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</td> <td class="postcell"> <div> <div class="post-text" itemprop="description"> <p>I tried a codility sample question, answering in python. I am not get ting 100 score because it failed to finish in time on large data set.</p> <p><strong>The following is the question:</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>A non-empty zero-indexed array A consisting of N integers is given. The first covering prefix of array A is the smallest integer P such that 0 P < N and such that every value that occurs in array A also occurs in sequence A[0], A[1], ..., A[P].</p> </blockquote> <p>For example, the first covering prefix of the following 5 element array A:</p>
<pre class="default prettyprint prettyprinted" style=""><code><span class="pln"> A</span><span class="pun">[</span><span class="lit">0</span><span class="pun">]< /span><span class="pln"> </span><span class="pun">=</span><span class="pln"> </s pan><span class="lit">2</span><span class="pln"> A</span><span class="pun">[</s pan><span class="lit">1</span><span class="pun">]</span><span class="pln"> </spa n><span class="pun">=</span><span class="pln"> </span><span class="lit">2</span> <span class="pln"> A</span><span class="pun">[</span><span class="lit">2</span> <span class="pun">]</span><span class="pln"> </span><span class="pun">=</span><s pan class="pln"> </span><span class="lit">1</span><span class="pln"> A</span><span class="pun">[</span><span class="lit">3</span><span class="pun">]< /span><span class="pln"> </span><span class="pun">=</span><span class="pln"> </s pan><span class="lit">0</span><span class="pln"> A</span><span class="pun">[</s pan><span class="lit">4</span><span class="pun">]</span><span class="pln"> </spa n><span class="pun">=</span><span class="pln"> </span><span class="lit">1</span> </code></pre> <p>is 3, because sequence <code>[ A[0], A[1], A[2], A[3] ]</code> equal to <code >[2, 2, 1, 0]</code>, contains all values that occur in array A.</p> <p><strong>My answer is:</strong></p> <pre class="default prettyprint prettyprinted" style=""><code><span class="kwd"> def</span><span class="pln"> ps </span><span class="pun">(</span><span class="pl n"> A </span><span class="pun">):</span><span class="pln"> N </span><span class="pun">=</span><span class="pln"> len</span><span class= "pun">(</span><span class="pln">A</span><span class="pun">);</span><span class=" pln"> </span><span class="kwd">if</span><span class="pln"> N </span><span class="p un">==</span><span class="pln"> </span><span class="lit">0</span><span class="pu n">:</span><span class="pln"> </span><span class="kwd">return</span><span class= "pln"> </span><span class="pun">-</span><span class="lit">1</span><span class="p ln"> bit </span><span class="pun">=</span><span class="pln"> </span><span class=" pun">{}</span><span class="pln"> </span><span class="kwd">for</span><span class="pln"> i </span><span class=" kwd">in</span><span class="pln"> range</span><span class="pun">(</span><span cla ss="pln">N</span><span class="pun">):</span><span class="pln"> </span><span class="kwd">if</span><span class="pln"> </span><span class= "kwd">not</span><span class="pln"> A</span><span class="pun">[</span><span class ="pln">i</span><span class="pun">]</span><span class="pln"> </span><span class=" kwd">in</span><span class="pln"> bit</span><span class="pun">.</span><span class
="pln">keys</span><span class="pun">():</span><span class="pln"> bit</span><span class="pun">[</span><span class="pln">A</span><span class="pun">[</span><span class="pln">i</span><span class="pun">]]</span><span c lass="pln"> </span><span class="pun">=</span><span class="pln"> </span><span cla ss="lit">1</span><span class="pln"> P </span><span class="pun">=</span><span class="pln"> i </span><span class="kwd">return</span><span class="pln"> P</span></code></pr e> <p><strong>Result:</strong></p> <p>It doesn't give me 100 for this question because it thinks my algo is O(N**3) , and failed test cases are</p> <pre class="default prettyprint prettyprinted" style=""><code><span class="pln"> random_n_log_100000 random test </span><span class="lit">100</span><span class="pln"> </span><span c lass="lit">000</span><span class="pln"> elements </span><span class="kwd">and</s pan><span class="pln"> n</span><span class="pun">/</span><span class="pln">log_2 n values</span><span class="pun">.</span><span class="pln"> </span><span class ="lit">10.025</span><span class="pln"> s</span><span class="pun">.</span><span c lass="pln"> TIMEOUT ERROR running time</span><span class="pun">:</span><span class="pln"> </span><span cla ss="pun">></span><span class="lit">10.02</span><span class="pln"> sec</span>< span class="pun">.,</span><span class="pln"> time limit</span><span class="pun"> :</span><span class="pln"> </span><span class="lit">9.82</span><span class="pln" > sec</span><span class="pun">.</span><span class="pln"> random_n_10000 random test </span><span class="lit">10</span><span class="pln"> </span><span cl ass="lit">000</span><span class="pln"> elements </span><span class="kwd">and</sp an><span class="pln"> values</span><span class="pun">.</span><span class="pln"> </span><span class="lit">1.744</span><span class="pln"> s</span><span class="pun ">.</span><span class="pln"> TIMEOUT ERROR running time</span><span class="pun">:</span><span class="pln"> </span><span cla ss="pun">></span><span class="lit">1.74</span><span class="pln"> sec</span><s pan class="pun">.,</span><span class="pln"> time limit</span><span class="pun">: </span><span class="pln"> </span><span class="lit">1.10</span><span class="pln"> sec</span><span class="pun">.</span><span class="pln"> random_n_100000 random test </span><span class="lit">100</span><span class="pln"> </span><span c lass="lit">000</span><span class="pln"> elements </span><span class="kwd">and</s pan><span class="pln"> values</span><span class="pun">.</span><span class="pln"> </span><span class="lit">10.025</span><span class="pln"> s</span><span class ="pun">.</span><span class="pln"> TIMEOUT ERROR running time</span><span class="pun">:</span><span class="pln"> </span><span cla ss="pun">></span><span class="lit">10.02</span><span class="pln"> sec</span>< span class="pun">.,</span><span class="pln"> time limit</span><span class="pun"> :</span><span class="pln"> </span><span class="lit">9.94</span><span class="pln" > sec</span><span class="pun">.</span></code></pre> <p><strong>Analysis:</strong></p> <ol> <li><p>At first I believe my code is O(N) as I assume the key part of my code, A [i] in bit.keys(), has constant run-time, i.e. O(1). But perhaps on large data s et, the hash function gives a lot of collision so the runtime is no longer O(1)? </p></li> <li><p>Does O(N**3) means O(N^3)? I have this question because I have seen other
post where codility report an N square algo as O(N^2). So I suppose they will b e consistent in their report?</p></li> <li><p>If they really think my answer is O(N^3), then is it reasonable because m y code only run past their time limit by less than 1 second? Here I assume their time limit is for an O(N) algo because this is what they request in the questio n. If that is the case, I can't see why an O(N^3) algo is just >1 sec slow??< /p></li> </ol> <p>Thanks KM </p> </div> <div class="post-taglist"> <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/python" class="post-t ag" title="show questions tagged 'python'" rel="tag">python</a> <a href= "http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/codility" class="post-tag" title="sho w questions tagged 'codility'" rel="tag">codility</a> </div> <table class="fw"> <tbody><tr> <td class="vt">
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<td class="answercell"> <div class="post-text"><p><code>bit.keys()</code> is a list. Testing if an e lement is in a list is O(n). On the other hand, testing if an element is in a dict is O(1). So change</p> <pre class="default prettyprint prettyprinted" style=""><code><span class="kwd"> if</span><span class="pln"> </span><span class="kwd">not</span><span class="pln" > A</span><span class="pun">[</span><span class="pln">i</span><span class="pun"> ]</span><span class="pln"> </span><span class="kwd">in</span><span class="pln"> bit</span><span class="pun">.</span><span class="pln">keys</span><span class="pu n">():</span></code></pre> <p>to </p> <pre class="default prettyprint prettyprinted" style=""><code><span class="kwd"> if</span><span class="pln"> </span><span class="kwd">not</span><span class="pln" > A</span><span class="pun">[</span><span class="pln">i</span><span class="pun"> ]</span><span class="pln"> </span><span class="kwd">in</span><span class="pln"> bit</span><span class="pun">:</span></code></pre> <p>With this change, I believe your algorithm is O(n).</p>
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