOfStacks(capacity)\n", "stacks.push(3)\n", "print('Push on a non-empty stack')\n", "stacks.push(5)\n", "print('Push on a capacity stack to create a new one')\n", "stacks.push('a')\n", "print('Pop on a one element stack to destroy it')\n", "print(stacks.pop())\n", "print('Pop general case')\n", "print(stacks.pop())\n", "print(stacks.pop())\n", "print('Pop on no elements')\n", "print(stacks.pop())" ] } ], "metadata": { "kernelspec": { "display_name": "Python 2", "language": "python", "name": "python2" }, "language_info": { "codemirror_mode": { "name": "ipython", "version": 2 }, "file_extension": ".py", "mimetype": "text/x-python", "name": "python", "nbconvert_exporter": "python", "pygments_lexer": "ipython2", "version": "2.7.9" } }, "nbformat": 4, "nbformat_minor": 0 }