Manchester | 25-SDC-Nov | Geraldine Edwards | Sprint 5 | Implement laptop allocation #286
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Couple of suggested tweaks. First one more important...
| # strip() whitespace before processing (no need for str type here as input always returns a string) | ||
| name = input("Please enter your first name: ").strip() | ||
| if not name.isalpha(): | ||
| raise ValueError("Name must contain only alphabetic characters.") |
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Scarlett O'Hara might be disappointed with this parsing...
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Thanks David, yes as before, I have been quite lazy about the validation - I must always remember to cover edge cases! Added validation for the first name. :)
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| if len(allocated_laptops) != len(people): | ||
| raise ValueError("Not enough laptops to allocate one to each person.") | ||
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This is an "OK" solution. You might want to google Kuhn-Munkres algorithm to see how it could be improved (no need to resubmit for this, this is advanced voodoo)
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I actually came across this algorithm when I was researching how to reduce 'sadness' for everyone but in all honesty I was a bit overwhelmed with it because the article mentioned a cost matrix and it scared me off! ( I think it was just a bit much for me at that time truth be told)
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That was younger you. You're wiser now :)
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I've added Reviewed and Complete despite adding more comments, because in the context of this exercise you've done enough! |
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This PR contains the logic for implementing the laptop allocation task
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Grateful for any feedback or points to consider. Thanks!