{ "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": [ "# Challenge Notebook" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Problem: Find a build order given a list of projects and dependencies.\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", "* Is it possible to have a cyclic graph as the input?\n", " * Yes\n", "* Can we assume we already have Graph and Node classes?\n", " * Yes\n", "* Can we assume this is a connected graph?\n", " * Yes\n", "* Can we assume the inputs are valid?\n", " * Yes\n", "* Can we assume this fits memory?\n", " * Yes" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Test Cases\n", "\n", "* projects: a, b, c, d, e, f, g\n", "* dependencies: (d, g), (f, c), (f, b), (f, a), (c, a), (b, a), (a, e), (b, e)\n", "* output: d, f, c, b, g, a, e\n", "\n", "Note: Edge direction is down\n", "
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    "    f     d\n",
    "   /|\\    |\n",
    "  c | b   g\n",
    "   \\|/|\n",
    "    a |\n",
    "    |/\n",
    "    e\n",
    "
\n", "\n", "Test a graph with a cycle, output should be None" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Algorithm\n", "\n", "Refer to the [Solution Notebook](http://nbviewer.jupyter.org/github/donnemartin/interactive-coding-challenges/blob/master/graphs_trees/graph_build_order/build_order_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": { "collapsed": true }, "outputs": [], "source": [ "class Dependency(object):\n", "\n", " def __init__(self, node_key_before, node_key_after):\n", " self.node_key_before = node_key_before\n", " self.node_key_after = node_key_after" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": { "collapsed": true }, "outputs": [], "source": [ "%run ../graph/graph.py\n", "%load ../graph/graph.py" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "class BuildOrder(object):\n", "\n", " def __init__(self, dependencies):\n", " # TODO: Implement me\n", " pass\n", "\n", " def find_build_order(self):\n", " # TODO: Implement me\n", " pass" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Unit Test" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "**The following unit test is expected to fail until you solve the challenge.**" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "# %load test_build_order.py\n", "import unittest\n", "\n", "\n", "class TestBuildOrder(unittest.TestCase):\n", "\n", " def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):\n", " super(TestBuildOrder, self).__init__()\n", " self.dependencies = [\n", " Dependency('d', 'g'),\n", " Dependency('f', 'c'),\n", " Dependency('f', 'b'),\n", " Dependency('f', 'a'),\n", " Dependency('c', 'a'),\n", " Dependency('b', 'a'),\n", " Dependency('a', 'e'),\n", " Dependency('b', 'e'),\n", " ]\n", "\n", " def test_build_order(self):\n", " build_order = BuildOrder(self.dependencies)\n", " processed_nodes = build_order.find_build_order()\n", "\n", " expected_result0 = ('d', 'f')\n", " expected_result1 = ('c', 'b', 'g')\n", " self.assertTrue(processed_nodes[0].key in expected_result0)\n", " self.assertTrue(processed_nodes[1].key in expected_result0)\n", " self.assertTrue(processed_nodes[2].key in expected_result1)\n", " self.assertTrue(processed_nodes[3].key in expected_result1)\n", " self.assertTrue(processed_nodes[4].key in expected_result1)\n", " self.assertTrue(processed_nodes[5].key is 'a')\n", " self.assertTrue(processed_nodes[6].key is 'e')\n", "\n", " print('Success: test_build_order')\n", "\n", " def test_build_order_circular(self):\n", " self.dependencies.append(Dependency('e', 'f'))\n", " build_order = BuildOrder(self.dependencies)\n", " processed_nodes = build_order.find_build_order()\n", " self.assertTrue(processed_nodes is None)\n", "\n", " print('Success: test_build_order_circular')\n", "\n", "\n", "def main():\n", " test = TestBuildOrder()\n", " test.test_build_order()\n", " test.test_build_order_circular()\n", "\n", "\n", "if __name__ == '__main__':\n", " main()" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Solution Notebook\n", "\n", "Review the [Solution Notebook](https://github.com/donnemartin/interactive-coding-challenges/graphs_trees/build_order/build_order_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 }