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48 changes: 48 additions & 0 deletions data_structures/arrays/pascals_triangle.py
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"""
Generate Pascal's Triangle.

Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal%27s_triangle

Python doctest can be run with the following command:
python -m doctest -v pascals_triangle.py

Given a non-negative integer num_rows, generate the first num_rows of Pascal's triangle.
In Pascal's triangle, each number is the sum of the two numbers directly above it.
"""


class Solution:
def generate(self, num_rows: int) -> list[list[int]]:
"""
Generate the first num_rows of Pascal's triangle.

Args:
num_rows (int): The number of rows to generate.

Returns:
list[list[int]]: Pascal's triangle as a list of lists.

Examples:
>>> solution = Solution()
>>> solution.generate(5)
[[1], [1, 1], [1, 2, 1], [1, 3, 3, 1], [1, 4, 6, 4, 1]]
>>> solution.generate(1)
[[1]]
>>> solution.generate(0)
[]
"""
ans: list[list[int]] = []
for i in range(num_rows):
# Initialize the row with 1s
row = [1] * (i + 1)
# Compute inner elements by summing elements from the previous row
for j in range(1, i):
row[j] = ans[i - 1][j - 1] + ans[i - 1][j]
ans.append(row)
return ans


if __name__ == "__main__":
import doctest

doctest.testmod()