interactive-coding-challenges/graphs_trees/check_balance/check_balance_solution.ipynb
Donne Martin 7882ed9ae7 Polish check tree balance challenge and solution (#80)
Update constraints, test cases, tests, and code.
2016-06-25 08:42:16 -04:00

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"<small><i>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).</i></small>"
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"# Solution Notebook"
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"## Problem: Check if a binary tree is balanced.\n",
"\n",
"* [Constraints](#Constraints)\n",
"* [Test Cases](#Test-Cases)\n",
"* [Algorithm](#Algorithm)\n",
"* [Code](#Code)\n",
"* [Unit Test](#Unit-Test)"
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"## Constraints\n",
"\n",
"* Is a balanced tree one where the heights of two sub trees of any node doesn't differ by more than 1?\n",
" * Yes\n",
"* If this is called on a None input, should we return False?\n",
" * Yes\n",
"* Can we assume we already have a Node class with an insert method?\n",
" * Yes\n",
"* Can we assume this fits memory?\n",
" * Yes"
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"## Test Cases\n",
"\n",
"* None -> No\n",
"* 1 -> Yes\n",
"* 5, 3, 8, 1, 4 -> Yes\n",
"* 5, 3, 8, 9, 10 -> No"
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"## Algorithm\n",
"\n",
"The algorithm will be similar to where we get the height of a tree as seen in [here](http://nbviewer.ipython.org/github/donnemartin/interactive-coding-challenges/blob/master/graphs_trees/tree_height/height_solution.ipynb).\n",
"\n",
"However, we could check whether the tree is balanced while also checking for the heights.\n",
"\n",
"* Base case: If the root is None, return 0\n",
"* Recursively check whether the left sub tree is balanced, and get its maximum and minimum height\n",
"* Recursively Check whether the right sub tree is balanced, and get its maximum and minimum height\n",
"* Calculate the maximum height and minimum height of the current tree\n",
"* If both sub-trees are balanced, and the maximum and minimum height of the current tree doesn't differ by more than 1, then the current tree is balanced. Otherwise, it is not\n",
"* Return whether the current tree is balanced, and the maximum height and minimum height of the current tree\n",
" \n",
"Complexity:\n",
"* Time: O(n)\n",
"* Space: O(h), where h is the height of the tree"
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"## Code"
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"%run ../bst/bst.py"
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"def _check_balance(root):\n",
" if not root:\n",
" return (True, 0, 0)\n",
" left_balanced, left_min_h, left_max_h = _check_balance(root.left)\n",
" right_balanced, right_min_h, right_max_h = _check_balance(root.right)\n",
" min_h = 1 + min(left_min_h, right_min_h)\n",
" max_h = 1 + max(left_max_h, right_max_h)\n",
" balanced = left_balanced and right_balanced and abs(max_h-min_h) <= 1\n",
" return (balanced, min_h, max_h)\n",
"\n",
"def check_balance(root):\n",
" if root is None:\n",
" return False\n",
" balanced, _, _ = _check_balance(root)\n",
" return balanced"
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"## Unit Test"
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"Overwriting test_check_balance.py\n"
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"%%writefile test_check_balance.py\n",
"from nose.tools import assert_equal\n",
"\n",
"\n",
"class TestCheckBalance(object):\n",
"\n",
" def test_check_balance(self):\n",
" assert_equal(check_balance(None), False)\n",
"\n",
" node = Node(5)\n",
" assert_equal(check_balance(node), True)\n",
"\n",
" insert(node, 3)\n",
" insert(node, 8)\n",
" insert(node, 1)\n",
" insert(node, 4)\n",
" assert_equal(check_balance(node), True)\n",
"\n",
" node = Node(5)\n",
" insert(node, 3)\n",
" insert(node, 8)\n",
" insert(node, 9)\n",
" insert(node, 10)\n",
" assert_equal(check_balance(node), False)\n",
"\n",
" node = Node(3)\n",
" insert(node, 2)\n",
" insert(node, 1)\n",
" insert(node, 5)\n",
" insert(node, 4)\n",
" insert(node, 6)\n",
" insert(node, 7)\n",
" assert_equal(check_balance(node), False)\n",
"\n",
" print('Success: test_check_balance')\n",
"\n",
"\n",
"def main():\n",
" test = TestCheckBalance()\n",
" test.test_check_balance()\n",
"\n",
"\n",
"if __name__ == '__main__':\n",
" main()"
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"Success: test_check_balance\n"
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