I am trying to define a function, median, that consumes a list of numbers and returns the median number from the list. If the list is empty, then I want to return None. To calculate the median, I need to find the middle index of the list after it has been sorted. Do not use a built-in function.
SURVEY_RESULTS = [1.5, 1, 2, 1.5, 2, 3, 1, 1, 1, 2]
def median(SURVEY_RESULTS):
length = 0
order = sorted(SURVEY_RESULTS)
I'm not sure how to use indexing to now determine the median.
Here is my implementation：
def QuickSort(myList,start,end):
if start < end:
i,j = start,end
base = myList[i]
while i < j:
while (i < j) and (myList[j] >= base):
j = j - 1
myList[i] = myList[j]
while (i < j) and (myList[i] <= base):
i = i + 1
myList[j] = myList[i]
myList[i] = base
QuickSort(myList, start, i - 1)
QuickSort(myList, j + 1, end)
return myList
def median(l):
half = len(l) // 2
return (l[half] + l[~half])/2 # Use reverse index
SURVEY_RESULTS = [1.5, 1, 2, 1.5, 2, 3, 1, 1, 1, 2]
# Sort first
QuickSort(SURVEY_RESULTS, 0, len(SURVEY_RESULTS)-1)
result = median(SURVEY_RESULTS)
print (result)
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The code works perfectly fine for the first test case but gives wrong answer for the second one. Why is that?
arr = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7]
arr2 = [-1,-100,3,99]
def reverse(array, start, end):
while start < end:
array[start], array[end] = array[end], array[start]
start += 1
end -= 1
return array
def rotate(array, k):
reverse(array, 0, k)
reverse(array, k+1, len(array)-1)
reverse(array, 0, len(array)-1)
return array
print(rotate(arr, 3)) # output: [5, 6, 7, 1, 2, 3, 4]
# print(reverse(arr, 2, 4))
rotate(arr2, 2)
print(arr2) # output: [99, -1, -100, 3] (should be [3, 99, -1, -100])
Your existing logic does the following -
Move k + 1 item from front of the list to the back of the list.
But the solution needs to move k elements from back of the list to the front. Or another way to think is move len(array) - k element from front to the back.
To do so, two changes required in the rotate() -
Update k to len(array) - k
Change your logic to move k instead of k + 1 element from front to back
So, your rotate() needs to be changed to following -
def rotate(array, k):
k = len(array) - k
reverse(array, 0, k-1)
reverse(array, k, len(array)-1)
reverse(array, 0, len(array)-1)
return array
I think there are better ways to solve this but with your logic this should solve the problem.
First I would like to thank you in advance.
I tried to write a quick sort in python3, but it recurs infinitely.
Here's my code:
def partition(lst, l, h):
lst.append(float("inf"))
pivot = lst[0]
i, j = l+1, h
while i < j:
while lst[i] < pivot:
i += 1
while lst[j] > pivot:
j -= 1
if i < j:
lst[i] , lst[j] = lst[j], lst[i]
else:
lst = lst[1:i] + [pivot] + lst[i:]
return lst[:-1], i
def quickSort(lst, l, h):
if l < h-1:
mid = (l + h)//2
lst[l:h], mid = partition(lst[l:h], 0, h-l)
quickSort(lst, l, mid)
quickSort(lst, mid, h)
lst1 = [10, 12, 8, 16, 2, 6, 3, 9, 5]
quickSort(lst1, 0, 9)
In recursive algorithms, you should be careful about the initial step of the algorithm. For example, in your case, you need to sort the given array manually without any recursion with the size of 2.
I am relatively a noobie in programming and trying to learn python. I was trying to implement a Fibonacci series into a list within 10.
fibo= [0,1]
for k in range(11):
i= fibo[-1]
j = fibo[-2]
k= fibo[i]+fibo[j]
fibo.append(k)
k=+1
print(fibo)
Not sure what I did wrong? Any help is really appreciated!
Output:
[0, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2]
You can use this code to print fibonacci series upto N.
N = int(input()) # Length of fibonacci series
fibo = [0, 1]
a = fibo[0]
b = fibo[1]
for each in range(2, N):
c = a + b
a, b = b, c
fibo.append(c)
print(fibo[:N])
OUTPUT
N = 10
[0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34]
I can see few issues here:
fibo = [0,1]
# Your loop should start at index 2, otherwise
# you will try to access fibo[-2] and fibo[-1] with k=0
# and fibo[-1] and fibo[0] with k=1
# Also, if you only want 10 values, you should change 11
# to 10 since fibo already has two values.
# for k in range(11):
for k in range(2, 10):
# You don't want the content of fibo, but the indexes!
# i = fibo[-1]
# j = fibo[-2]
i = k - 1
j = k - 2
# You are already using k, so you need to use an other variable
# k = fibo[i] + fibo[j]
v = fibo[i] + fibo[j]
fibo.append(v)
# You don't need k+=1 because it will be incremented
# according to range(2, 10). The loop will start with
# k = 2 and it will stop when k = 9
# k += 1
print(fibo)
Your code did not crash because you technically can access fibo[-1] and fibo[-2]. It will respectively return the last value of your array, and the value before the last one.
I created a program to get the the max value of a list and the position of its occurrences (list starting at indexing with 1 not 0) but I can't manage to find any useful solutions.
The input is always a string of numbers divided by zero.
This is my code:
inp = list(map(int,input().split()))
m = max(inp)
count = inp.count(m)
print(m)
def maxelements(seq): # #SilentGhost
return [i for i, j in enumerate(seq) if j == m]
print(maxelements(inp))
I expect to output the maximum value and then all the positions of its occurrences. (also is it possible to do without brackets as in the example below?)
Input: 4 56 43 45 2 56 8
Output: 56
2 6
If you want to shift index values, you could just do
return [i + 1 for i, j in enumerate(seq) if j == m]
more generally any transformation of i or j!
def f(i, j):
# do whatever you want, and return something
return i + 1
return [f(i, j) for i, j in enumerate(seq) if j == m]
Without brackets, as a string:
return " ".join(str(i + 1) for i, j in enumerate(seq) if j==m)
Specifiy start=1 with enumerate():
>>> l = [4, 56, 43, 45, 2, 56, 8]
>>> max_num = max(l)
>>> [i for i, e in enumerate(l, start=1) if e == max_num]
[2, 6]
By default enumerate() uses start=0, because indices start at 0.
I am having problems with my quicksort function constantly re cursing the best of three function. I dont know why it is doing that and i need help. I am trying to practice this for my coding class next semester and this is one of the assignments from last year that my friend had and im lost when it comes to this error
This is my quicksort function:
def quick_sort ( alist, function ):
if len(alist) <= 1:
return alist + []
pivot, index = function(alist)
#print("Pivot:",pivot)
left = []
right = []
for value in range(len(alist)):
if value == index:
continue
if alist[value] <= pivot:
left.append(alist[value])
else:
right.append(alist[value])
print("left:", left)
print("right:", right)
sortedleft = quick_sort( left, function )
print("sortedleft", sortedleft)
sortedright = quick_sort( right, function )
print("sortedright", sortedright)
completeList = sortedleft + [pivot] + sortedright
return completeList
#main
alist = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16]
x = quick_sort(alist, best_of_three)
print(x)
this is my best of three function:
def best_of_three( bNlist, nine = False ):
rightindex = 2
middleindex = 1
if nine == False:
left = blist[0]
rightindex = int(len(blist) - 1)
rightvalue = int(blist[rightindex])
middleindex = int((len(blist) - 1)/2)
middlevalue = int(blist[middleindex])
bNlist.append(left)
bNlist.append(middlevalue)
bNlist.append(rightvalue)
BN = bNlist
print("Values:",BN)
left = bNlist[0]
middle = bNlist[1]
right = bNlist[2]
if left <= middle <= right:
return middle , middleindex
elif left >= middle >= right:
return middle, middleindex
elif middle <= right <= left:
return right, rightindex
elif middle >= right >= left:
return right, rightindex
else:
return left, 0
#main
bNlist = []
print('Best of Three')
blist = [54,26,93,17,77,31,44,55]
print("")
print( "List: [54,26,93,17,77,31,44,55]" )
x, index = best_of_three(bNlist)
print("Pivot: ",x)
print("----------------------------")
i really dont know why it keeps infinitely re cursing,
There is also a third function called ninther
def ninther( bNlist ):
stepsize = int(len(blist) / 9)
left = 0
middle = left + 2
right = left + 2 * stepsize
blist[left]
blist[middle]
blist[right]
leftvalue = blist[left]
rightvalue = blist[right]
middlevalue = blist[middle]
left2 = right + stepsize
middle2 = left2 + 2
right2 = left2 + 2 * stepsize
blist[left2]
blist[middle2]
blist[right2]
left2value = blist[left2]
middle2value = blist[middle2]
right2value = blist[right2]
left3 = right2 + stepsize
middle3 = left3 + 2
right3 = left3 + 2 * stepsize
blist[left3]
blist[middle3]
blist[right3]
left3value = blist[left3]
middle3value = blist[middle3]
right3value = blist[right3]
bN3list = []
bN2list = []
bNlist = []
bNlist.append(leftvalue)
bNlist.append(middlevalue)
bNlist.append(rightvalue)
bN2list.append(left2value)
bN2list.append(middle2value)
bN2list.append(right2value)
bN3list.append(left3value)
bN3list.append(middle3value)
bN3list.append(right3value)
BN3 = bN3list
BN2 = bN2list
BN = bNlist
print("Ninter ")
print("Group 1:", BN)
print("Group 2:", BN2)
print("Group 3:", BN3)
x = best_of_three(bNlist, True)[0]
c = best_of_three(bN2list, True)[0]
d = best_of_three(bN3list, True)[0]
print("Median 1:", x)
print("Median 2:", c)
print("Median 3:", d)
bN4list = [x,c,d]
print("All Medians:", bN4list)
z = best_of_three(bN4list, True)
return z[0], z[1]
#main
blist = [2, 6, 9, 7, 13, 4, 3, 5, 11, 1, 20, 12, 8, 10, 32, 16, 14, 17, 21, 46]
Y = ninther(blist)
print("Pivot", Y)
print("----------------------------")
i have looked everywhere in it and i cant figure out where the problem is when calling best of three
Summary: The main error causing infinite recursion is that you don't deal with the case where best_of_three receives a length 2 list. A secondary error is that best_of_three modifies the list you send to it. If I correct these two errors, as below, your code works.
The details: best_of_three([1, 2]) returns (2, 3), implying a pivot value of 2 at the third index, which is wrong. This would give a left list of [1, 2], which then causes exactly the same behavior at the next recursive quick_sort(left, function) call.
More generally, the problem is that the very idea of choosing the best index out of three possible values is impossible for a length 2 list, and you haven't chosen how to deal with that special case.
If I add this special case code to best_of_three, it deals with the length 2 case:
if len(bNlist) == 2:
return bNlist[1], 1
The function best_of_three also modifies bNlist. I have no idea why you have the lines of the form bNlist.append(left) in that function.
L = [15, 17, 17, 17, 17, 17, 17]
best_of_three(L)
print(L) # prints [15, 17, 17, 17, 17, 17, 17, 54, 17, 55]
I removed the append lines, since having best_of_three modify bNlist is unlikely to be what you want, and I have no idea why those lines are there. However, you should ask yourself why they are there to begin with. There might be some reason I don't know about. When I do that, there are a couple of quantities you compute that are never used, so I remove the lines that compute those also.
Then I notice you have the code
rightindex = 2
middleindex = 1
if nine == False:
rightindex = int(len(blist) - 1)
middleindex = int((len(blist) - 1)/2)
left = bNlist[0]
middle = bNlist[1]
right = bNlist[2]
This doesn't seem to make any sense, since you set rightindex and middleindex to other values, but then you still access values using the old indices (2 and 1 respectively). So I removed the if nine == False block. Again, ask yourself why you had this code to begin with, maybe there's some other way you should modify this to account for something I don't know about.
The result is the following for best_of_three:
def best_of_three(bNlist):
print(bNlist)
if len(bNlist) == 2:
return bNlist[1], 1
rightindex = 2
middleindex = 1
left = bNlist[0]
middle = bNlist[1]
right = bNlist[2]
if left <= middle <= right:
return middle , middleindex
elif left >= middle >= right:
return middle, middleindex
elif middle <= right <= left:
return right, rightindex
elif middle >= right >= left:
return right, rightindex
else:
return left, 0
If I use this, your code does not recurse infinitely, and it sorts.
I don't know why you mentioned ninther at all, since it seems to have nothing to do with your question. You should probably edit it to remove that code.