dsethlewis profile - python coding challenges

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PositronicLlama

Simulated-PositronicLlama 1

I gotta learn how to use itertools. This is the code I wanted to write when I made the mess I actually wrote. More

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Elpicsida

First-Elpicsida 1 1

Use another array for values and you can simplify the whole process. Also, think in terms of Roman Numerals, rather than decimal, to find a quicker solution. More

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MMM_AAA_NNN

First-MMM_AAA_NNN 1 1

I tried to implement this, but I didn't know how to pull off your code in line 5. Creative! More

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theitk

First-theitk

That's a lot of code on one line. Try to end each line by column 80 or so. The basic idea of looping through and unpacking the matrix into a 1D list and looking for streaks works, though. More

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makoto_yamagata

First-makoto_yamagata

Didn't know they added // in Python 3. I also don't know anything else about Python 3. More

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knsh14

First-knsh14

I like the use of ' '.join() at the end there. Well done! More

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gmixo

First-gmixo

Good idea to append SECOND_TEN to FIRST_TEN, since there's no reason they should be separate. Also, you've reminded me to just use %10 instead of int(number/10). You've got some redundancy on adding the units place digit, though. I think. More

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jwing

First-jwing

Instead of using brute force, think about how you can funnel the number toward a form that can be processed easily. (For example, what would need to happen for 842 to be treated like 42?) More

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mika04al

First-mika04al

I think you only need to check the vertical condition for below the pawn in question, since pawns can only move up the board. Otherwise looks great! I like how you broke up the coordinates early to save yourself trouble later. More

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youngmiller

Simple and clear-youngmiller

I had the same idea to use a ref list for the letters, so I'll pat you on the back, too. I just saw that we could do this using Unicode, though. Check out ord() and chr(). Also, it's best practice to avoid having errors, rather than using try-excepts, though sometimes you have to use that structure More

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Kerulen

First-Kerulen

Only comment is that you should break the boolean statement up into multiple lines. More

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dsethlewis

First - This took me like 6 hours to do-dsethlewis

Geez. I re-wrote the algorithm like a billion times. More

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qler89

ver clear-qler89

Nice! A lot shorter than my solution. Good use of list() and split() as shortcuts. Using first as the variable name for the list of people in first's network is a little confusing, though. Also, you can just write return second in first instead of the whole if-else statement. More

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bryanandrade

First-bryanandrade

Oooh, a whole new class. I thought about doing it since that's how I've done graph searches in the past, but it seemed like overkill. Would've saved me time, in retrospect. I basically used the same algorithm but built it from scratch inside the main method instead of doing it the smart way. Props! More

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yassai

first with comment-yassai

You stuck to the basic simulation - well done! More

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stuqs

Roman numerals-stuqs

Think in terms of Roman Numerals instead of in decimal and you can find a simpler solution. Also, only use break/continue as a check for preconditions. Leaving them around like that can be dangerous for more complex programs. This is pretty good, though. Well done! Nice use of a dictionary! More

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makstheimba

First-makstheimba

You had the right idea with making tuples for numbers and letters, but then did the subtractive values by hand! Oy! You could have saved yourself some effort there. Nice use of string formatting! More

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viktor.pecheniuk

romans_map-viktor.pecheniuk

I had the same solution, but with two arrays instead of a 2D tuple. I like this a lot, though! More

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JulianNicholls

First-JulianNicholls

Ah, a while loop in a for loop! Nice idea. I put my for loop in my while loop, leading to some unnecessary iteration. More

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AQiccl135

First - Min and Max-AQiccl135

Beautiful! Simple, clear, quick. More