Add InterviewCake.com examples

Adds some of the code I generated while studying for a role transfer at Google
using the fantastic resource, InterviewCake.com. This work predates the
mono-repo.

I should think of ways to DRY up this code and the code in
crack_the_coding_interview, but I'm afraid I'm creating unnecessary work for
myself that way.

1 files changed, 107 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/data_structures_and_algorithms/largest-stack.py b/data_structures_and_algorithms/largest-stack.py
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+import unittest
+
+
+class Stack(object):
+    def __init__(self):
+        """Initialize an empty stack"""
+        self.items = []
+
+    def push(self, item):
+        """Push a new item onto the stack"""
+        self.items.append(item)
+
+    def pop(self):
+        """Remove and return the last item"""
+        # If the stack is empty, return None
+        # (it would also be reasonable to throw an exception)
+        if not self.items:
+            return None
+
+        return self.items.pop()
+
+    def peek(self):
+        """Return the last item without removing it"""
+        if not self.items:
+            return None
+        return self.items[-1]
+
+
+class MaxStack(object):
+    # Implement the push, pop, and get_max methods
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.m = Stack()
+        self.stack = Stack()
+
+    def push(self, item):
+        if self.m.peek() is None:
+            self.m.push(item)
+        elif item >= self.m.peek():
+            self.m.push(item)
+        self.stack.push(item)
+
+    def pop(self):
+        x = self.stack.pop()
+        if x == self.m.peek():
+            self.m.pop()
+        return x
+
+    def get_max(self):
+        return self.m.peek()
+
+
+################################################################################
+# Tests
+################################################################################
+class Test(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_stack_usage(self):
+        max_stack = MaxStack()
+
+        max_stack.push(5)
+
+        actual = max_stack.get_max()
+        expected = 5
+        self.assertEqual(actual, expected)
+
+        max_stack.push(4)
+        max_stack.push(7)
+        max_stack.push(7)
+        max_stack.push(8)
+
+        actual = max_stack.get_max()
+        expected = 8
+        self.assertEqual(actual, expected)
+
+        actual = max_stack.pop()
+        expected = 8
+        self.assertEqual(actual, expected)
+
+        actual = max_stack.get_max()
+        expected = 7
+        self.assertEqual(actual, expected)
+
+        actual = max_stack.pop()
+        expected = 7
+        self.assertEqual(actual, expected)
+
+        actual = max_stack.get_max()
+        expected = 7
+        self.assertEqual(actual, expected)
+
+        actual = max_stack.pop()
+        expected = 7
+        self.assertEqual(actual, expected)
+
+        actual = max_stack.get_max()
+        expected = 5
+        self.assertEqual(actual, expected)
+
+        actual = max_stack.pop()
+        expected = 4
+        self.assertEqual(actual, expected)
+
+        actual = max_stack.get_max()
+        expected = 5
+        self.assertEqual(actual, expected)
+
+
+unittest.main(verbosity=2)