DIY: Suggest Relevant Sentences
Solve the interview question "Suggest Relevant Sentences" in this lesson.
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Problem statement
Design a system that will guess how a specific string will end. This system will make suggestions by tracking the history of strings that it has seen before. The input()
function should take a continuous stream of input, which will end when "#"
is found. Each call to the function should give the three most relevant suggestions based on the prefix. Initially, the historical data will be entered into the system. However, whenever a new input is complete, it should also be added to the historical data.
Input
The system will be initialized using a list of strings containing suggestions for possible sentences and a list of integers that represent those sentences’ rankings. An example input is provided below
sentences = ["beautiful", "best quotes", "best friend", "best birthday wishes", "instagram", "internet"]
The input()
function will take a string as input. This input will be a continuous stream that ends at "#"
. For example, we can make three function calls to the input()
function using the following strings to collectively mean the string "insta"
.
"in"
"sta"
"#"
Output
The output will be a list of strings containing the three most relevant results. The following is an example output:
['internet', 'instagram']
['instagram']
[]
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