refactor: Replace list() and dict() calls with literals (TheAlgorithms#7198)

Author: CaedenPH

data_structures/binary_tree/binary_search_tree.py

@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ def postorder(curr_node):
     """
     postOrder (left, right, self)
     """
-    node_list = list()
+    node_list = []
     if curr_node is not None:
         node_list = postorder(curr_node.left) + postorder(curr_node.right) + [curr_node]
     return node_list

data_structures/heap/heap_generic.py

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ class Heap:
 
     def __init__(self, key: Callable | None = None) -> None:
         # Stores actual heap items.
-        self.arr: list = list()
+        self.arr: list = []
         # Stores indexes of each item for supporting updates and deletion.
         self.pos_map: dict = {}
         # Stores current size of heap.

data_structures/trie/trie.py

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 class TrieNode:
     def __init__(self) -> None:
-        self.nodes: dict[str, TrieNode] = dict()  # Mapping from char to TrieNode
+        self.nodes: dict[str, TrieNode] = {}  # Mapping from char to TrieNode
         self.is_leaf = False
 
     def insert_many(self, words: list[str]) -> None:

graphs/frequent_pattern_graph_miner.py

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ def get_frequency_table(edge_array):
     Returns Frequency Table
     """
     distinct_edge = get_distinct_edge(edge_array)
-    frequency_table = dict()
+    frequency_table = {}
 
     for item in distinct_edge:
         bit = get_bitcode(edge_array, item)

maths/greedy_coin_change.py

@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ def find_minimum_change(denominations: list[int], value: str) -> list[int]:
 # Driver Code
 if __name__ == "__main__":
 
-    denominations = list()
+    denominations = []
     value = "0"
 
     if (

other/davisb_putnamb_logemannb_loveland.py

@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ def find_pure_symbols(
     {'A1': True, 'A2': False, 'A3': True, 'A5': False}
     """
     pure_symbols = []
-    assignment: dict[str, bool | None] = dict()
+    assignment: dict[str, bool | None] = {}
     literals = []
 
     for clause in clauses:
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ def find_unit_clauses(
                     n_count += 1
             if f_count == len(clause) - 1 and n_count == 1:
                 unit_symbols.append(sym)
-    assignment: dict[str, bool | None] = dict()
+    assignment: dict[str, bool | None] = {}
     for i in unit_symbols:
         symbol = i[:2]
         assignment[symbol] = len(i) == 2

project_euler/problem_107/sol1.py

@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ def solution(filename: str = "p107_network.txt") -> int:
     script_dir: str = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
     network_file: str = os.path.join(script_dir, filename)
     adjacency_matrix: list[list[str]]
-    edges: dict[EdgeT, int] = dict()
+    edges: dict[EdgeT, int] = {}
     data: list[str]
     edge1: int
     edge2: int

searches/tabu_search.py

@@ -51,15 +51,15 @@ def generate_neighbours(path):
     with open(path) as f:
         for line in f:
             if line.split()[0] not in dict_of_neighbours:
-                _list = list()
+                _list = []
                 _list.append([line.split()[1], line.split()[2]])
                 dict_of_neighbours[line.split()[0]] = _list
             else:
                 dict_of_neighbours[line.split()[0]].append(
                     [line.split()[1], line.split()[2]]
                 )
             if line.split()[1] not in dict_of_neighbours:
-                _list = list()
+                _list = []
                 _list.append([line.split()[0], line.split()[2]])
                 dict_of_neighbours[line.split()[1]] = _list
             else:
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ def tabu_search(
     """
     count = 1
     solution = first_solution
-    tabu_list = list()
+    tabu_list = []
     best_cost = distance_of_first_solution
     best_solution_ever = solution
 

sorts/msd_radix_sort.py

@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ def _msd_radix_sort(list_of_ints: list[int], bit_position: int) -> list[int]:
     if bit_position == 0 or len(list_of_ints) in [0, 1]:
         return list_of_ints
 
-    zeros = list()
-    ones = list()
+    zeros = []
+    ones = []
     # Split numbers based on bit at bit_position from the right
     for number in list_of_ints:
         if (number >> (bit_position - 1)) & 1:

strings/aho_corasick.py

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 class Automaton:
     def __init__(self, keywords: list[str]):
-        self.adlist: list[dict] = list()
+        self.adlist: list[dict] = []
         self.adlist.append(
             {"value": "", "next_states": [], "fail_state": 0, "output": []}
         )