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Heaps Practice

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Comprehension Questions

Question Answer
How is a Heap different from a Binary Search Tree? Heaps are not ordered in relation to their sibling nodes
Could you build a heap with linked nodes? Yes but less time efficient
Why is adding a node to a heap an O(log n) operation?
Were the heap_up & heap_down methods useful? Why? yes

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Nice work Sophie, this hits the learning goals here. Well done.

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# Time Complexity: n log(n)
# Space Complexity: n
def heap_sort(list)

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# Time Complexity: log n
# Space Complexity: log n
def add(key, value = key)

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# Time Complexity: log n
# Space Complexity: log n
def remove()

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# Time complexity: 1
# Space complexity: 1
def empty?

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# Time complexity: 1
# Space complexity: 1
def empty?
# Time complexity: O(1)
# Space complexity: O(1)
def empty?

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# Time complexity: log n
# Space complexity: log n
def heap_up(index)

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if @store[left].key < @store[index].key
# recursive case - left node
swap(left, index)
heap_down(left)
end
if right < @store.length && @store[right].key < @store[index].key
# recursive case - right node
swap(right, index)
heap_down(right)
end

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This works, but you might engage in extra swaps if the sequential if statements.

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# Time complexity: log n
# Space complexity: log n
def heap_down(index)

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