{ "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: Given two 16 bit numbers, n and m, and two indices i, j, insert m into n such that m starts at bit j and ends at bit i.\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 assume j > i?\n", " * Yes\n", "* Can we assume i through j have enough space for m?\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 as an input -> Exception\n", "* Negative index for i or j -> Exception\n", "* General case\n", "\n", "
\n",
    "i = 2, j = 6\n",
    "                    j    i\n",
    "n      = 0000 0100 0011 1101\n",
    "m      = 0000 0000 0001 0011\n",
    "result = 0000 0100 0100 1101\n",
    "
" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Algorithm\n", "\n", "
\n",
    "                    j    i\n",
    "n      = 0000 0100 0011 1101\n",
    "m      = 0000 0000 0001 0011\n",
    "\n",
    "lmask  = 1111 1111 1111 1111  -1\n",
    "lmask  = 1111 1111 1000 0000  -1 << (j + 1)\n",
    "\n",
    "rmask  = 0000 0000 0000 0001   1\n",
    "rmask  = 0000 0000 0000 0100   1 << i\n",
    "rmask  = 0000 0000 0000 0011   (1 << i) -1\n",
    "\n",
    "mask   = 1111 1111 1000 0011   lmask | rmask\n",
    "\n",
    "n      = 0000 0100 0011 1101\n",
    "mask   = 1111 1111 1000 0011   n & mask \n",
    "--------------------------------------------------\n",
    "n2     = 0000 0100 0000 0001\n",
    "\n",
    "n2     = 0000 0100 0000 0001\n",
    "mask2  = 0000 0000 0100 1100   m << i\n",
    "--------------------------------------------------\n",
    "result = 0000 0100 0100 1101   n2 | mask2\n",
    "
\n", "\n", "Complexity:\n", "* Time: O(b), where b is the number of bits\n", "* Space: O(b), where b is the number of bits" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Code" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": 1, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "class Bits(object):\n", "\n", " def insert_m_into_n(self, m, n, i, j):\n", " if None in (m, n, i, j):\n", " raise TypeError('Argument cannot be None')\n", " if i < 0 or j < 0:\n", " raise ValueError('Index cannot be negative')\n", " left_mask = -1 << (j + 1)\n", " right_mask = (1 << i) - 1\n", " n_mask = left_mask | right_mask\n", " # Clear bits from j to i, inclusive\n", " n_cleared = n & n_mask\n", " # Shift m into place before inserting it into n\n", " m_mask = m << i\n", " return n_cleared | m_mask" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Unit Test" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": 2, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [ { "name": "stdout", "output_type": "stream", "text": [ "Overwriting test_insert_m_into_n.py\n" ] } ], "source": [ "%%writefile test_insert_m_into_n.py\n", "import unittest\n", "\n", "\n", "class TestBit(unittest.TestCase):\n", "\n", " def test_insert_m_into_n(self):\n", " n = int('0000010000111101', base=2)\n", " m = int('0000000000010011', base=2)\n", " expected = int('0000010001001101', base=2)\n", " bits = Bits()\n", " self.assertEqual(bits.insert_m_into_n(m, n, i=2, j=6), expected)\n", " print('Success: test_insert_m_into_n')\n", "\n", "\n", "def main():\n", " test = TestBit()\n", " test.test_insert_m_into_n()\n", "\n", "\n", "if __name__ == '__main__':\n", " main()" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": 3, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [ { "name": "stdout", "output_type": "stream", "text": [ "Success: test_insert_m_into_n\n" ] } ], "source": [ "%run -i test_insert_m_into_n.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": "3.7.2" } }, "nbformat": 4, "nbformat_minor": 1 }