Python/maths/find_max.py
Caeden Perelli-Harris fb1b939a89
Consolidate find_min and find_min recursive and find_max and find_max_recursive (#8960)
* updating DIRECTORY.md

* refactor(min-max): Consolidate implementations

* updating DIRECTORY.md

* refactor(min-max): Append _iterative to func name

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2023-08-14 04:17:27 -07:00

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from __future__ import annotations
def find_max_iterative(nums: list[int | float]) -> int | float:
"""
>>> for nums in ([3, 2, 1], [-3, -2, -1], [3, -3, 0], [3.0, 3.1, 2.9]):
... find_max_iterative(nums) == max(nums)
True
True
True
True
>>> find_max_iterative([2, 4, 9, 7, 19, 94, 5])
94
>>> find_max_iterative([])
Traceback (most recent call last):
...
ValueError: find_max_iterative() arg is an empty sequence
"""
if len(nums) == 0:
raise ValueError("find_max_iterative() arg is an empty sequence")
max_num = nums[0]
for x in nums:
if x > max_num:
max_num = x
return max_num
# Divide and Conquer algorithm
def find_max_recursive(nums: list[int | float], left: int, right: int) -> int | float:
"""
find max value in list
:param nums: contains elements
:param left: index of first element
:param right: index of last element
:return: max in nums
>>> for nums in ([3, 2, 1], [-3, -2, -1], [3, -3, 0], [3.0, 3.1, 2.9]):
... find_max_recursive(nums, 0, len(nums) - 1) == max(nums)
True
True
True
True
>>> nums = [1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10]
>>> find_max_recursive(nums, 0, len(nums) - 1) == max(nums)
True
>>> find_max_recursive([], 0, 0)
Traceback (most recent call last):
...
ValueError: find_max_recursive() arg is an empty sequence
>>> find_max_recursive(nums, 0, len(nums)) == max(nums)
Traceback (most recent call last):
...
IndexError: list index out of range
>>> find_max_recursive(nums, -len(nums), -1) == max(nums)
True
>>> find_max_recursive(nums, -len(nums) - 1, -1) == max(nums)
Traceback (most recent call last):
...
IndexError: list index out of range
"""
if len(nums) == 0:
raise ValueError("find_max_recursive() arg is an empty sequence")
if (
left >= len(nums)
or left < -len(nums)
or right >= len(nums)
or right < -len(nums)
):
raise IndexError("list index out of range")
if left == right:
return nums[left]
mid = (left + right) >> 1 # the middle
left_max = find_max_recursive(nums, left, mid) # find max in range[left, mid]
right_max = find_max_recursive(
nums, mid + 1, right
) # find max in range[mid + 1, right]
return left_max if left_max >= right_max else right_max
if __name__ == "__main__":
import doctest
doctest.testmod(verbose=True)