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Problem: Time-Based Key-Value Store

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30 min
Explore how to implement a time based key value store that supports storing multiple values for the same key at different timestamps. Understand how to retrieve values at given timestamps, including handling cases where the exact timestamp isn't recorded. This lesson helps you build a custom data structure to efficiently manage and query time stamped data.

Statement

Implement a data structure that can store multiple values of the same key at different timestamps and retrieve the key’s value at a certain timestamp.

You’ll need to implement the TimeStamp class. This class has the following functions:

  • Init(): This function initializes the values dictionary and timestamp dictionary.

  • Set Value(key, value, timestamp): This function stores the key and value at any given timestamp.

  • Get Value(key, timestamp): This function returns the value set for this key at the specified timestamp.

Note: When a query requests the value of a key at a timestamp that isn’t recorded, return the value corresponding to the most recent timestamp before the query’s timestamp. If there are no timestamps before the query’s timestamp, return an empty string.

Constraints:

  • 11 \leq key.length, value.length 20\leq 20
  • key and value consist of lowercase English letters and digits.
  • 11 \leq timestamp 103\leq 10^3
  • At most 1×1031 \times 10^3 calls will be made to Set Value and Get Value.
  • All the timestamps, timestamp, of Set Value are strictly increasing.
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Problem: Time-Based Key-Value Store

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30 min
Explore how to implement a time based key value store that supports storing multiple values for the same key at different timestamps. Understand how to retrieve values at given timestamps, including handling cases where the exact timestamp isn't recorded. This lesson helps you build a custom data structure to efficiently manage and query time stamped data.

Statement

Implement a data structure that can store multiple values of the same key at different timestamps and retrieve the key’s value at a certain timestamp.

You’ll need to implement the TimeStamp class. This class has the following functions:

  • Init(): This function initializes the values dictionary and timestamp dictionary.

  • Set Value(key, value, timestamp): This function stores the key and value at any given timestamp.

  • Get Value(key, timestamp): This function returns the value set for this key at the specified timestamp.

Note: When a query requests the value of a key at a timestamp that isn’t recorded, return the value corresponding to the most recent timestamp before the query’s timestamp. If there are no timestamps before the query’s timestamp, return an empty string.

Constraints:

  • 11 \leq key.length, value.length 20\leq 20
  • key and value consist of lowercase English letters and digits.
  • 11 \leq timestamp 103\leq 10^3
  • At most 1×1031 \times 10^3 calls will be made to Set Value and Get Value.
  • All the timestamps, timestamp, of Set Value are strictly increasing.