Test results - Codility

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easy

1. MaxProductOfThree

Maximize A[P] * A[Q] * A[R] for any triplet (P, Q, R).

100%

A non-empty array A consisting of N integers is given. The product of triplet (P, Q, R) equates to A[P] * A[Q] * A[R] (0 ≤ P < Q < R < N).

For example, array A such that:

A[0] = -3 A[1] = 1 A[2] = 2 A[3] = -2 A[4] = 5 A[5] = 6

contains the following example triplets:

(0, 1, 2), product is −3 * 1 * 2 = −6

(1, 2, 4), product is 1 * 2 * 5 = 10

(2, 4, 5), product is 2 * 5 * 6 = 60

Your goal is to find the maximal product of any triplet.

Write a function:

def solution(A)

that, given a non-empty array A, returns the value of the maximal product of any triplet.

For example, given array A such that:

A[0] = -3 A[1] = 1 A[2] = 2 A[3] = -2 A[4] = 5 A[5] = 6

the function should return 60, as the product of triplet (2, 4, 5) is maximal.

Write an efficient algorithm for the following assumptions:

N is an integer within the range [3..100,000];

each element of array A is an integer within the range [−1,000..1,000].

Solution

Programming language used Python

Time spent on task 2 minutes

Notes

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Task timeline

Code: 11:49:15 UTC, py, verify, result: Passed

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# you can write to stdout for debugging purposes, e.g.
# print("this is a debug message")

def solution(A):
    # write your code in Python 3.6
    A.sort()
    return max(A[0] * A[1] * A[2], A[-1] * A[-2] * A[-3], A[-1] * A[0] * A[1])

Analysis

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example
example test

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test_data1

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Code: 11:49:27 UTC, py, verify, result: Passed

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# you can write to stdout for debugging purposes, e.g.
# print("this is a debug message")

def solution(A):
    # write your code in Python 3.6
    A.sort()
    return max(A[0] * A[1] * A[2], A[-1] * A[-2] * A[-3], A[-1] * A[0] * A[1])

Analysis

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example
example test

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test_data1

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Code: 11:49:29 UTC, py, final, score: 100

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# you can write to stdout for debugging purposes, e.g.
# print("this is a debug message")

def solution(A):
    # write your code in Python 3.6
    A.sort()
    return max(A[0] * A[1] * A[2], A[-1] * A[-2] * A[-3], A[-1] * A[0] * A[1])

Analysis summary

The solution obtained perfect score.

Analysis

Detected time complexity:

O(N * log(N))

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example
example test

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one_triple
three elements

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simple1
simple tests

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simple2
simple tests

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small_random
random small, length = 100

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medium_range
-1000, -999, ... 1000, length = ~1,000

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medium_random
random medium, length = ~10,000

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large_random
random large, length = ~100,000

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large_range
2000 * (-10..10) + [-1000, 500, -1]

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extreme_large
(-2, .., -2, 1, .., 1) and (MAX_INT)..(MAX_INT), length = ~100,000

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