organization in the src structure, modification of README

README.md

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ This repository contains a comprehensive study on Algorithms & Data Structures i
 
 src/
 
-├── abstract_structures
+└── abstract_structures
 
     ├── heap
 
@@ -21,33 +21,19 @@ src/
 
     └── stacks
 
-├── builtin_structures
+└── builtin_structures
-
-    ├── arrays_and_strings
 
     ├── dicts
 
-    ├── lists
+    ├── lists_and_strings
 
     ├── numbers
 
     ├── sets
 
-    ├── strings
-
     └── tuples
 
-├── graphs_and_trees
+└── trees
-
-    ├── trees
-
-├── programming_paradigms
-
-    ├── dynamic_programming
-
-    ├── modules
-
-    └── oop
 
 └── searching_and_sorting
 
@@ -57,6 +43,8 @@ src/
 
 └── Extra Interview Problems
 
+└── USEFUL
+
 
 ----
 ## Installation

src/USEFUL/basic_examples/example_doctest.py

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+__author__ = "bt3"
+
 '''
-The doctest module automatically runs any statement begining with >>> 
+The doctest module automatically runs any statement beginning with >>>
 and compares the following line with the output from the interpreter.
 
 >>> 1 == 1

src/USEFUL/basic_examples/example_time.py

@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python3
+#!/usr/bin/python
-# mari von steinkirch @2013
+
-# steinkirch at gmail
+__author__ = "bt3"
+
+''' a simple example of how to time a function '''
 
 import time
 
 def sumOfN2(n):
-    ''' a simple example of how to time a function '''
     start = time.time()
     theSum = 0
     for i in range(1,n+1):

src/USEFUL/dynamic_programming/memo.py

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
-# mari von steinkirch @2013
+
-# steinkirch at gmail
+__author__ = "bt3"
 
 
 from functools import wraps
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ def memo(func):
 def find_fibonacci_seq_rec(n):
     ''' implements the nth fibonacci value in a recursive exponential runtime '''
     if n < 2: return n
-    return find_fibonacci_seq_rec(n - 1) + find_fibonacci_seq_rec(n - 2)   
+    return find_fibonacci_seq_rec(n - 1) + find_fibonacci_seq_rec(n - 2)
 
 def test_memo():
     n = 50
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ def test_memo():
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     test_memo()
-    
+
-    
+
-   
+
 
 
 

src/USEFUL/dynamic_programming/memoized_longest_inc_subseq.py

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
-# mari von steinkirch @2013
-# steinkirch at gmail
 
+__author__ = "bt3"
 
 from itertools import combinations
 from bisect import bisect
@@ -14,7 +13,7 @@ def naive_longest_inc_subseq(seq):
         for sub in combinations(seq, length):
             if list(sub) == sorted(sub):
                 return len(sub)
-                       
+
 
 def longest_inc_subseq1(seq):
     ''' an iterative algorithm for the longest increasing subsequence problem '''
@@ -24,8 +23,8 @@ def longest_inc_subseq1(seq):
         if idx == len(end): end.append(val)
         else: end[idx] = val
     return len(end)
-    
+
-    
+
 def longest_inc_subseq2(seq):
     ''' another iterative algorithm for the longest increasing subsequence problem '''
     L = [1] * len(seq)
@@ -51,17 +50,17 @@ def memoized_longest_inc_subseq(seq):
 @benchmark
 def test_naive_longest_inc_subseq():
     print(naive_longest_inc_subseq(s1))
-    
+
 benchmark
-def test_longest_inc_subseq1():   
+def test_longest_inc_subseq1():
     print(longest_inc_subseq1(s1))
 
 @benchmark
-def test_longest_inc_subseq2():  
+def test_longest_inc_subseq2():
     print(longest_inc_subseq2(s1))
- 
+
 @benchmark
-def test_memoized_longest_inc_subseq(): 
+def test_memoized_longest_inc_subseq():
     print(memoized_longest_inc_subseq(s1))
 
 
@@ -73,9 +72,9 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     test_longest_inc_subseq1()
     test_longest_inc_subseq2()
     test_memoized_longest_inc_subseq()
-    
+
-    
+
-   
+
 
 
 

src/USEFUL/useful_with_files/change_ext_file.py

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python3
+#!/usr/bin/env python
-# mari von steinkirch @2013
+
-# steinkirch at gmail
+
+__author__ = "bt3"
+
 
 import os
 import sys
@@ -12,12 +14,12 @@ def change_file_ext():
         print("Usage: change_ext.py filename.old_ext 'new_ext'")
         sys.exit()
 
-    name = os.path.splitext(sys.argv[1])[0] + "." + sys.argv[2] 
+    name = os.path.splitext(sys.argv[1])[0] + "." + sys.argv[2]
     print (name)
-	
+
     try:
-        shutil.copyfile(sys.argv[1], name)			
+        shutil.copyfile(sys.argv[1], name)
-    except OSError as err:	
+    except OSError as err:
         print (err)
 
 

src/USEFUL/useful_with_files/count_unique_words_files.py

@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python
+
+__author__ = "bt3"
+
+
 import collections
 import string
 import sys

src/USEFUL/useful_with_files/count_unique_words_frequency.py

@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python
+
+__author__ = "bt3"
+
+
 import collections
 import sys
 
 def count_unique_word_freq():
-        return collections.Counter(sys.stdin.read().lower().split()).most_common(n)
+        return collections.Counter(\
+            sys.stdin.read().lower().split()).most_common(n)
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':

src/USEFUL/useful_with_files/grep_word_from_files.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python3
+#!/usr/bin/env python
-# mari von steinkirch @2013
+
-# steinkirch at gmail
+
+__author__ = "bt3"
 
 import sys
 
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ def grep_word_from_files():
                 if word in line:
                     print("{0}:{1}:{2:.40}".format(filename, lino, line.rstrip()))
 
-            
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     if len(sys.argv) < 2:
         print("Usage: grep_word_from_files.py word infile1 [infile2...]")

src/USEFUL/useful_with_files/remove_blank_lines.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python3
+#!/usr/bin/env python
-# mari von steinkirch @2013
+
-# steinkirch at gmail
+
+__author__ = "bt3"
 
 
 
@@ -46,8 +47,8 @@ def remove_blank_lines():
         lines = read_data(filename)
         if lines:
             write_data(lines, filename)
-            
+
-            
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     remove_blank_lines()