{ "cells": [ { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "This notebook was prepared by [Donne Martin](http://donnemartin.com). Source and license info is on [GitHub](https://bit.ly/code-notes)." ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Problem: Determine if a string s1 is a rotation of another string s2. Also write a function is_substring which you can only call once to determine whether a rotation occurs\n", "\n", "* [Clarifying Questions](#Clarifying-Questions)\n", "* [Test Cases](#Test-Cases)\n", "* [Algorithm](#Algorithm)\n", "* [Code](#Code)\n", "* [Unit Test](#Unit-Test)" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Clarifying Questions\n", "\n", "*Problem statements are sometimes intentionally ambiguous. Asking clarifying questions, identifying constraints, and stating assumptions help to ensure you code the intended solution.*\n", "\n", "* Can I 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 results in False\n", "* NULL, 'foo' -> False (any NULL results in False)\n", "* ' ', 'foo' -> False\n", "* ' ', ' ' -> True\n", "* 'foobarbaz', 'barbazfoo' -> True" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Algorithm\n", "\n", "Using the following test case:\n", "* s1 = 'barbazfoo'\n", "* s2 = 'foobarbaz'\n", "\n", "We see that if we can use the given is_substring method if we take compare s2 with s1 + s1:\n", "* s2 = 'foobarbaz'\n", "* s3 = 'barbaz*foobarbaz*foo'\n", "\n", "Complexity:\n", "* Time: O(n)\n", "* Space: O(2n) of additional space for s3, which reduces to O(n)" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Code" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": 1, "metadata": { "collapsed": false }, "outputs": [], "source": [ "def is_substring(s1, s2):\n", " return s1 in s2\n", "\n", "def is_rotation(s1, s2):\n", " if s1 is None or s2 is None:\n", " return False\n", " if len(s1) != len(s2):\n", " return False\n", " s3 = s1 + s1\n", " return is_substring(s2, s3)" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Unit Test" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "*It is important to identify and run through general and edge cases from the [Test Cases](#Test-Cases) section by hand. You generally will not be asked to write a unit test like what is shown below.*" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": 2, "metadata": { "collapsed": false }, "outputs": [ { "name": "stdout", "output_type": "stream", "text": [ "Success: test_is_rotation\n" ] } ], "source": [ "from nose.tools import assert_equal\n", "\n", "class Test(object):\n", " def test_is_rotation(self, func):\n", " assert_equal(func('o', 'oo'), False)\n", " assert_equal(func(None, 'foo'), False)\n", " assert_equal(func('', 'foo'), False)\n", " assert_equal(func('', ''), True)\n", " assert_equal(func('foobarbaz', 'barbazfoo'), True)\n", " print('Success: test_is_rotation')\n", "\n", "if __name__ == '__main__':\n", " test = Test()\n", " test.test_is_rotation(is_rotation)" ] } ], "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": "2.7.10" } }, "nbformat": 4, "nbformat_minor": 0 }