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Data Structures & Algorithms medium

AST Visitor Lite

Implement a depth-first traversal of a simplified AST and return identifier names in order.

trees traversal ast
+20 pts 20m
Data Structures & Algorithms medium

Merge time intervals

Given a list of time intervals, merge all overlapping intervals and return the merged intervals.

intervals sorting arrays
+20 pts 20m
Data Structures & Algorithms medium

Top N per group

Implement top_n_per_group that returns the top N scores for each group from a list of (group, score) pairs.

sorting grouping dictionaries
+25 pts 25m
Data Structures & Algorithms medium

Level Order Traversal

Implement a function that performs a level order traversal of a binary tree and returns node values as a list of lists.

binary-tree queue bfs
+20 pts 25m
Data Structures & Algorithms medium

Matchsticks to Square

Given a list of matchstick lengths, decide if they can form a square by using each matchstick exactly once.

backtracking dfs partition
+30 pts 30m
Data Structures & Algorithms medium

Delete Middle Node

Implement a function that deletes a given non-tail node from a singly linked list in O(1) time.

linked-list pointer in-place
+12 pts 15m
Data Structures & Algorithms medium

Design Browser History

Implement a BrowserHistory class that supports visit, back, and forward navigation with step counts.

browser-history stack design
+25 pts 20m
Data Structures & Algorithms medium

Design Skip List Lite

Implement a simplified skip list supporting insert, search, and delete with O(log n) average complexity.

skip-list linked-list search
+30 pts 30m
Data Structures & Algorithms medium

Delete duplicates sorted II

Given a sorted list, remove duplicates in place so each element appears at most twice, returning the new length.

arrays two-pointers in-place
+20 pts 20m
Data Structures & Algorithms medium

Arithmetic Slices Count

Given a list of integers, count how many contiguous subarrays of length at least 3 form an arithmetic sequence.

arrays arithmetic counting
+15 pts 20m
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
Data Structures & Algorithms medium

Strobogrammatic number II

Given a positive integer n, return all strobogrammatic numbers of length n in ascending order.

strings recursion number
+25 pts 20m

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Data Structures & Algorithms — Python coding challenges

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