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Challenge Notebook

Problem: Add two numbers whose digits are stored in a linked list in reverse order.

Constraints
Test Cases
Algorithm
Code
Unit Test
Solution Notebook

Constraints

Do you expect the return to be in reverse order too?
- Yes
What if one of the inputs is None?
- Return None for an invalid operation
How large are these numbers--can they fit in memory?
- Yes
Can we assume we already have a linked list class that can be used for this problem?
- Yes

Test Cases

Empty list(s) -> None
Add values of different lengths
- Input 1: 6->5->None
- Input 2: 9->8->7
- Result: 5->4->8
Add values of same lengths
- Exercised from values of different lengths
- Done here for completeness

Algorithm

Refer to the Solution Notebook. If you are stuck and need a hint, the solution notebook's algorithm discussion might be a good place to start.

Code



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%run ../linked_list/linked_list.py
%load ../linked_list/linked_list.py



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class MyLinkedList(LinkedList):

    def add_reverse(self, first_list, second_list):
        # TODO: Implement me
        pass

Unit Test

The following unit test is expected to fail until you solve the challenge.



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# %load test_add_reverse.py
from nose.tools import assert_equal


class TestAddReverse(object):

    def test_add_reverse(self):
        print('Test: Empty list(s)')
        assert_equal(MyLinkedList().add_reverse(None, None), None)
        assert_equal(MyLinkedList().add_reverse(Node(5), None), None)
        assert_equal(MyLinkedList().add_reverse(None, Node(10)), None)

        print('Test: Add values of different lengths')
        # Input 1: 6->5->None
        # Input 2: 9->8->7
        # Result: 5->4->8
        first_list = MyLinkedList(Node(6))
        first_list.append(5)
        second_list = MyLinkedList(Node(9))
        second_list.append(8)
        second_list.append(7)
        result = MyLinkedList().add_reverse(first_list, second_list)
        assert_equal(result.get_all_data(), [5, 4, 8])

        print('Test: Add values of same lengths')
        # Input 1: 6->5->4
        # Input 2: 9->8->7
        # Result: 5->4->2->1
        first_head = Node(6)
        first_list = MyLinkedList(first_head)
        first_list.append(5)
        first_list.append(4)
        second_head = Node(9)
        second_list = MyLinkedList(second_head)
        second_list.append(8)
        second_list.append(7)
        result = MyLinkedList().add_reverse(first_list, second_list)
        assert_equal(result.get_all_data(), [5, 4, 2, 1])

        print('Success: test_add_reverse')


def main():
    test = TestAddReverse()
    test.test_add_reverse()


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

Solution Notebook

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