""" A number container system that uses binary search to delete and insert values into arrays with O(log n) write times and O(1) read times. This container system holds integers at indexes. Further explained in this leetcode problem > https://leetcode.com/problems/minimum-cost-tree-from-leaf-values """ class NumberContainer: def __init__(self) -> None: # numbermap keys are the number and its values are lists of indexes sorted # in ascending order self.numbermap: dict[int, list[int]] = {} # indexmap keys are an index and it's values are the number at that index self.indexmap: dict[int, int] = {} def binary_search_delete(self, array: list | str | range, item: int) -> list[int]: """ Removes the item from the sorted array and returns the new array. >>> NumberContainer().binary_search_delete([1,2,3], 2) [1, 3] >>> NumberContainer().binary_search_delete([0, 0, 0], 0) [0, 0] >>> NumberContainer().binary_search_delete([-1, -1, -1], -1) [-1, -1] >>> NumberContainer().binary_search_delete([-1, 0], 0) [-1] >>> NumberContainer().binary_search_delete([-1, 0], -1) [0] >>> NumberContainer().binary_search_delete(range(7), 3) [0, 1, 2, 4, 5, 6] >>> NumberContainer().binary_search_delete([1.1, 2.2, 3.3], 2.2) [1.1, 3.3] >>> NumberContainer().binary_search_delete("abcde", "c") ['a', 'b', 'd', 'e'] >>> NumberContainer().binary_search_delete([0, -1, 2, 4], 0) Traceback (most recent call last): ... ValueError: Either the item is not in the array or the array was unsorted >>> NumberContainer().binary_search_delete([2, 0, 4, -1, 11], -1) Traceback (most recent call last): ... ValueError: Either the item is not in the array or the array was unsorted >>> NumberContainer().binary_search_delete(125, 1) Traceback (most recent call last): ... TypeError: binary_search_delete() only accepts either a list, range or str """ if isinstance(array, (range, str)): array = list(array) elif not isinstance(array, list): raise TypeError( "binary_search_delete() only accepts either a list, range or str" ) low = 0 high = len(array) - 1 while low <= high: mid = (low + high) // 2 if array[mid] == item: array.pop(mid) return array elif array[mid] < item: low = mid + 1 else: high = mid - 1 raise ValueError( "Either the item is not in the array or the array was unsorted" ) def binary_search_insert(self, array: list | str | range, index: int) -> list[int]: """ Inserts the index into the sorted array at the correct position. >>> NumberContainer().binary_search_insert([1,2,3], 2) [1, 2, 2, 3] >>> NumberContainer().binary_search_insert([0,1,3], 2) [0, 1, 2, 3] >>> NumberContainer().binary_search_insert([-5, -3, 0, 0, 11, 103], 51) [-5, -3, 0, 0, 11, 51, 103] >>> NumberContainer().binary_search_insert([-5, -3, 0, 0, 11, 100, 103], 101) [-5, -3, 0, 0, 11, 100, 101, 103] >>> NumberContainer().binary_search_insert(range(10), 4) [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] >>> NumberContainer().binary_search_insert("abd", "c") ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd'] >>> NumberContainer().binary_search_insert(131, 23) Traceback (most recent call last): ... TypeError: binary_search_insert() only accepts either a list, range or str """ if isinstance(array, (range, str)): array = list(array) elif not isinstance(array, list): raise TypeError( "binary_search_insert() only accepts either a list, range or str" ) low = 0 high = len(array) - 1 while low <= high: mid = (low + high) // 2 if array[mid] == index: # If the item already exists in the array, # insert it after the existing item array.insert(mid + 1, index) return array elif array[mid] < index: low = mid + 1 else: high = mid - 1 # If the item doesn't exist in the array, insert it at the appropriate position array.insert(low, index) return array def change(self, index: int, number: int) -> None: """ Changes (sets) the index as number >>> cont = NumberContainer() >>> cont.change(0, 10) >>> cont.change(0, 20) >>> cont.change(-13, 20) >>> cont.change(-100030, 20032903290) """ # Remove previous index if index in self.indexmap: n = self.indexmap[index] if len(self.numbermap[n]) == 1: del self.numbermap[n] else: self.numbermap[n] = self.binary_search_delete(self.numbermap[n], index) # Set new index self.indexmap[index] = number # Number not seen before or empty so insert number value if number not in self.numbermap: self.numbermap[number] = [index] # Here we need to perform a binary search insertion in order to insert # The item in the correct place else: self.numbermap[number] = self.binary_search_insert( self.numbermap[number], index ) def find(self, number: int) -> int: """ Returns the smallest index where the number is. >>> cont = NumberContainer() >>> cont.find(10) -1 >>> cont.change(0, 10) >>> cont.find(10) 0 >>> cont.change(0, 20) >>> cont.find(10) -1 >>> cont.find(20) 0 """ # Simply return the 0th index (smallest) of the indexes found (or -1) return self.numbermap.get(number, [-1])[0] if __name__ == "__main__": import doctest doctest.testmod()