\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article} % Packages \usepackage{fancyhdr} % For header and footer \usepackage{multicol} % Allows multicols in tables \usepackage{tabularx} % Intelligent column widths \usepackage{tabulary} % Used in header and footer \usepackage{hhline} % Border under tables \usepackage{graphicx} % For images \usepackage{xcolor} % For hex colours %\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} % For unicode character support \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Without this we get weird character replacements \usepackage{colortbl} % For coloured tables \usepackage{setspace} % For line height \usepackage{lastpage} % Needed for total page number \usepackage{seqsplit} % Splits long words. %\usepackage{opensans} % Can't make this work so far. Shame. Would be lovely. \usepackage[normalem]{ulem} % For underlining links % Most of the following are not required for the majority % of cheat sheets but are needed for some symbol support. \usepackage{amsmath} % Symbols \usepackage{MnSymbol} % Symbols \usepackage{wasysym} % Symbols %\usepackage[english,german,french,spanish,italian]{babel} % Languages % Document Info \author{dmytronoks} \pdfinfo{ /Title (algorithms-cs50.pdf) /Creator (Cheatography) /Author (dmytronoks) /Subject (Algorithms (CS50) Cheat Sheet) } % Lengths and widths \addtolength{\textwidth}{6cm} \addtolength{\textheight}{-1cm} \addtolength{\hoffset}{-3cm} \addtolength{\voffset}{-2cm} \setlength{\tabcolsep}{0.2cm} % Space between columns \setlength{\headsep}{-12pt} % Reduce space between header and content \setlength{\headheight}{85pt} % If less, LaTeX automatically increases it \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove footer line \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove header line \renewcommand{\seqinsert}{\ifmmode\allowbreak\else\-\fi} % Hyphens in seqsplit % This two commands together give roughly % the right line height in the tables \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.3} \onehalfspacing % Commands \newcommand{\SetRowColor}[1]{\noalign{\gdef\RowColorName{#1}}\rowcolor{\RowColorName}} % Shortcut for row colour \newcommand{\mymulticolumn}[3]{\multicolumn{#1}{>{\columncolor{\RowColorName}}#2}{#3}} % For coloured multi-cols \newcolumntype{x}[1]{>{\raggedright}p{#1}} % New column types for ragged-right paragraph columns \newcommand{\tn}{\tabularnewline} % Required as custom column type in use % Font and Colours \definecolor{HeadBackground}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{FootBackground}{HTML}{666666} \definecolor{TextColor}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{DarkBackground}{HTML}{086AA3} \definecolor{LightBackground}{HTML}{EFF5F9} \renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault} \color{TextColor} % Header and Footer \pagestyle{fancy} \fancyhead{} % Set header to blank \fancyfoot{} % Set footer to blank \fancyhead[L]{ \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{C} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \vspace{-7pt} {\parbox{\dimexpr\textwidth-2\fboxsep\relax}{\noindent \hspace*{-6pt}\includegraphics[width=5.8cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/images/cheatography_logo.pdf}} } \end{tabulary} \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{11cm}{L} \vspace{-2pt}\large{\bf{\textcolor{DarkBackground}{\textrm{Algorithms (CS50) Cheat Sheet}}}} \\ \normalsize{by \textcolor{DarkBackground}{dmytronoks} via \textcolor{DarkBackground}{\uline{cheatography.com/158792/cs/33506/}}} \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \fancyfoot[L]{ \footnotesize \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{LL} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheatographer}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}dmytronoks \\ \uline{cheatography.com/dmytronoks} \\ \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheat Sheet}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}Published 5th August, 2022.\\ Updated 4th August, 2022.\\ Page {\thepage} of \pageref{LastPage}. \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Sponsor}} \\ \SetRowColor{white} \vspace{-5pt} %\includegraphics[width=48px,height=48px]{dave.jpeg} Measure your website readability!\\ www.readability-score.com \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \begin{document} \raggedright \raggedcolumns % Set font size to small. Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{2} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Definition}} \tn \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Algorithm}} is a step-by-step set of instructions for completing a task.% Row Count 2 (+ 2) } \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4 cm} x{4 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Search Algorithms}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Linear Search}}: Iterate across the array from left to right, searching for a specified element. & {\bf{Worst case O(n)}}: the target element is the last element of the array or it doesn't exist at all. {\bf{Best case Ω(1)}}: the target element is the first element of the array. \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 9) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Binary Search}}: Divide and conquer, reducing the search area by half each time, trying to find a target number. First, the array should be sorted. & {\bf{Worst case O(log n)}}: the target element will be found at the end of the last division or it won't be found at all. {\bf{Best case Ω(1)}}: the target element is the mid-point of the full array. \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 10) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{3.04 cm} x{3.8 cm} p{0.76 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Sorting Algorithms}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Bubble Sort}}: Swapping pairs of two elements: higher valued elements towards the right and the lower valued elements towards the left. & {\bf{Worst case O(n\textasciicircum{}2)}}: the array is in the reversed order. {\bf{Best case Ω(1)}}: the array is already perfectly sorted and we don't need to make any swaps on the first run. & \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 9) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Selection Sort}}: Find the smallest unsorted element and add it to the end of the sorted list. & {\bf{Worst case O(n\textasciicircum{}2)}}: iterate over each of the {\emph{n}} elements of the array (to find the smallest unsorted element) → it's at the very end of the array and repeat this proces {\emph{n}} times, since only one element gets sorted on each pass. {\bf{Best case Ω(n\textasciicircum{}2)}}: exactly the same! & \tn % Row Count 23 (+ 14) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Merge Sort}}: Sort smaller arrays and then merge them in sorted order. & {\bf{The best and the worst}} cases are the same: {\bf{n log n}}. & \tn % Row Count 28 (+ 5) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}---} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Big O notation}} \tn \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Big-O notation}} is a simplified analysis of an algorithm's efficiency. It attempts to answer two questions: \newline % Row Count 3 (+ 3) {\emph{Q1: how much memory is needed?}} \newline % Row Count 4 (+ 1) {\emph{Q2: how much time does it take to complete?}}% Row Count 5 (+ 1) } \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Recursion}} \tn \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{A {\bf{recursive function}} is one that, as part of its execution, invokes itself. \newline % Row Count 2 (+ 2) Every recursive function has two cases that could apply, given any input: \newline % Row Count 4 (+ 2) - The {\emph{base case}} → terminate the recursive process \newline % Row Count 6 (+ 2) - The {\emph{recursive case}} → the recursion occurs% Row Count 7 (+ 1) } \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Example of recursion: the factorial function}} \tn \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{The {\bf{factorial}} is found by multiplying {\emph{n}} by all the whole numbers less than it. \newline % Row Count 2 (+ 2) {\bf{Example}}: \newline % Row Count 3 (+ 1) 5! = 5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1 = 120 \newline % Row Count 4 (+ 1) {\bf{In C:}} \newline % Row Count 5 (+ 1) `int fact(int n)` \newline % Row Count 6 (+ 1) `\{` \newline % Row Count 7 (+ 1) `if (n == 1)` \newline % Row Count 8 (+ 1) `return 1;` \newline % Row Count 9 (+ 1) `else` \newline % Row Count 10 (+ 1) `return n * fact(n-1);` \newline % Row Count 11 (+ 1) `\}` \newline % Row Count 12 (+ 1) Scenario A: The function calls itself in the 'else' clause → recursive case \newline % Row Count 14 (+ 2) Scenario B: The function terminates in the 'if' clause → base case% Row Count 16 (+ 2) } \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}