from collections import Counter
from timeit import timeit
def can_string_be_rearranged_as_palindrome_counter(
input_str: str = "",
) -> bool:
"""
A Palindrome is a String that reads the same forward as it does backwards.
Examples of Palindromes mom, dad, malayalam
>>> can_string_be_rearranged_as_palindrome_counter("Momo")
True
>>> can_string_be_rearranged_as_palindrome_counter("Mother")
False
>>> can_string_be_rearranged_as_palindrome_counter("Father")
False
>>> can_string_be_rearranged_as_palindrome_counter("A man a plan a canal Panama")
True
"""
return sum(c % 2 for c in Counter(input_str.replace(" ", "").lower()).values()) < 2
def can_string_be_rearranged_as_palindrome(input_str: str = "") -> bool:
"""
A Palindrome is a String that reads the same forward as it does backwards.
Examples of Palindromes mom, dad, malayalam
>>> can_string_be_rearranged_as_palindrome("Momo")
True
>>> can_string_be_rearranged_as_palindrome("Mother")
False
>>> can_string_be_rearranged_as_palindrome("Father")
False
>>> can_string_be_rearranged_as_palindrome_counter("A man a plan a canal Panama")
True
"""
if len(input_str) == 0:
return True
lower_case_input_str = input_str.replace(" ", "").lower()
character_freq_dict = {}
for character in lower_case_input_str:
character_freq_dict[character] = character_freq_dict.get(character, 0) + 1
"""
Above line of code is equivalent to:
1) Getting the frequency of current character till previous index
>>> character_freq = character_freq_dict.get(character, 0)
2) Incrementing the frequency of current character by 1
>>> character_freq = character_freq + 1
3) Updating the frequency of current character
>>> character_freq_dict[character] = character_freq
"""
"""
OBSERVATIONS:
Even length palindrome
-> Every character appears even no.of times.
Odd length palindrome
-> Every character appears even no.of times except for one character.
LOGIC:
Step 1: We'll count number of characters that appear odd number of times i.e oddChar
Step 2:If we find more than 1 character that appears odd number of times,
It is not possible to rearrange as a palindrome
"""
oddChar = 0
for character_count in character_freq_dict.values():
if character_count % 2:
oddChar += 1
if oddChar > 1:
return False
return True
def benchmark(input_str: str = "") -> None:
"""
Benchmark code for comparing above 2 functions
"""
print("\nFor string = ", input_str, ":")
print(
"> can_string_be_rearranged_as_palindrome_counter()",
"\tans =",
can_string_be_rearranged_as_palindrome_counter(input_str),
"\ttime =",
timeit(
"z.can_string_be_rearranged_as_palindrome_counter(z.check_str)",
setup="import __main__ as z",
),
"seconds",
)
print(
"> can_string_be_rearranged_as_palindrome()",
"\tans =",
can_string_be_rearranged_as_palindrome(input_str),
"\ttime =",
timeit(
"z.can_string_be_rearranged_as_palindrome(z.check_str)",
setup="import __main__ as z",
),
"seconds",
)
if __name__ == "__main__":
check_str = input(
"Enter string to determine if it can be rearranged as a palindrome or not: "
).strip()
benchmark(check_str)
status = can_string_be_rearranged_as_palindrome_counter(check_str)
print(f"{check_str} can {'' if status else 'not '}be rearranged as a palindrome")