{ "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 all permutations of an input string.\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 the input have duplicates?\n", " * Yes\n", "* Can the output have duplicates?\n", " * No\n", "* Is the output a list of strings?\n", " * Yes\n", "* Do we have to output the results in sorted order?\n", " * No\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", "
\n",
    "* None -> None\n",
    "* '' -> ''\n",
    "* 'AABC' -> ['AABC', 'AACB', 'ABAC', 'ABCA',\n",
    "             'ACAB', 'ACBA', 'BAAC', 'BACA',\n",
    "             'BCAA', 'CAAB', 'CABA', 'CBAA']\n",
    "
" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Algorithm\n", "\n", "Refer to the [Solution Notebook](). 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": [ "class Permutations(object):\n", "\n", " def find_permutations(self, string):\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_permutations.py\n", "import unittest\n", "\n", "\n", "class TestPermutations(unittest.TestCase):\n", "\n", " def test_permutations(self):\n", " permutations = Permutations()\n", " self.assertEqual(permutations.find_permutations(None), None)\n", " self.assertEqual(permutations.find_permutations(''), '')\n", " string = 'AABC'\n", " expected = [\n", " 'AABC', 'AACB', 'ABAC', 'ABCA',\n", " 'ACAB', 'ACBA', 'BAAC', 'BACA',\n", " 'BCAA', 'CAAB', 'CABA', 'CBAA'\n", " ]\n", " self.assertEqual(permutations.find_permutations(string), expected)\n", " print('Success: test_permutations')\n", "\n", "\n", "def main():\n", " test = TestPermutations()\n", " test.test_permutations()\n", "\n", "\n", "if __name__ == '__main__':\n", " main()" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Solution Notebook\n", "\n", "Review the [Solution Notebook]() 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 }