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Polish compress solution.

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Donne Martin
2016-02-09 06:49:29 -05:00
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arrays_strings/compress/compress_solution.ipynb
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"source": [ "source": [
"## Algorithm\n", "## Algorithm\n",
"\n", "\n",
"Since Python strings are immutable, we'll use a list of characters to build the compressed string representation. We'll then convert the list to a string.\n", "* For each char in string\n",
"\n", " * If char is the same as last_char, increment count\n",
"* Calculate the size of the compressed string\n", " * Else\n",
" * Note the constraint about compressing only if it saves space\n", " * Append last_char and count to compressed_string\n",
"* If the compressed string size is >= string size, return string\n", " * last_char = char\n",
"* Create compressed_string\n", " * count = 1\n",
" * For each char in string\n", "* Append last_char and count to compressed_string\n",
" * If char is the same as last_char, increment count\n", "* If the compressed string size is < string size\n",
" * Else\n", " * Return compressed string\n",
" * Append last_char to compressed_string\n", "* Else\n",
" * append count to compressed_string\n", " * Return string\n",
" * count = 1\n",
" * last_char = char\n",
" * Append last_char to compressed_string\n",
" * Append count to compressed_string\n",
" * Return compressed_string\n",
"\n", "\n",
"Complexity:\n", "Complexity:\n",
"* Time: O(n)\n", "* Time: O(n)\n",
"* Space: O(n)" "* Space: O(n)\n",
"\n",
"Complexity Note:\n",
"* Although strings are immutable in Python, appending to strings is optimized in CPython so that it now runs in O(n) and extends the string in-place. Refer to this [Stack Overflow post](http://stackoverflow.com/a/4435752)."
] ]
}, },
{ {
@@ -100,38 +98,18 @@
"def compress_string(string):\n", "def compress_string(string):\n",
" if string is None or len(string) == 0:\n", " if string is None or len(string) == 0:\n",
" return string\n", " return string\n",
"\n", " result = ''\n",
" # Calculate the size of the compressed string\n", " prev_char = string[0]\n",
" size = 0\n",
" last_char = string[0]\n",
" for char in string:\n",
" if char != last_char:\n",
" size += 2\n",
" last_char = char\n",
" size += 2\n",
"\n",
" # If the compressed string size is greater than\n",
" # or equal to string size, return original string\n",
" if size >= len(string):\n",
" return string\n",
"\n",
" # Create compressed_string\n",
" compressed_string = list()\n",
" count = 0\n", " count = 0\n",
" last_char = string[0]\n",
" for char in string:\n", " for char in string:\n",
" if char == last_char:\n", " if char == prev_char:\n",
" count += 1\n", " count += 1\n",
" else:\n", " else:\n",
" compressed_string.append(last_char)\n", " result += prev_char + str(count)\n",
" compressed_string.append(str(count))\n", " prev_char = char\n",
" count = 1\n", " count = 1\n",
" last_char = char\n", " result += prev_char + str(count)\n",
" compressed_string.append(last_char)\n", " return result if len(result) < len(string) else string"
" compressed_string.append(str(count))\n",
"\n",
" # Convert the characters in the list to a string\n",
" return \"\".join(compressed_string)"
] ]
}, },
{ {
@@ -202,21 +180,21 @@
], ],
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"mimetype": "text/x-python", "mimetype": "text/x-python",
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