On Apr 14, 12:37 pm, Ross <ross.j...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Apr 14, 10:34 am, Ross <ross.j...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > On Apr 14, 5:57 am, a...@pythoncraft.com (Aahz) wrote: > > > > In article > > > <f64c9de2-3285-4f74-adb8-2111c78b7...@37g2000yqp.googlegroups.com>, > > > > Ross <ross.j...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >On Apr 13, 9:08=A0am, a...@pythoncraft.com (Aahz) wrote: > > > >> In article > > > >> <c569228f-f391-4317-83a2-08621c601...@r8g2000yql.googlegroups.= > > > >com>, > > > >> Ross =A0<ross.j...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > >>>I'm sorry...my example was probably a bad one. A better example of > > > >>>output I would like would be something like [[1,2],[3,4],[5,6]] and > > > >>>then for the leftovers list [7,8,9,10 etc]. What I'm trying to do is > > > >>>produce some sort of round robin algorithm for tennis that is > > > >>>constrained by the number of courts available each week. So if there > > > >>>are only 3 courts available for a singles league and 10 people have > > > >>>signed up, 4 players will have a bye each week. I want my algorithm to > > > >>>produce unique matchups each week and also give each player the same > > > >>>angle? > > > > >> How about Googling for "round robin algorithm python"? ;-) > > > > >I have the basic algorithm and it works fine...I'm just having trouble > > > >adding another parameter to it that allows for court constraints and > > > >bye weeks. > > > > You'll need to give us more information, then. Why don't you start with > > > the core algorithm you're using? > > > -- > > > Aahz (a...@pythoncraft.com) <*> > > > http://www.pythoncraft.com/ > > > > Why is this newsgroup different from all other newsgroups? > > > Here's the core algorithm I'm using: > > > >>> def round_robin(teams,rounds): > > > if len(teams)%2: > > teams.append(None) > > mid = len(teams) //2 > > for i in range(rounds): > > yield zip(teams[:mid], teams[mid:]) > > teams = teams[0:1] + teams[mid:mid+1] + > > teams[1:mid-1]+teams[mid > > +1:]+teams[mid-1:mid] > > > >>> if __name__== '__main__': > > > rounds = 15 > > teams = range(16) > > for round in round_robin(teams,rounds): > > print round > > fyi rounds=15 and teams =range(16) was just test code I was playing > around with...they could theoretically be anything.
Here is an idea. Create a list of all possible pairs, using itertools.combinations. You'll notice everyone gets equal play time and equal time against each other on a pair-by-pair basis. Then, call random.shuffle until one player isn't playing on two courts in one day. It has the disadvantage that you might end up with player A playing lots early on and rarely at the end, and B rarely early on and lots at the end. Perhaps you could generate a few to several correct solutions, then choose the most evenly distributed. Does this make sense? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
