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Lists & Arrays easy

Chunk a list into n-sized parts

Write a function that divides a list into sublists of at most n elements.

list chunking slicing
+10 pts 15m
Lists & Arrays easy

Rotate Left by k

Implement a function that rotates a list left by k positions.

rotation lists slicing
+10 pts 15m
Lists & Arrays easy

Interleave Two Lists

Write a function that interleaves two lists element by element, preserving order.

lists merge indexing
+10 pts 10m
Lists & Arrays easy

Running Maximum

Implement a function that returns a list where each element is the largest value seen so far.

lists cumulative maximum
+10 pts 15m
Lists & Arrays easy

Insert into a Sorted List

Implement a function that inserts a value into a sorted list at the correct position using binary search.

lists binary-search insertion
+10 pts 10m
Lists & Arrays easy

Zip lists into pairs

Write a function that takes two lists and returns a list of two-element sublists pairing elements by index up to the shortest length.

zip lists pairs
+7 pts 10m
Lists & Arrays easy

Middle Element of an Odd-Length List

Implement a function that returns the middle element of an odd-length list.

lists indexing basic
+5 pts 5m
Lists & Arrays easy

Is Subset of Another List

Write a function that returns True if every element in a given list exists in another list, ignoring duplicates.

subset membership lists
+8 pts 12m
Lists & Arrays easy

Unzip pairs into two lists

Write a function that takes a list of pairs and returns two separate lists: first elements and second elements.

zip unpacking lists
+10 pts 10m
Lists & Arrays easy

Generate a Multiplication Table

Build a function that returns an n x n multiplication table as a list of lists.

nested-loops list-comprehension matrix
+10 pts 10m
Lists & Arrays easy

Majority Element Finder

Implement a function that returns the majority element in a list, which appears more than half the time.

majority frequency arrays
+10 pts 15m
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
Lists & Arrays easy

Difference of Two Lists

Write a function that returns items in list a that are not in list b, preserving order and duplicates.

lists difference counting
+8 pts 10m
Lists & Arrays easy

Chunk list into groups

Implement a function that splits a list into sublists of a given size.

list slicing chunking
+10 pts 10m
Lists & Arrays easy

Zip Two Lists

Write a function that pairs elements from two lists by index, stopping at the shorter list.

zip lists pairs
+8 pts 10m
Lists & Arrays easy

Rearrange Positives and Negatives

Write a function that rearranges a list in-place so all negative numbers come before non-negative numbers.

in-place two-pointers partition
+10 pts 15m
Lists & Arrays easy

Last occurrence index

Implement a function that returns the last index of a given value in a list, or -1 if the value is not present.

lists indexing search
+10 pts 10m

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Lists & Arrays — Python coding challenges

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