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88 changes: 65 additions & 23 deletions lib/recursive-methods.rb
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# Authoring recursive algorithms. Add comments including time and space complexity for each method.

# Time complexity: ?
# Space complexity: ?
# Time complexity: Linear where n is the count of the input number
# Space complexity: Linear because the stacktrace is taking up n amount of space, where n is the count of the input number
def factorial(n)
raise NotImplementedError, "Method not implemented"
raise ArgumentError if n < 0
if n == 1 || n == 0
return 1
else
return n * factorial(n - 1)
end
end

# Time complexity: ?
# Space complexity: ?
# Time complexity: linear, O(n), where n is the length of the input string. The function is being called n times
# Space complexity: linear, O(n), where n is the length of the input string.

def reverse(s)
raise NotImplementedError, "Method not implemented"
if s.length == 1 || s.length == 0
return s
else
return reverse_inplace(s[1..-1]) + s[0]
end
end

# Time complexity: ?
# Space complexity: ?
def reverse_inplace(s)
raise NotImplementedError, "Method not implemented"
end

# Time complexity: ?
# Space complexity: ?
# Time complexity: Linear, O(n), where n is the count of the input integer, n
# Space complexity: Same as time complexity
def bunny(n)
raise NotImplementedError, "Method not implemented"
if n == 0
return 0
else
return 2 + bunny(n - 1)
end
end

# Time complexity: ?
# Space complexity: ?
# Time complexity: worst case scenario, is O(n), where n is the length of the string
# Space complexity: same as time complexity
def nested(s)
raise NotImplementedError, "Method not implemented"
if s.length == 0
return true
elsif s[0] == "(" && s[-1] == ")"
return nested(s[1...-1])
else
return false
end
end

# Time complexity: ?
# Space complexity: ?
# Time complexity: worst case scenario, is linear, O(n), where n is the length of the array
# Space complexity: same as time complexity
def search(array, value)
raise NotImplementedError, "Method not implemented"
if array == []
return false
end
if array[0] == value
return true
else
return search(array[1..-1], value)
end
end

# Time complexity: ?
# Space complexity: ?
# Time complexity: worst case scenario is linear, O(n), where n is the length of the string
# Space complexity: same as time complexity
def is_palindrome(s)
raise NotImplementedError, "Method not implemented"
if s == ""
return true
elsif s[0] == s[-1]
return is_palindrome(s[1...-1])
else
return false
end
end

# Time complexity: ?
# Space complexity: ?
# Time complexity: logarithmic, or O(log10) since, worst case, the number is divided by 10 during each internal function call
# Space complexity: same as time complexity
def digit_match(n, m)
raise NotImplementedError, "Method not implemented"
end
temp1 = n % 10
temp2 = m % 10
count = 0
if n < 1 || m < 1
return count
elsif temp1 == temp2
count += 1
return count + digit_match(n / 10, m / 10)
else
return digit_match(n / 10, m / 10)
end
end
78 changes: 38 additions & 40 deletions specs/recursion_writing_spec.rb
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require 'minitest/autorun'
require 'minitest/reporters'
require "minitest/autorun"
require "minitest/reporters"
require "minitest/skip_dsl"
require_relative '../lib/recursive-methods'
require_relative "../lib/recursive-methods"

describe "factorial" do
it "will find the factorial of 0" do
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answer = factorial(num)

# Assert
expect(answer).must_equal 5*4*3*2*1

expect(answer).must_equal 5 * 4 * 3 * 2 * 1
end

it "will raise an ArgumentError if given a number not >= 0" do
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end
end


xdescribe "reverse_in_place" do
describe "reverse_in_place" do
it "will reverse 'cat'" do
# Arrange
string = "cat"
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end
end

xdescribe "bunny" do
describe "bunny" do
it "returns 0 for 0 bunnies" do
# Arrange
count = 0
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end
end

xdescribe "nested" do
describe "nested" do
it "will return true for empystring" do
# Arrange
string = ""
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end
end

xdescribe "search" do
describe "search" do
it "will return false for empty array" do
# Arrange
item = "a"
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end

it "will return true when looking for something in the array" do
# Arrange
item = "a"
array = ["b", "c", "a"]
# Arrange
item = "a"
array = ["b", "c", "a"]

# Act
answer = search(array, item)
# Act
answer = search(array, item)

# Assert
expect(answer).must_equal true
# Assert
expect(answer).must_equal true
end

it "will return false when looking for something not in the array" do
# Arrange
item = "x"
array = ["b", "c", "a"]

# Act
answer = search(array, item)

# Assert
expect(answer).must_equal false
end

it "will return true when finding something at the front of the array" do
# Arrange
item = "b"
array = ["b", "c", "a"]
# Act
answer = search(array, item)
# Assert
expect(answer).must_equal true
end
end

it "will return true when finding something at the front of the array" do
# Arrange
item = "b"
array = ["b", "c", "a"]

# Act
answer = search(array, item)

# Assert
expect(answer).must_equal true
end
end

xdescribe "is_palindrome" do
describe "is_palindrome" do
it "will return true for emptystring" do
# Arrange
string = ""
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# Act
answer = digit_match(num1, num2)

# Assert
expect(answer).must_equal 4
# Assert
expect(answer).must_equal 4
end

it "returns 0 for nonmatching numbers" do
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# Act
answer = digit_match(num1, num2)

# Assert
expect(answer).must_equal 0
# Assert
expect(answer).must_equal 0
end

it "returns 3 for 841 and 62530841" do
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# Act
answer = digit_match(num1, num2)

# Assert
expect(answer).must_equal 3
# Assert
expect(answer).must_equal 3
end
end
end