Boy, that was a lot more elegant that I would have thought.
Though hard for a greenhorn like me to really understand how the
assignment are working, etc.
Anyway, what are these kind of statement call so that I can read up
more on this?
What Python feature are you using?
num_whites = ticket_whites & drawing_whites
black_matching = ticket_black == drawing_black
Thanks,
On Aug 10, 11:35 pm, Miki Tebeka <miki.teb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Python built in types are enough for this problem IMO. You can use sets of
> tuples to specify ticket and drawings and then just do set intersection.
>
> Say the drawing is set([(5, 'wb'), (1, 'wb'), (45, 'wb'), (23, 'wb'), (27,
> 'wb')]) (keeping black ball out). The you can create a score function:
>
> Side note: I might used a namedtuple to have drawing.whites, drawing.black.
>
> def score(ticket_whites, ticket_black, drawing_whites, drawing_black):
> num_whites = ticket_whites & drawing_whites
> black_matching = ticket_black == drawing_black
> return {
> (2, True) : 1,
> (3, False) : 2,
> (3, True) : 3,
> (4, False) : 4,
> (4, True) : 5,
> (5, False) : 6,
> (5, True) : 10
> }[(num_whites, black_matching)]
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