{ "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: Swap the odd and even bits of a positive integer with as few operations as possible.\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 the input is always a positive int?\n", " * Yes\n", "* Can we assume we're working with 32 bits?\n", " * Yes\n", "* Is the output an int?\n", " * Yes\n", "* Can we assume the inputs are valid (not None)?\n", " * No\n", "* Can we assume this fits memory?\n", " * Yes" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Test Cases\n", "\n", "* None -> Exception\n", "* 0 -> 0\n", "* -1 -> -1\n", "* General case\n", "
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    "    input  = 0000 1001 1111 0110\n",
    "    result = 0000 0110 1111 1001\n",
    "
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    "## Algorithm\n",
    "\n",
    "
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    "* Isolate the odd bits with a mask:\n",
    "    0000 1001 1111 0110  num\n",
    "    1010 1010 1010 1010  mask\n",
    "    --------------------------------\n",
    "    0000 1000 1010 0010  num & mask\n",
    "\n",
    "* Shift the odd bits right:\n",
    "    0000 0100 0101 0001  odd\n",
    "\n",
    "* Isolate the even bits with a mask:\n",
    "    0000 1001 1111 0110  num\n",
    "    0101 0101 0101 0101  mask\n",
    "    --------------------------------\n",
    "    0000 0001 0101 0100  num & mask\n",
    "\n",
    "* Shift the even bits left:\n",
    "    0000 0010 1010 1000  even\n",
    "\n",
    "* Return even | odd\n",
    "    0000 0100 0101 0001  odd\n",
    "    0000 0010 1010 1000  even\n",
    "    --------------------------------\n",
    "    0000 0110 1111 1001  odd | even\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 pairwise_swap(self, num):\n", " if num is None:\n", " raise TypeError('num cannot be None')\n", " if num == 0 or num == 1:\n", " return num\n", " odd = (num & int('1010101010101010', base=2)) >> 1\n", " even = (num & int('0101010101010101', base=2)) << 1\n", " return odd | even" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Unit Test" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": 2, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [ { "name": "stdout", "output_type": "stream", "text": [ "Overwriting test_pairwise_swap.py\n" ] } ], "source": [ "%%writefile test_pairwise_swap.py\n", "import unittest\n", "\n", "\n", "class TestBits(unittest.TestCase):\n", "\n", " def test_pairwise_swap(self):\n", " bits = Bits()\n", " self.assertEqual(bits.pairwise_swap(0), 0)\n", " self.assertEqual(bits.pairwise_swap(1), 1)\n", " num = int('0000100111110110', base=2)\n", " expected = int('0000011011111001', base=2)\n", " self.assertEqual(bits.pairwise_swap(num), expected)\n", " self.assertRaises(TypeError, bits.pairwise_swap, None)\n", " \n", " print('Success: test_pairwise_swap')\n", "\n", "\n", "def main():\n", " test = TestBits()\n", " test.test_pairwise_swap()\n", "\n", "\n", "if __name__ == '__main__':\n", " main()" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": 3, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [ { "name": "stdout", "output_type": "stream", "text": [ "Success: test_pairwise_swap\n" ] } ], "source": [ "%run -i test_pairwise_swap.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 }