#!/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: Find an element in a sorted array that has been rotated a number of times. # # * [Constraints](#Constraints) # * [Test Cases](#Test-Cases) # * [Algorithm](#Algorithm) # * [Code](#Code) # * [Unit Test](#Unit-Test) # * [Solution Notebook](#Solution-Notebook) # ## Constraints # # * Is the input an array of ints? # * Yes # * Do we know how many times the array was rotated? # * No # * Was the array originally sorted in increasing or decreasing order? # * Increasing # * For the output, do we return the index? # * Yes # * Can we assume the inputs are valid? # * No # * Can we assume this fits memory? # * Yes # ## Test Cases # # * None -> Exception # * [] -> None # * Not found -> None # * General case with duplicates # * General case without duplicates # ## Algorithm # # Refer to the [Solution Notebook](http://nbviewer.jupyter.org/github/donnemartin/interactive-coding-challenges/blob/master/sorting_searching/rotated_array_search/rotated_array_search_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[ ]: class Array(object): def search_sorted_array(self, array, val): # TODO: Implement me pass # ## Unit Test # **The following unit test is expected to fail until you solve the challenge.** # In[ ]: # %load test_search_sorted_array.py import unittest class TestArray(unittest.TestCase): def test_search_sorted_array(self): array = Array() self.assertRaises(TypeError, array.search_sorted_array, None) self.assertEqual(array.search_sorted_array([3, 1, 2], 0), None) self.assertEqual(array.search_sorted_array([3, 1, 2], 0), None) data = [10, 12, 14, 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] self.assertEqual(array.search_sorted_array(data, val=1), 3) data = [ 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1] self.assertEqual(array.search_sorted_array(data, val=2), 2) print('Success: test_search_sorted_array') def main(): test = TestArray() test.test_search_sorted_array() if __name__ == '__main__': main() # ## Solution Notebook # # Review the [Solution Notebook]() for a discussion on algorithms and code solutions.