{ "cells": [ { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "This notebook was prepared by [Donne Martin](http://donnemartin.com). Source and license info is on [GitHub](https://github.com/donnemartin/interactive-coding-challenges)." ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "# Challenge Notebook" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Problem: Implement the [Towers of Hanoi](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_Hanoi) with 3 towers and N disks.\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)" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Constraints\n", "\n", "* Can we assume we already have a stack class that can be used for this problem?\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 tower(s) -> Exception\n", "* 0 disks -> None\n", "* 1 disk\n", "* 2 or more disks" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Algorithm\n", "\n", "Refer to the [Solution Notebook](http://nbviewer.ipython.org/github/donnemartin/interactive-coding-challenges/blob/master/stacks_queues/hanoi/hanoi_solution.ipynb). If you are stuck and need a hint, the solution notebook's algorithm discussion might be a good place to start." ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Code" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "%run ../../stacks_queues/stack/stack.py\n", "%load ../../stacks_queues/stack/stack.py" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "class Hanoi(object):\n", "\n", " def move_disks(self, num_disks, src, dest, buff):\n", " # TODO: Implement me\n", " pass" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Unit Test\n", "\n", "\n", "\n", "**The following unit test is expected to fail until you solve the challenge.**" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "# %load test_hanoi.py\n", "import unittest\n", "\n", "\n", "class TestHanoi(unittest.TestCase):\n", "\n", " def test_hanoi(self):\n", " hanoi = Hanoi()\n", " num_disks = 3\n", " src = Stack()\n", " buff = Stack()\n", " dest = Stack()\n", "\n", " print('Test: None towers')\n", " self.assertRaises(TypeError, hanoi.move_disks, num_disks, None, None, None)\n", "\n", " print('Test: 0 disks')\n", " hanoi.move_disks(num_disks, src, dest, buff)\n", " self.assertEqual(dest.pop(), None)\n", "\n", " print('Test: 1 disk')\n", " src.push(5)\n", " hanoi.move_disks(num_disks, src, dest, buff)\n", " self.assertEqual(dest.pop(), 5)\n", "\n", " print('Test: 2 or more disks')\n", " for disk_index in range(num_disks, -1, -1):\n", " src.push(disk_index)\n", " hanoi.move_disks(num_disks, src, dest, buff)\n", " for disk_index in range(0, num_disks):\n", " self.assertEqual(dest.pop(), disk_index)\n", "\n", " print('Success: test_hanoi')\n", "\n", "\n", "def main():\n", " test = TestHanoi()\n", " test.test_hanoi()\n", "\n", "\n", "if __name__ == '__main__':\n", " main()" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Solution Notebook\n", "\n", "Review the [Solution Notebook](http://nbviewer.ipython.org/github/donnemartin/interactive-coding-challenges/blob/master/stacks_queues/hanoi/hanoi_solution.ipynb) for a discussion on algorithms and code solutions." ] } ], "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": "3.7.2" } }, "nbformat": 4, "nbformat_minor": 1 }