I like to read this solution as a small machine: keep the useful information, throw away the noise. For 705. Design HashSet, the solution in this repository is mainly a data structure design solution.
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What?
The code is easier to read if we treat it as a controlled search through possible states. Instead of trying to be clever immediately, read the code as a sequence of questions:
- What state are we keeping?
- How do we move from one state to the next?
- When do we know the answer is already determined?
For this file, the main tools are: data structure design.
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When?
Use this approach when the hard part is not syntax, but deciding what must stay true after every update. The accepted code reduces that pressure by storing exactly the information that remains useful later.
The important function names to track are add, remove, contains, hash, rehash.
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Why?
The win comes from making each line carry responsibility: store the useful state, discard the rest, keep moving.
- The final return is not magic; it is the invariant after the loops or recursion have finished doing their accounting.
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How?
Walk through the solution in this order:
- Initialize the memory or helper structure.
- Process candidates in the order the invariant expects.
- Update the answer only when the current state is valid.
- Return the value that represents the fully processed input.
The most important competitive-programming habit here is to trust the invariant. Once the invariant is right, the loops become much less scary.
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Complexity
- Time: O(n) to O(n log n), depending on the dominant loop or data structure operation
- Space: O(n) in the usual case for auxiliary containers or recursion
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C++ Solution
Your submission
The accepted solution
01/**
02Design a HashSet without using any built-in hash table libraries.
03
04To be specific, your design should include these functions:
05
06add(value): Insert a value into the HashSet.
07contains(value) : Return whether the value exists in the HashSet or not.
08remove(value): Remove a value in the HashSet. If the value does not exist in the HashSet, do nothing.
09
10Example:
11
12MyHashSet hashSet = new MyHashSet();
13hashSet.add(1);
14hashSet.add(2);
15hashSet.contains(1); // returns true
16hashSet.contains(3); // returns false (not found)
17hashSet.add(2);
18hashSet.contains(2); // returns true
19hashSet.remove(2);
20hashSet.contains(2); // returns false (already removed)
21
22Note:
23
24All values will be in the range of [0, 1000000].
25The number of operations will be in the range of [1, 10000].
26Please do not use the built-in HashSet library.
27**/
28
29//Runtime: 280 ms, faster than 11.94% of C++ online submissions for Design HashSet.
30//Memory Usage: 35.7 MB, less than 100.00% of C++ online submissions for Design HashSet.
31
32class MyHashSet {
33public:
34 /** Initialize your data structure here. */
35 vector<int> v;
36
37 MyHashSet() {
38
39 }
40
41 void add(int key) {
42 if(!contains(key)){
43 v.push_back(key);
44 }
45 }
46
47 void remove(int key) {
48 if(contains(key)){
49 v.erase(find(v.begin(), v.end(), key));
50 }
51 }
52
53 /** Returns true if this set contains the specified element */
54 bool contains(int key) {
55 return find(v.begin(), v.end(), key)!=v.end();
56 }
57};
58
59/**
60 * Your MyHashSet object will be instantiated and called as such:
61 * MyHashSet* obj = new MyHashSet();
62 * obj->add(key);
63 * obj->remove(key);
64 * bool param_3 = obj->contains(key);
65 */
66
67//vector and hash function
68//https://leetcode.com/problems/design-hashset/discuss/210494/Real-Python-Solution-no-cheating-open-addressing
69//Runtime: 172 ms, faster than 81.39% of C++ online submissions for Design HashSet.
70//Memory Usage: 40.9 MB, less than 77.23% of C++ online submissions for Design HashSet.
71class MyHashSet {
72public:
73 /** Initialize your data structure here. */
74 int capacity;
75 int size;
76 vector<int> s;
77 float load_factor;
78
79 MyHashSet() {
80 capacity = 8;
81 size = 0;
82 //-1 means untouched
83 //-2 means once exist but removed, tombstone
84 s = vector<int>(capacity, -1);
85 load_factor = 2.0f/3.0f;
86 }
87
88 int hash(int key){
89 return key % capacity;
90 }
91
92 int rehash(int key){
93 return (key*5+1) % capacity;
94 }
95
96 void add(int key) {
97 //enlarge the vector
98 if(float(size)/capacity >= load_factor){
99 capacity <<= 1;
100 vector<int> ns(capacity, -1);
101
102 for(int i = 0; i < capacity >> 1; ++i){
103 if(s[i] >= 0){ //not -1 or -2
104 int pos = hash(s[i]);
105 while(ns[pos] != -1){ //while the position is filled
106 //when rehash, we use the "new capacity"!!
107 pos = rehash(pos);
108 }
109 //find a empty place, fill it
110 ns[pos] = s[i];
111 }
112 }
113
114 s = ns;
115 }
116
117 int pos = hash(key);
118
119 while(s[pos] >= 0){ //want to find s[pos] is -1 or -2
120 //key is already in the hashset
121 if(s[pos] == key) return;
122 pos = rehash(pos);
123 }
124
125 //found an empty space, fill it
126 s[pos] = key;
127 ++size;
128 }
129
130 void remove(int key) {
131 int pos = hash(key);
132
133 /*
134 loop until we meet an untouched position,
135 note that we don't stop when we meet -2(tombstone)
136 */
137 while(s[pos] != -1){
138 if(s[pos] == key){
139 //only remove if we meet "key"
140 s[pos] = -2;
141 --size;
142 break;
143 }
144 pos = rehash(pos);
145 }
146 }
147
148 /** Returns true if this set contains the specified element */
149 bool contains(int key) {
150 int pos = hash(key);
151
152 /*
153 loop until we meet an untouched position,
154 note that we don't stop when we meet -2(tombstone)
155 */
156 while(s[pos] != -1){
157 if(s[pos] == key) return true;
158 pos = rehash(pos);
159 }
160
161 return false;
162 }
163};
164
165/**
166 * Your MyHashSet object will be instantiated and called as such:
167 * MyHashSet* obj = new MyHashSet();
168 * obj->add(key);
169 * obj->remove(key);
170 * bool param_3 = obj->contains(key);
171 */
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