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authorWilliam Carroll <wpcarro@gmail.com>2020-03-14T12·48+0000
committerWilliam Carroll <wpcarro@gmail.com>2020-03-14T12·48+0000
commit47a11b76a255e1e0519fc3a9c5a59047d5d32569 (patch)
treecd784520f0aaa86274477a72444bc7076da198bc
parent0f82a527de0f6701021c106f108b5a8145f9226d (diff)
Solve InterviewCake's balanced-binary-tree problem
Write a predicate for determining if a binary tree is "super balanced", which
means that the depths of all of the tree's leaves are equal or differ by at most
one.
-rw-r--r--scratch/deepmind/part_two/balanced-binary-tree.py126
-rw-r--r--scratch/deepmind/part_two/todo.org4
2 files changed, 128 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/scratch/deepmind/part_two/balanced-binary-tree.py b/scratch/deepmind/part_two/balanced-binary-tree.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..03de0350d898
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+++ b/scratch/deepmind/part_two/balanced-binary-tree.py
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+import unittest
+from collections import deque
+
+
+# is_balanced :: Node(a) -> Bool
+def is_balanced(node):
+    q = deque()
+    q.append((0, node))
+    mn, mx = None, None
+
+    while q:
+        depth, node = q.popleft()
+        # Current node is a leaf node
+        if not node.left and not node.right:
+            mx = depth if mx is None else max(mx, depth)
+            mn = depth if mn is None else min(mn, depth)
+            if mx - mn > 1:
+                return False
+        if node.left:
+            q.append((depth + 1, node.left))
+        if node.right:
+            q.append((depth + 1, node.right))
+
+    return mx - mn <= 1
+
+
+# Tests
+class Test(unittest.TestCase):
+    class BinaryTreeNode(object):
+        def __init__(self, value):
+            self.value = value
+            self.left = None
+            self.right = None
+
+        def insert_left(self, value):
+            self.left = Test.BinaryTreeNode(value)
+            return self.left
+
+        def insert_right(self, value):
+            self.right = Test.BinaryTreeNode(value)
+            return self.right
+
+    def test_full_tree(self):
+        tree = Test.BinaryTreeNode(5)
+        left = tree.insert_left(8)
+        right = tree.insert_right(6)
+        left.insert_left(1)
+        left.insert_right(2)
+        right.insert_left(3)
+        right.insert_right(4)
+        result = is_balanced(tree)
+        self.assertTrue(result)
+
+    def test_both_leaves_at_the_same_depth(self):
+        tree = Test.BinaryTreeNode(3)
+        left = tree.insert_left(4)
+        right = tree.insert_right(2)
+        left.insert_left(1)
+        right.insert_right(9)
+        result = is_balanced(tree)
+        self.assertTrue(result)
+
+    def test_leaf_heights_differ_by_one(self):
+        tree = Test.BinaryTreeNode(6)
+        left = tree.insert_left(1)
+        right = tree.insert_right(0)
+        right.insert_right(7)
+        result = is_balanced(tree)
+        self.assertTrue(result)
+
+    def test_leaf_heights_differ_by_two(self):
+        tree = Test.BinaryTreeNode(6)
+        left = tree.insert_left(1)
+        right = tree.insert_right(0)
+        right_right = right.insert_right(7)
+        right_right.insert_right(8)
+        result = is_balanced(tree)
+        self.assertFalse(result)
+
+    def test_three_leaves_total(self):
+        tree = Test.BinaryTreeNode(1)
+        left = tree.insert_left(5)
+        right = tree.insert_right(9)
+        right.insert_left(8)
+        right.insert_right(5)
+        result = is_balanced(tree)
+        self.assertTrue(result)
+
+    def test_both_subtrees_superbalanced(self):
+        tree = Test.BinaryTreeNode(1)
+        left = tree.insert_left(5)
+        right = tree.insert_right(9)
+        right_left = right.insert_left(8)
+        right.insert_right(5)
+        right_left.insert_left(7)
+        result = is_balanced(tree)
+        self.assertFalse(result)
+
+    def test_both_subtrees_superbalanced_two(self):
+        tree = Test.BinaryTreeNode(1)
+        left = tree.insert_left(2)
+        right = tree.insert_right(4)
+        left.insert_left(3)
+        left_right = left.insert_right(7)
+        left_right.insert_right(8)
+        right_right = right.insert_right(5)
+        right_right_right = right_right.insert_right(6)
+        right_right_right.insert_right(9)
+        result = is_balanced(tree)
+        self.assertFalse(result)
+
+    def test_only_one_node(self):
+        tree = Test.BinaryTreeNode(1)
+        result = is_balanced(tree)
+        self.assertTrue(result)
+
+    def test_linked_list_tree(self):
+        tree = Test.BinaryTreeNode(1)
+        right = tree.insert_right(2)
+        right_right = right.insert_right(3)
+        right_right.insert_right(4)
+        result = is_balanced(tree)
+        self.assertTrue(result)
+
+
+unittest.main(verbosity=2)
diff --git a/scratch/deepmind/part_two/todo.org b/scratch/deepmind/part_two/todo.org
index 473973c415fc..3ddd9206ac9d 100644
--- a/scratch/deepmind/part_two/todo.org
+++ b/scratch/deepmind/part_two/todo.org
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 ** DONE Top Scores
 ** DONE Merging Meeting Times
 * Trees and graphs
-** TODO Balanced Binary Tree
+** DONE Balanced Binary Tree
 ** TODO Binary Search Tree Checker
 ** TODO 2nd Largest Item in a Binary Search Tree
 ** TODO Graph Coloring
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 ** TODO Compute nth Fibonacci Number
 ** TODO Making Change
 ** TODO The Cake Thief
-** TODO Balanced Binary Tree
+** DONE Balanced Binary Tree
 ** TODO Binary Search Tree Checker
 ** TODO 2nd Largest Item in a Binary Search Tree
 * Queues and stacks