{ "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: Generate a list of primes.\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 it correct that 1 is not considered a prime number?\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 -> Exception\n", "* Not an int -> Exception\n", "* 20 -> 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Algorithm\n", "\n", "For a number to be prime, it must be 2 or greater and cannot be divisible by another number other than itself (and 1).\n", "\n", "We'll use the Sieve of Eratosthenes. All non-prime numbers are divisible by a prime number.\n", "\n", "* Use an array (or bit array, bit vector) to keep track of each integer up to the max\n", "* Start at 2, end at sqrt(max)\n", " * We can use sqrt(max) instead of max because:\n", " * For each value that divides the input number evenly, there is a complement b where a * b = n\n", " * If a > sqrt(n) then b < sqrt(n) because sqrt(n^2) = n\n", " * \"Cross off\" all numbers divisible by 2, 3, 5, 7, ... by setting array[index] to False\n", "\n", "Complexity:\n", "* Time: O(n log log n)\n", "* Space: O(n)\n", "\n", "Wikipedia's animation:\n", "\n", "![alt text](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b9/Sieve_of_Eratosthenes_animation.gif)" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Code" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": 1, "metadata": { "collapsed": false }, "outputs": [], "source": [ "import math\n", "\n", "\n", "class PrimeGenerator(object):\n", "\n", " def generate_primes(self, max_num):\n", " if max_num is None:\n", " raise TypeError('max_num cannot be None')\n", " array = [True] * max_num\n", " array[0] = False\n", " array[1] = False\n", " prime = 2\n", " while prime <= math.sqrt(max_num):\n", " self._cross_off(array, prime)\n", " prime = self._next_prime(array, prime)\n", " return array\n", "\n", " def _cross_off(self, array, prime):\n", " for index in range(prime*prime, len(array), prime):\n", " # Start with prime*prime because if we have a k*prime\n", " # where k < prime, this value would have already been\n", " # previously crossed off\n", " array[index] = False\n", "\n", " def _next_prime(self, array, prime):\n", " next = prime + 1\n", " while next < len(array) and not array[next]:\n", " next += 1\n", " return next" ] }, { "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_generate_primes.py\n" ] } ], "source": [ "%%writefile test_generate_primes.py\n", "from nose.tools import assert_equal, assert_raises\n", "\n", "\n", "class TestMath(object):\n", "\n", " def test_generate_primes(self):\n", " prime_generator = PrimeGenerator()\n", " assert_raises(TypeError, prime_generator.generate_primes, None)\n", " assert_raises(TypeError, prime_generator.generate_primes, 98.6)\n", " assert_equal(prime_generator.generate_primes(20), [False, False, True, \n", " True, False, True, \n", " False, True, False, \n", " False, False, True, \n", " False, True, False, \n", " False, False, True, \n", " False, True])\n", " print('Success: generate_primes')\n", "\n", "\n", "def main():\n", " test = TestMath()\n", " test.test_generate_primes()\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: generate_primes\n" ] } ], "source": [ "%run -i test_generate_primes.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 }