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Python: Check if a given list is strictly increasing or not

Python List: Exercise - 161 with Solution

Write a Python program to check if a given list is strictly increasing or not. Moreover, If removing only one element from the list results in a strictly increasing list, we still consider the list true.

Sample Solution:

Python Code:

# Source: https://bit.ly/3qZqcwm
def almost_increasing_sequence(sequence):
    if len(sequence) < 3:
        return True

    a, b, *sequence = sequence
    skipped = 0
    for c in sequence:
        if a < b < c:  # XXX
            a, b = b, c
            continue
        elif b < c:    # !XX
            a, b = b, c
        elif a < c:    # X!X
            a, b = a, c
        skipped += 1
        if skipped == 2:
            return False
    return a < b

print(almost_increasing_sequence([]))
print(almost_increasing_sequence([1]))
print(almost_increasing_sequence([1, 2]))
print(almost_increasing_sequence([1, 2, 3]))
print(almost_increasing_sequence([3, 1, 2]))
print(almost_increasing_sequence([1, 2, 3, 0, 4, 5, 6]))
print(almost_increasing_sequence([1, 2, 3, 0]))
print(almost_increasing_sequence([1, 2, 0, 3]))
print(almost_increasing_sequence([10, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]))
print(almost_increasing_sequence([1, 2, 10, 3, 4]))
print(almost_increasing_sequence([1, 2, 3, 12, 4, 5]))

print(almost_increasing_sequence([3, 2, 1]))
print(almost_increasing_sequence([1, 2, 0, -1]))
print(almost_increasing_sequence([5, 6, 1, 2]))
print(almost_increasing_sequence([1, 2, 3, 0, -1]))
print(almost_increasing_sequence([10, 11, 12, 2, 3, 4, 5]))

Sample Output: 

True
True
True
True
True
True
True
True
True
True
True
False
False
False
False
False

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Python List: Check if a given list is strictly increasing or not.
Python List: Check if a given list is strictly increasing or not.
Python List: Check if a given list is strictly increasing or not.

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Python: Tips of the Day

Find current directory and file's directory:

To get the full path to the directory a Python file is contained in, write this in that file:

import os 
dir_path = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))

(Note that the incantation above won't work if you've already used os.chdir() to change your current working directory, since the value of the __file__ constant is relative to the current working directory and is not changed by an os.chdir() call.)

To get the current working directory use

import os
cwd = os.getcwd()

Documentation references for the modules, constants and functions used above:

  • The os and os.path modules.
  • The __file__ constant
  • os.path.realpath(path) (returns "the canonical path of the specified filename, eliminating any symbolic links encountered in the path")
  • os.path.dirname(path) (returns "the directory name of pathname path")
  • os.getcwd() (returns "a string representing the current working directory")
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