added sparse_table

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+            "cStandard": "c11",
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+}

Sparse Table/sparse_table.py

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+# Python3 program to do range minimum
+# query using sparse table
+import math
+
+# Fills lookup array lookup[][] in
+# bottom up manner.
+
+
+def buildSparseTable(arr, n):
+
+    # Initialize M for the intervals
+    # with length 1
+    for i in range(0, n):
+        lookup[i][0] = arr[i]
+
+    j = 1
+
+    # Compute values from smaller to
+    # bigger intervals
+    while (1 << j) <= n:
+
+        # Compute minimum value for all
+        # intervals with size 2^j
+        i = 0
+        while (i + (1 << j) - 1) < n:
+
+            # For arr[2][10], we compare arr[lookup[0][7]]
+            # and arr[lookup[3][10]]
+            if (lookup[i][j - 1] <
+                    lookup[i + (1 << (j - 1))][j - 1]):
+                lookup[i][j] = lookup[i][j - 1]
+            else:
+                lookup[i][j] = \
+                    lookup[i + (1 << (j - 1))][j - 1]
+
+            i += 1
+        j += 1
+
+# Returns minimum of arr[L..R]
+
+
+def query(L, R):
+
+    # Find highest power of 2 that is smaller
+    # than or equal to count of elements in
+    # given range. For [2, 10], j = 3
+    j = int(math.log2(R - L + 1))
+
+    # Compute minimum of last 2^j elements
+    # with first 2^j elements in range.
+    # For [2, 10], we compare arr[lookup[0][3]]
+    # and arr[lookup[3][3]],
+    if lookup[L][j] <= lookup[R - (1 << j) + 1][j]:
+        return lookup[L][j]
+
+    else:
+        return lookup[R - (1 << j) + 1][j]
+
+
+# Driver Code
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+
+    a = [7, 2, 3, 0, 5, 10, 3, 12, 18]
+    n = len(a)
+    MAX = 500
+
+    # lookup[i][j] is going to store minimum
+    # value in arr[i..j]. Ideally lookup table
+    # size should not be fixed and should be
+    # determined using n Log n. It is kept
+    # constant to keep code simple.
+    lookup = [[0 for i in range(MAX)]
+              for j in range(MAX)]
+
+    buildSparseTable(a, n)
+    print(query(0, 4))
+    print(query(4, 7))
+    print(query(7, 8))
+
+# This code is contributed by Rituraj Jain