diff --git a/scratch/facebook/moderate/unsorted-substring.py b/scratch/facebook/moderate/unsorted-substring.py new file mode 100644 index 000000000..bc2229030 --- /dev/null +++ b/scratch/facebook/moderate/unsorted-substring.py @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +# Write a function that accepts an array of integers and returns the indices for +# the starting and ending integers that, if their elements were sorted, the +# entire array would be sorted. + +def unsorted_substring(xs): + ys = xs[:]; ys.sort() + m = 0 + while xs[m] == ys[m]: + m += 1 + if m >= len(xs): + return -1, -1 + n = len(xs) - 1 + while xs[n] == ys[n]: + n -= 1 + return m, n + +print(unsorted_substring([1,2,4,7,10,11,7,12,6,7,16,18,19])) +print(unsorted_substring([1,2,3,4])) +print(unsorted_substring([4,3,2,1])) +print(unsorted_substring([1,3,2,4])) +print(unsorted_substring([2,1,3,4]))