#!/usr/bin/env python # coding: utf-8 # 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). # # Challenge Notebook # ## Problem: Implement a trie with find, insert, remove, and list_words methods. # # * [Constraints](#Constraints) # * [Test Cases](#Test-Cases) # * [Algorithm](#Algorithm) # * [Code](#Code) # * [Unit Test](#Unit-Test) # * [Solution Notebook](#Solution-Notebook) # ## Constraints # # * Can we assume we are working with strings? # * Yes # * Are the strings in ASCII? # * Yes # * Should `find` only match exact words with a terminating character? # * Yes # * Should `list_words` only return words with a terminating character? # * Yes # * Can we assume this fits memory? # * Yes # ## Test Cases # #
# # root # / | \ # h a* m # / \ \ \ # a e* t* e* # / \ / \ # s* t* n* t* # / # s* # # find # # * Find on an empty trie # * Find non-matching # * Find matching # # insert # # * Insert on empty trie # * Insert to make a leaf terminator char # * Insert to extend an existing terminator char # # remove # # * Remove me # * Remove mens # * Remove a # * Remove has # # list_words # # * List empty # * List general case ## # # ## Algorithm # # Refer to the [Solution Notebook](http://nbviewer.ipython.org/github/donnemartin/interactive-coding-challenges/blob/master/graphs_trees/trie/trie_solution.ipynb). If you are stuck and need a hint, the solution notebook's algorithm discussion might be a good place to start. # ## Code # In[ ]: from collections import OrderedDict class Node(object): def __init__(self, data, parent=None, terminates=False): # TODO: Implement me pass class Trie(object): def __init__(self): # TODO: Implement me pass def find(self, word): # TODO: Implement me pass def insert(self, word): # TODO: Implement me pass def remove(self, word): # TODO: Implement me pass def list_words(self): # TODO: Implement me pass # ## Unit Test # **The following unit test is expected to fail until you solve the challenge.** # In[ ]: # %load test_trie.py import unittest class TestTrie(unittest.TestCase): def test_trie(self): trie = Trie() print('Test: Insert') words = ['a', 'at', 'has', 'hat', 'he', 'me', 'men', 'mens', 'met'] for word in words: trie.insert(word) for word in trie.list_words(): self.assertTrue(trie.find(word) is not None) print('Test: Remove me') trie.remove('me') words_removed = ['me'] words = ['a', 'at', 'has', 'hat', 'he', 'men', 'mens', 'met'] for word in words: self.assertTrue(trie.find(word) is not None) for word in words_removed: self.assertTrue(trie.find(word) is None) print('Test: Remove mens') trie.remove('mens') words_removed = ['me', 'mens'] words = ['a', 'at', 'has', 'hat', 'he', 'men', 'met'] for word in words: self.assertTrue(trie.find(word) is not None) for word in words_removed: self.assertTrue(trie.find(word) is None) print('Test: Remove a') trie.remove('a') words_removed = ['a', 'me', 'mens'] words = ['at', 'has', 'hat', 'he', 'men', 'met'] for word in words: self.assertTrue(trie.find(word) is not None) for word in words_removed: self.assertTrue(trie.find(word) is None) print('Test: Remove has') trie.remove('has') words_removed = ['a', 'has', 'me', 'mens'] words = ['at', 'hat', 'he', 'men', 'met'] for word in words: self.assertTrue(trie.find(word) is not None) for word in words_removed: self.assertTrue(trie.find(word) is None) print('Success: test_trie') def test_trie_remove_invalid(self): print('Test: Remove from empty trie') trie = Trie() self.assertTrue(trie.remove('foo') is None) def main(): test = TestTrie() test.test_trie() test.assertRaises(KeyError, test.test_trie_remove_invalid) if __name__ == '__main__': main() # ## Solution Notebook # # Review the [Solution Notebook](http://nbviewer.ipython.org/github/donnemartin/interactive-coding-challenges/blob/master/graphs_trees/trie/trie_solution.ipynb) for a discussion on algorithms and code solutions.