{ "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": [ "# Solution Notebook" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Problem: Given an array, find the two indices that sum to a specific value.\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", "* Is there exactly one solution?\n", " * Yes\n", "* Is there always a solution?\n", " * Yes\n", "* Is the array an array of ints?\n", " * Yes\n", "* Is the array sorted?\n", " No\n", "* Are negative values possible?\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 input -> TypeError\n", "* [] -> ValueError\n", "* [1, 3, 2, -7, 5], 7 -> [2, 4]" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Algorithm\n", "\n", "### Brute force\n", "\n", "* For i in range(len(input)):\n", " * For j in range(i+1, len(input)):\n", " * if i + j == target return True\n", "* return False\n", "\n", "Complexity:\n", "* Time: O(n^2)\n", "* Space: O(1)\n", "\n", "### Optimized\n", "\n", "
\n", "* Loop through each num in nums\n", " * Calculate the cache_target = target - num\n", "\n", "target = 7\n", "index = 0 1 2 3 4\n", "nums = [1, 3, 2, -7, 5]\n", " ^\n", "cache_target = 7 - 1 = 6\n", "cache\n", "6 -> 0\n", "\n", "1 not in cache\n", "\n", "index = 0 1 2 3 4\n", "nums = [1, 3, 2, -7, 5]\n", " ^\n", "cache_target = 7 - 3 = 4\n", "cache\n", "6 -> 0\n", "4 -> 1\n", "\n", "3 not in cache\n", "\n", "index = 0 1 2 3 4\n", "nums = [1, 3, 2, -7, 5]\n", " ^\n", "cache_target = 7 - 2 = 5\n", "cache\n", "6 -> 0\n", "4 -> 1\n", "5 -> 2\n", "\n", "2 not in cache\n", "\n", "index = 0 1 2 3 4\n", "nums = [1, 3, 2, -7, 5]\n", " ^\n", "cache_target = 7 + 7 = 14\n", "cache\n", "6 -> 0\n", "4 -> 1\n", "5 -> 2\n", "14 -> 3\n", "\n", "-7 not in cache\n", "\n", "index = 0 1 2 3 4\n", "nums = [1, 3, 2, -7, 5]\n", " ^\n", "cache_target = 7 - 5 = 2\n", "cache\n", "6 -> 0\n", "4 -> 1\n", "5 -> 2\n", "14 -> 3\n", "\n", "5 in cache, success, output matching indices: cache[num] and current iteration index\n", "\n", "output = [2, 4]\n", "\n", "\n", "Complexity:\n", "* Time: O(n)\n", "* Space: O(n)" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Code" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": 1, "metadata": { "collapsed": false }, "outputs": [], "source": [ "class Solution(object):\n", "\n", " def two_sum(self, nums, target):\n", " if nums is None or target is None:\n", " raise TypeError('nums or target cannot be None')\n", " if not nums:\n", " raise ValueError('nums cannot be empty')\n", " cache = {}\n", " for index, num in enumerate(nums):\n", " cache_target = target - num\n", " if num in cache:\n", " return [cache[num], index]\n", " else:\n", " cache[cache_target] = index\n", " return None" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Unit Test" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": 2, "metadata": { "collapsed": false }, "outputs": [ { "name": "stdout", "output_type": "stream", "text": [ "Overwriting test_two_sum.py\n" ] } ], "source": [ "%%writefile test_two_sum.py\n", "from nose.tools import assert_equal, assert_raises\n", "\n", "\n", "class TestTwoSum(object):\n", "\n", " def test_two_sum(self):\n", " solution = Solution()\n", " assert_raises(TypeError, solution.two_sum, None, None)\n", " assert_raises(ValueError, solution.two_sum, [], 0)\n", " target = 7\n", " nums = [1, 3, 2, -7, 5]\n", " expected = [2, 4]\n", " assert_equal(solution.two_sum(nums, target), expected)\n", " print('Success: test_two_sum')\n", "\n", "\n", "def main():\n", " test = TestTwoSum()\n", " test.test_two_sum()\n", "\n", "\n", "if __name__ == '__main__':\n", " main()" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": 3, "metadata": { "collapsed": false }, "outputs": [ { "name": "stdout", "output_type": "stream", "text": [ "Success: test_two_sum\n" ] } ], "source": [ "%run -i test_two_sum.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 }