# Implementation for a problem from "Crack the Coding Interview". # # Dependencies: # - python 2.7.16 # - entr 4.1 # # To run the tests, run: `python 11_1.py` # For a tight development loop, run: `echo 11_1.py | entr python /_` # # Author: William Carroll <wpcarro@gmail.com> ################################################################################ # Implementation ################################################################################ def insert_sorted(xs, ys): """ Merges `ys` into `xs` and ensures that the result is sorted. Assumptions: - `xs` and `ys` are both sorted. - `xs` has enough unused space to accommodate each element in `ys`. """ for y in ys: xi = xs.index(None) - 1 yi = xs.index(None) xs[yi] = y while xi != -1 and y < xs[xi]: xs[xi], xs[yi] = xs[yi], xs[xi] xi, yi = xi - 1, yi - 1 return xs ################################################################################ # Tests ################################################################################ assert insert_sorted([1, 3, 5, None, None], [2, 4]) == [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] assert insert_sorted([None, None], [2, 4]) == [2, 4] assert insert_sorted([None, None], [2, 4]) == [2, 4] assert insert_sorted([1, 1, None, None], [0, 0]) == [0, 0, 1, 1] assert insert_sorted([1, 1, None, None], [1, 1]) == [1, 1, 1, 1] print('All tests pass!')