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925 challenges 556 easy 323 medium 46 hard
Lists & Arrays easy

Union of Two Lists

Implement a function that combines two lists and returns only unique elements.

union list set
+10 pts 15m
Dicts & Sets easy

Union of Many Sets

Implement a function that takes any number of sets and returns a sorted list of their union.

sets union flatten
+10 pts 10m
Data Structures & Algorithms easy

Union Find Class

Implement a UnionFind class with find and union operations supporting path compression and union by size.

union-find disjoint-set data-structures
+10 pts 15m
Data Structures & Algorithms medium

Redundant Connection

Given a list of edges forming a tree plus one extra edge, return the edge that appears last in the input and creates a cycle.

graphs union-find cycle-detection
+25 pts 25m
Data Structures & Algorithms medium

Accounts Merge

Given a list of accounts, merge those that share any email and return sorted accounts.

union-find graph sorting
+28 pts 30m
Graphs & Graph Algorithms medium

Kruskal MST

Implement Kruskal's algorithm to compute the total weight of a minimum spanning tree in a connected undirected graph.

graphs minimum-spanning-tree union-find
+25 pts 30m
Graphs & Graph Algorithms medium

Most stones removed

Given stone coordinates on a grid, find the maximum number of stones that can be removed while every stone shares a row or column with another remaining stone.

graphs dfs union-find
+30 pts 30m
Matrix & 2D Arrays medium

Regions Cut by Slashes

Given a grid of slashes, count the number of connected regions formed by the slashes and the grid borders.

grid dfs union-find
+30 pts 30m

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Guide: free Python coding challenges

Practice Python by solving problems

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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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