{ "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": [ "# Challenge Notebook" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Problem: Determine if a string s1 is a rotation of another string s2, by calling (only once) a function is_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 you assume the string is ASCII?\n", " * Yes\n", " * Note: Unicode strings could require special handling depending on your language\n", "* Can you use additional data structures? \n", " * Yes\n", "* Is this case sensitive?\n", " * Yes" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Test Cases\n", "\n", "* Any strings that differ in size -> False\n", "* None, 'foo' -> False (any None results in False)\n", "* ' ', 'foo' -> False\n", "* ' ', ' ' -> True\n", "* 'foobarbaz', 'barbazfoo' -> True" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Algorithm\n", "\n", "Refer to the [Solution Notebook](http://nbviewer.ipython.org/github/donnemartin/interactive-coding-challenges/blob/master/arrays_strings/rotation/rotation_solution.ipynb). 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": 5, "metadata": { "collapsed": false }, "outputs": [], "source": [ "def is_substring(substr, s):\n", " if len(s) < len(substr):\n", " return False\n", " elif len(substr) == len(s) and len(s) == 0:\n", " return True\n", " pos = 0\n", " while pos < len(s):\n", " so_far = 0\n", " while so_far < len(substr):\n", " if substr[so_far] != s[pos]:\n", " pos = pos + 1\n", " break\n", " else:\n", " pos = pos + 1\n", " so_far = so_far + 1\n", " if so_far == len(substr):\n", " return True\n", " return False\n", "\n", "def is_rotation(s1, s2):\n", " if s1 is None or s2 is None:\n", " return False\n", " elif len(s1) != len(s2):\n", " return False\n", " else:\n", " return is_substring(s2,s1+s1)" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Unit Test" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "\n", "\n", "**The following unit test is expected to fail until you solve the challenge.**" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": 6, "metadata": { "collapsed": false }, "outputs": [ { "name": "stdout", "output_type": "stream", "text": [ "Success: test_rotation\n" ] } ], "source": [ "# %load test_rotation.py\n", "from nose.tools import assert_equal\n", "\n", "\n", "class TestRotation(object):\n", " \n", " def test_rotation(self):\n", " assert_equal(is_rotation('o', 'oo'), False)\n", " assert_equal(is_rotation(None, 'foo'), False)\n", " assert_equal(is_rotation('', 'foo'), False)\n", " assert_equal(is_rotation('', ''), True)\n", " assert_equal(is_rotation('foobarbaz', 'barbazfoo'), True)\n", " print('Success: test_rotation')\n", "\n", "def main():\n", " test = TestRotation()\n", " test.test_rotation()\n", "\n", "if __name__ == '__main__':\n", " main()" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Solution Notebook\n", "\n", "Review the [Solution Notebook](http://nbviewer.ipython.org/github/donnemartin/interactive-coding-challenges/blob/master/arrays_strings/rotation/rotation_solution.ipynb) for a discussion on algorithms and code solutions." ] } ], "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": "2.7.6" } }, "nbformat": 4, "nbformat_minor": 0 }