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Heaps Practice

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Comprehension Questions

Question Answer
How is a Heap different from a Binary Search Tree?
Could you build a heap with linked nodes?
Why is adding a node to a heap an O(log n) operation?
Were the heap_up & heap_down methods useful? Why?

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Nice work Sumitra, you hit the learning goals here. Well done. I did leave some comments on space/time complexity. Let me know if you have questions.

Comment thread heaps/heap_sort.py
Comment on lines 4 to 8
def heap_sort(list):
""" This method uses a heap to sort an array.
Time Complexity: ?
Space Complexity: ?
Time Complexity: O(n log n)
Space Complexity: O(n)
"""
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👍

Comment thread heaps/heap_sort.py
Comment on lines +9 to +12
if not list:
return []
if len(list) == 1:
return list
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I don't think this is needed.

Comment thread heaps/min_heap.py
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def add(self, key, value = None):
""" This method adds a HeapNode instance to the heap
If value == None the new node's value should be set to key
Time Complexity: ?
Space Complexity: ?
Time Complexity: O(log n)
Space Complexity: O(1)
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👍 However the space complexity is O(log n) due to the recursive call stack.

Comment thread heaps/min_heap.py
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def remove(self):
""" This method removes and returns an element from the heap
maintaining the heap structure
Time Complexity: ?
Space Complexity: ?
Time Complexity: O(log n)
Space Complexity: O(1)
"""
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👍 Similar issues with space complexity to the above.

Comment thread heaps/min_heap.py
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if len(self.store) == 0:
return True
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if len(self.store) == 0:
return True
return len(self.store) == 0

Comment thread heaps/min_heap.py
return True


def heap_up(self, index):
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👍 However the space complexity is O(log n) due to the recursive call stack.

Comment thread heaps/min_heap.py
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def heap_down(self, index):
""" This helper method takes an index and
moves the corresponding element down the heap if it's
larger than either of its children and continues until
the heap property is reestablished.
"""
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👍 However the space complexity is O(log n) due to the recursive call stack.

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