{ "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: Implement a binary search tree with an insert method.\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", "* Can we insert None values?\n", " * No\n", "* Can we assume we are working with valid integers?\n", " * Yes\n", "* Can we assume all left descendents <= n < all right descendents?\n", " * Yes\n", "* For simplicity, can we use just a Node class without a wrapper Tree class?\n", " * Yes\n", "* Do we have to keep track of the parent nodes?\n", " * This is optional\n", "* Can we assume this fits in memory?\n", " * Yes" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Test Cases\n", "\n", "### Insert\n", "\n", "Insert will be tested through the following traversal:\n", "\n", "### In-Order Traversal\n", "\n", "* 5, 2, 8, 1, 3 -> 1, 2, 3, 5, 8\n", "* 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 -> 1, 2, 3, 4, 5\n", "\n", "If the `root` input is `None`, return a tree with the only element being the new root node.\n", "\n", "You do not have to code the in-order traversal, it is part of the unit test." ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Algorithm\n", "\n", "### Insert\n", "\n", "* If the root is None, return Node(data)\n", "* If the data is <= the current node's data\n", " * If the current node's left child is None, set it to Node(data)\n", " * Else, recursively call insert on the left child\n", "* Else\n", " * If the current node's right child is None, set it to Node(data)\n", " * Else, recursively call insert on the right child\n", "\n", "Complexity:\n", "\n", "* Time: O(h), where h is the height of the tree\n", " * In a balanced tree, the height is O(nlogn)\n", " * In the worst case we have a linked list structure with O(n)\n", "* Space: O(m), where m is the recursion depth, or O(1) if using an iterative approach" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Code" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": 1, "metadata": { "collapsed": false }, "outputs": [ { "name": "stdout", "output_type": "stream", "text": [ "Overwriting bst.py\n" ] } ], "source": [ "%%writefile bst.py\n", "class Node(object):\n", "\n", " def __init__(self, data):\n", " self.data = data\n", " self.left = None\n", " self.right = None\n", " self.parent = None\n", "\n", " def __repr__(self):\n", " return str(self.data)\n", "\n", "\n", "class Bst(object):\n", "\n", " def __init__(self, root=None):\n", " self.root = root\n", "\n", " def insert(self, data):\n", " if data is None:\n", " raise Exception('Data cannot be None')\n", " if self.root is None:\n", " self.root = Node(data)\n", " return self.root\n", " return self._insert(self.root, data)\n", "\n", " def _insert(self, node, data):\n", " # Constraint: Assume we are working with valid ints\n", " if node is None:\n", " return Node(data)\n", " if data <= node.data:\n", " if node.left is None:\n", " node.left = self._insert(node.left, data)\n", " node.left.parent = node\n", " return node.left\n", " else:\n", " return self._insert(node.left, data)\n", " else:\n", " if node.right is None:\n", " node.right = self._insert(node.right, data)\n", " node.right.parent = node\n", " return node.right\n", " else:\n", " return self._insert(node.right, data)" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": 2, "metadata": { "collapsed": false }, "outputs": [], "source": [ "%run bst.py" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Unit Test" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": 3, "metadata": { "collapsed": true }, "outputs": [], "source": [ "%run dfs.py" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": 4, "metadata": { "collapsed": false }, "outputs": [], "source": [ "%run ../utils/results.py" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": 5, "metadata": { "collapsed": false }, "outputs": [ { "name": "stdout", "output_type": "stream", "text": [ "Overwriting test_bst.py\n" ] } ], "source": [ "%%writefile test_bst.py\n", "from nose.tools import assert_equal\n", "\n", "\n", "class TestTree(object):\n", "\n", " def __init__(self):\n", " self.results = Results()\n", "\n", " def test_tree_one(self):\n", " bst = Bst()\n", " bst.insert(5)\n", " bst.insert(2)\n", " bst.insert(8)\n", " bst.insert(1)\n", " bst.insert(3)\n", " in_order_traversal(bst.root, self.results.add_result)\n", " assert_equal(str(self.results), '[1, 2, 3, 5, 8]')\n", " self.results.clear_results()\n", "\n", " def test_tree_two(self):\n", " bst = Bst()\n", " bst.insert(1)\n", " bst.insert(2)\n", " bst.insert(3)\n", " bst.insert(4)\n", " bst.insert(5)\n", " in_order_traversal(bst.root, self.results.add_result)\n", " assert_equal(str(self.results), '[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]')\n", "\n", " print('Success: test_tree')\n", "\n", "\n", "def main():\n", " test = TestTree()\n", " test.test_tree_one()\n", " test.test_tree_two()\n", "\n", "\n", "if __name__ == '__main__':\n", " main()" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": 6, "metadata": { "collapsed": false }, "outputs": [ { "name": "stdout", "output_type": "stream", "text": [ "Success: test_tree\n" ] } ], "source": [ "%run -i test_bst.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 }