interactive-coding-challenges/arrays_strings/rotation/rotation_solution.ipynb

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    "This notebook was prepared by [Donne Martin](http://donnemartin.com). Source and license info is on [GitHub](https://github.com/donnemartin/interactive-coding-challenges)."
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    "# Solution Notebook"
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    "## 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)"
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    "## Constraints\n",
    "\n",
    "* Can we assume the string is ASCII?\n",
    "    * Yes\n",
    "    * Note: Unicode strings could require special handling depending on your language\n",
    "* Is this case sensitive?\n",
    "    * Yes\n",
    "* Can we use additional data structures?  \n",
    "    * Yes\n",
    "* Can we assume this fits in memory?\n",
    "    * Yes"
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    "## 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"
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    "## Algorithm\n",
    "\n",
    "Examine 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(n)"
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    "## Code"
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    "class Rotation(object):\n",
    "\n",
    "    def is_substring(self, s1, s2):\n",
    "        return s1 in s2\n",
    "\n",
    "    def is_rotation(self, s1, s2):\n",
    "        if s1 is None or s2 is None:\n",
    "            return False\n",
    "        if len(s1) != len(s2):\n",
    "            return False\n",
    "        return self.is_substring(s1, s2 + s2)"
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    "## Unit Test"
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      "Overwriting test_rotation.py\n"
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    "%%writefile test_rotation.py\n",
    "import unittest\n",
    "\n",
    "\n",
    "class TestRotation(unittest.TestCase):\n",
    "\n",
    "    def test_rotation(self):\n",
    "        rotation = Rotation()\n",
    "        self.assertEqual(rotation.is_rotation('o', 'oo'), False)\n",
    "        self.assertEqual(rotation.is_rotation(None, 'foo'), False)\n",
    "        self.assertEqual(rotation.is_rotation('', 'foo'), False)\n",
    "        self.assertEqual(rotation.is_rotation('', ''), True)\n",
    "        self.assertEqual(rotation.is_rotation('foobarbaz', 'barbazfoo'), True)\n",
    "        print('Success: test_rotation')\n",
    "\n",
    "\n",
    "def main():\n",
    "    test = TestRotation()\n",
    "    test.test_rotation()\n",
    "\n",
    "\n",
    "if __name__ == '__main__':\n",
    "    main()"
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      "Success: test_rotation\n"
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    "%run -i test_rotation.py"
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