Shakiestnerd profile - python coding challenges

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The Most Frequent

collections.Counter

Counter

collections

1

Used try except to let code fail gracefully

Remove All Before

ValueError

index

typing.Iterable

Iterable

except

Brute force using string conversion to separate digits

Max Digit

int

str

for

if

walk though characters until one isn't 0

Beginning Zeros

break

else

int

str

for

Fancy list comprehension

Split Pairs

list-comp

range

comprehension

len

if

First

Between Markers (simplified)

find

str

First

First Word (simplified)

split

str

Using built-in upper function to enable comparison

All Upper I

upper

bool

False

True

str

Can't get much simpler

Acceptable Password I

bool

str

len

2

Nothing special

Count Digits

isdigit

int

str

for

if

Tricky - needs to be more elegant

Nearest Value

enumerate

set

sorted

in

elif

Probably not the simplest, but it's hopefully clear.

End Zeros

break

else

int

str

for

1

Trying to keep it simple

Number Length

int

str

len

1

Using slice to reverse string

Backward String

str

2

In python, unlike golf, slicing is good

Replace First

typing.Iterable

Iterable

typing

list

1

Use modulus operator to check for even

Is Even

bool

False

True

int

if

1

Just using try - except to eliminate non integers

Sum Numbers

except

try

split

int

str

1

2

First

All the Same

Any

typing.Any

List

typing.List

bool

First

Easy Unpack

First

Right to Left

replace

join

1

Using Regex

Three Words

re.search

search

r-string

re

None

2

Used the collections library to give a big assist.

Sort Array by Element Frequency

extend

collections.Counter

Counter

collections

print

5

Get to use some integer math

Split List

list

else

len

if

Brute force - couldn't think of anything elegant

Backward Each Word

else

str

len

for

if

Did a kludge to get around spaces in the string.

Morse Decoder

capitalize

replace

split

else

for

First

Even the Last

sum

else

len

if

4

First

Days Between

datetime.datetime

datetime

abs

Verbose, but commented; wanted to try out "sets" as part of the solution

Pawn Brotherhood

intersection

chr

ord

set

print

Continuing to add rules for password validation

Acceptable Password V

isalpha

isdigit

bool

lower

in

First solve - should be able to improve on this

Sort by Extension

List

typing.List

typing

sorted

elif

Basic with rule to eliminate 0 and 1 length lists

Ascending List

typing.Iterable

Iterable

bool

typing

False

Adding more rules to the password routine

Acceptable Password IV

isalpha

isdigit

bool

elif

False

Added an alpha check to the digit check

Acceptable Password III

isalpha

isdigit

bool

elif

False

First Solve of Words Order

Words Order

remove

find

bool

set

in

Lots of rules where the order matters

Acceptable Password VI

isalpha

isdigit

bool

set

lower

Eliminate empty strings and digits then check for upper case

All Upper II

strip

upper

isdigit

bool

False

Used isdigit() to make sure the password contained a digit

Acceptable Password II

isdigit

bool

False

True

str

May be overkill - ignores most punctuation

Verify Anagrams

string.whitespace

whitespace

punctuation

string.punctuation

string

2

1

First

I Love Python!

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Bird Language

continue

print

in

for

if

First

Count Inversions

range

len

for

if

First

Flatten a List

isinstance

extend

append

list

else

1

First

Index Power

len

if

First

Binary Count

format

count

1

First

Fizz Buzz

elif

and

str

if

A little tricky with handling spaces in the message

Morse Encoder

lower

join

append

else

for

First

Long Repeat

or

else

len

for

if

Used max(args)-min(args)

The Most Numbers

min

max

else

len

if

First

Monkey Typing

find

lower

for

if

First

The End of Other

endswith

False

and

True

for

1

First time I added a function to help in the solution

Worth of Words

for

if

First

Number Base

except

try

int

Recursion was the only thing I could think of

Restricted Sum

else

len

if