PU Design Phone Directory

Jan 01, 1970

Design a Phone Directory which supports the following operations:

  • get: Provide a number which is not assigned to anyone.
  • check: Check if a number is available or not.
  • release: Recycle or release a number.

Example:

// Init a phone directory containing a total of 3 numbers: 0, 1, and 2.
PhoneDirectory directory = new PhoneDirectory(3);

// It can return any available phone number. Here we assume it returns 0.
directory.get();

// Assume it returns 1.
directory.get();

// The number 2 is available, so return true.
directory.check(2);

// It returns 2, the only number that is left.
directory.get();

// The number 2 is no longer available, so return false.
directory.check(2);

// Release number 2 back to the pool.
directory.release(2);

// Number 2 is available again, return true.
directory.check(2);

Python Solution:

class PhoneDirectory(object):

    def __init__(self, maxNumbers):
        """
        Initialize your data structure here
        @param maxNumbers - The maximum numbers that can be stored in the phone directory.
        :type maxNumbers: int
        """
        self.valid = set()
        self.begin = 0
        self.end = maxNumbers

    def get(self):
        """
        Provide a number which is not assigned to anyone.
        @return - Return an available number. Return -1 if none is available.
        :rtype: int
        """
        if self.begin < self.end:
            self.begin += 1
            return self.begin - 1
        if not self.valid:
            return -1
        val = self.valid.pop()
        return val

    def check(self, number):
        """
        Check if a number is available or not.
        :type number: int
        :rtype: bool
        """
        return self.begin <= number < self.end or number in self.valid


    def release(self, number):
        """
        Recycle or release a number.
        :type number: int
        :rtype: void
        """
        if number < self.begin:
            self.valid.add(number)




# Your PhoneDirectory object will be instantiated and called as such:
# obj = PhoneDirectory(maxNumbers)
# param_1 = obj.get()
# param_2 = obj.check(number)
# obj.release(number)

Summary:

  1. It's much easier to use python.
  2. Is this related to linked list?
  3. 125ms, 80.65%

LeetCode: 379. Design Phone Directory