Made the API of RangeQueryStatic consistent (#425)

pydatastructs/miscellaneous_data_structures/algorithms.py

@@ -53,11 +53,11 @@ class RangeQueryStatic:
     >>> from pydatastructs import minimum
     >>> arr = OneDimensionalArray(int, [4, 6, 1, 5, 7, 3])
     >>> RMQ = RangeQueryStatic(arr, minimum)
-    >>> RMQ.query(3, 5)
+    >>> RMQ.query(3, 4)
     5
-    >>> RMQ.query(0, 5)
+    >>> RMQ.query(0, 4)
     1
-    >>> RMQ.query(0, 3)
+    >>> RMQ.query(0, 2)
     1
 
     Note
@@ -97,9 +97,7 @@ def query(start, end):
         start: int
             The starting index of the range.
         end: int
-            The index just before which the range ends.
-            This means that this index will be excluded
-            from the range for generating results.
+            The ending index of the range.
         """
         raise NotImplementedError(
             "This is an abstract method.")
@@ -121,7 +119,7 @@ def methods(cls):
         return ['query']
 
     def query(self, start, end):
-        _check_range_query_inputs((start, end), self.bounds)
+        _check_range_query_inputs((start, end + 1), self.bounds)
         return self.sparse_table.query(start, end)
 
 
@@ -140,14 +138,14 @@ def methods(cls):
         return ['query']
 
     def query(self, start, end):
-        _check_range_query_inputs((start, end), (0, len(self.array)))
+        _check_range_query_inputs((start, end + 1), (0, len(self.array)))
 
-        rsize = end - start
+        rsize = end - start + 1
 
         if rsize == 1:
             return self.func((self.array[start],))
 
         query_ans = self.func((self.array[start], self.array[start + 1]))
-        for i in range(start + 2, end):
+        for i in range(start + 2, end + 1):
             query_ans = self.func((query_ans, self.array[i]))
         return query_ans

pydatastructs/miscellaneous_data_structures/sparse_table.py

@@ -86,11 +86,8 @@ def query(self, start, end):
         start: int
             The starting index of the range.
         end: int
-            The index just before which the range ends.
-            This means that this index will be excluded
-            from the range for generating results.
+            The ending index of the range.
         """
-        end -= 1
         j = int(math.log2(end - start + 1)) + 1
         answer = None
         while j >= 0:

pydatastructs/miscellaneous_data_structures/tests/test_range_query_static.py

@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ def _test_RangeQueryStatic_common(func, gen_expected):
 
     array = OneDimensionalArray(int, [1])
     rq = RangeQueryStatic(array, func)
-    assert rq.query(0, 1) == 1
-    raises(ValueError, lambda: rq.query(0, 0))
-    raises(IndexError, lambda: rq.query(0, 2))
+    assert rq.query(0, 0) == 1
+    raises(ValueError, lambda: rq.query(0, -1))
+    raises(IndexError, lambda: rq.query(0, 1))
 
     array_sizes = [3, 6, 12, 24, 48, 96]
     random.seed(0)
@@ -38,18 +38,18 @@ def _test_RangeQueryStatic_common(func, gen_expected):
 def test_RangeQueryStatic_minimum():
 
     def _gen_minimum_expected(data, i, j):
-        return min(data[i:j])
+        return min(data[i:j + 1])
 
     _test_RangeQueryStatic_common(minimum, _gen_minimum_expected)
 
 def test_RangeQueryStatic_greatest_common_divisor():
 
     def _gen_gcd_expected(data, i, j):
-        if j - i == 1:
+        if j == i:
             return data[i]
         else:
             expected_gcd = math.gcd(data[i], data[i + 1])
-            for idx in range(i + 2, j):
+            for idx in range(i + 2, j + 1):
                 expected_gcd = math.gcd(expected_gcd, data[idx])
             return expected_gcd
 
@@ -58,6 +58,6 @@ def _gen_gcd_expected(data, i, j):
 def test_RangeQueryStatic_summation():
 
     def _gen_summation_expected(data, i, j):
-        return sum(data[i:j])
+        return sum(data[i:j + 1])
 
     return _test_RangeQueryStatic_common(summation, _gen_summation_expected)