Python – False indices in a boolean list

Boolean lists are often used by the developers to check for False values during hashing. These have many applications in developers daily life. Boolean list is also used in certain dynamic programming paradigms in dynamic programming. Also in Machine Learning preprocessing of values. Lets discuss certain ways to get indices of false values in list in Python. 

Method #1 : Using enumerate() and list comprehension enumerate() can do the task of hashing index with its value and coupled with list comprehension can let us check for the false values. 

The original list is : [True, False, True, False, True, True, False]
The list indices having False values are : [1, 3, 6]

Time Complexity: O(n)
Auxiliary Space: O(n), where n is length of list.

  Method #2 : Using lambda + filter() + range() filter function coupled with lambda can perform this task with help of range function. range function is used to traverse the entire list and filter checks for false values. 

The original list is : [True, False, True, False, True, True, False]
The list indices having False values are : [1, 3, 6]

Time Complexity: O(n*n), where n is the length of the input list. This is because we’re using lambda + filter() + range() which has a time complexity of O(n*n) in the worst case.
Auxiliary Space: O(n), as we’re using additional space res other than the input list itself with the same size of input list.

Method#3: Using Recursive method.

Algorithm:

1. Define a recursive function false_indices that takes an input list test_list and a starting index start.
2. Base case: if the starting index is equal to the length of the input list, return an empty list.
3. Recursive case: call the false_indices function recursively with the same input list and the starting index incremented by 1, and store the result in a variable called tail.
4. If the element at the starting index is False, return a list containing the starting index concatenated with tail.
5. If the element at the starting index is True, return tail.

The original list is : [True, False, True, False, True, True, False]
The list indices having False values are : [1, 3, 6]

Time Complexity: O(n)

Auxiliary Space:O(n)

The recursive function false_indices processes each element of the input list exactly once, resulting in a time complexity of O(n), where n is the length of the input list. Since the function is recursive, it will be called n times in the worst case, resulting in a space complexity of O(n), where n is the length of the input list. Each recursive call creates a new stack frame with a constant amount of memory usage, which contributes to the overall space complexity. Therefore, the time complexity of the algorithm is O(n), and the space complexity is also O(n).

METHOD#4:Using a for loop

APPROACH:

This code finds the indices of False values in a boolean list by iterating over the list using a for loop, checking if each value is False using a conditional statement, and adding the index of the False value to a list. The list of indices is then printed.

ALGORITHM

1.Initialize an empty list called false_indices.
2.Loop through the indices of the input list test_list.
3.Check if the element at the current index is False using the not operator.
4.If it is False, append the current index to false_indices.
5.Print the list of indices with False values.

The list indices having False values are : [1, 3, 6]

• Time complexity: O(n), where n is the length of the input list.
• Auxiliary Space: O(k), where k is the number of False values in the input list.

METHOD#5: Using reduce():

 Algorithm:

1. Define a function false_indices which takes a list test_list and an optional integer start (default 0) as input.
2. Check if start is equal to the length of the list, if yes, return an empty list.
3. Recursively call the false_indices function with an updated start value of start+1 and store the result in the variable tail.
4. If the value of test_list[start] is False, return a list consisting of start followed by tail.
   Else, return tail.

The original list is : [True, False, True, False, True, True, False]
The list indices having False values are : [1, 3, 6]

Time complexity: O(n), where n is the length of the input list. This is because in the worst case scenario, we need to traverse the entire list to find all the False values.

Space complexity: O(n), where n is the length of the input list. This is because in the worst case scenario, we need to store all the False indices in a list of length n. Additionally, each recursive call to the function also requires some amount of space on the call stack, but this space requirement is negligible compared to the list of False indices.

METHOD 6:Using counter method

APPROACH:

The above program finds the indices of False values in the given boolean list using a list comprehension and the range() function. It also uses the collections.Counter() method to count the number of occurrences of False, although this is not strictly necessary for finding the indices.

ALGORITHM:

1.Import the Counter method from the collections module and define the boolean list to be checked.
2.Use the Counter method to count the number of occurrences of False in the list and store the result in the false_count variable.
3.Use a list comprehension and the range() function to generate a list of indices where the corresponding element in the boolean list is False.
4.Print the list of false indices.

The list indices having False values are: [1, 3, 6]

The time complexity of this program is O(n)

The space complexity of this program is also O(n)

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