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Strings & Text medium

Find all anagrams

Return all starting indices where any anagram of a given word appears as a substring.

anagrams strings sliding-window
+20 pts 20m
Strings & Text medium

Substring Anagrams

Return all start indices in a string where a substring of length k is an anagram of a pattern string.

strings sliding-window hash-map
+20 pts 25m
Strings & Text medium

Longest Palindrome Substring

Given a string s, return the longest substring that reads the same forwards and backwards.

strings palindrome substring
+20 pts 25m
Dynamic Programming medium

Unique Paths with Obstacles

Given a 2D grid with obstacles, count the unique paths from top-left to bottom-right moving only down or right.

dynamic-programming grid 2d-array
+25 pts 25m
Trees & Binary Trees medium

Delete Node in BST

Implement a function that deletes a key from a binary search tree and returns the new root.

binary-search-tree tree-traversal recursion
+20 pts 20m
Trees & Binary Trees medium

Trim BST to range

Implement a function to trim a BST to only retain nodes with values in a given inclusive range.

bst recursion tree-pruning
+25 pts 25m
Two Pointers & Sliding Window medium

Character Replacement Window

Given a string and a number k, find the length of the longest substring that can be made uniform by replacing at most k characters.

sliding-window two-pointers strings
+30 pts 25m
Two Pointers & Sliding Window medium

Permutation in String

Determine if any permutation of a shorter string appears as a contiguous substring in a longer string using an efficient sliding window.

sliding-window two-pointers hash-map
+25 pts 25m

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Guide: free Python coding challenges

Practice Python by solving problems

PythonSkillset challenges are hands-on coding exercises from beginner to advanced. Open a challenge, read the problem, write Python in the split-pane editor, and run tests with Pyodide — no install required.

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  2. Open a challenge, read the statement, and edit the starter code
  3. Run tests, fix failures, then try a related quiz or tutorial lesson

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