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+{"track":"python","exercise":"book-store","id":"93ec2b6783614c0383678eefca903467","url":"https://exercism.io/my/solutions/93ec2b6783614c0383678eefca903467","handle":"Xevion","is_requester":true,"auto_approve":false}
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+# Book Store
+
+To try and encourage more sales of different books from a popular 5 book
+series, a bookshop has decided to offer discounts on multiple book purchases.
+
+One copy of any of the five books costs $8.
+
+If, however, you buy two different books, you get a 5%
+discount on those two books.
+
+If you buy 3 different books, you get a 10% discount.
+
+If you buy 4 different books, you get a 20% discount.
+
+If you buy all 5, you get a 25% discount.
+
+Note: that if you buy four books, of which 3 are
+different titles, you get a 10% discount on the 3 that
+form part of a set, but the fourth book still costs $8.
+
+Your mission is to write a piece of code to calculate the
+price of any conceivable shopping basket (containing only
+books of the same series), giving as big a discount as
+possible.
+
+For example, how much does this basket of books cost?
+
+- 2 copies of the first book
+- 2 copies of the second book
+- 2 copies of the third book
+- 1 copy of the fourth book
+- 1 copy of the fifth book
+
+One way of grouping these 8 books is:
+
+- 1 group of 5 --> 25% discount (1st,2nd,3rd,4th,5th)
+- +1 group of 3 --> 10% discount (1st,2nd,3rd)
+
+This would give a total of:
+
+- 5 books at a 25% discount
+- +3 books at a 10% discount
+
+Resulting in:
+
+- 5 x (8 - 2.00) == 5 x 6.00 == $30.00
+- +3 x (8 - 0.80) == 3 x 7.20 == $21.60
+
+For a total of $51.60
+
+However, a different way to group these 8 books is:
+
+- 1 group of 4 books --> 20% discount  (1st,2nd,3rd,4th)
+- +1 group of 4 books --> 20% discount  (1st,2nd,3rd,5th)
+
+This would give a total of:
+
+- 4 books at a 20% discount
+- +4 books at a 20% discount
+
+Resulting in:
+
+- 4 x (8 - 1.60) == 4 x 6.40 == $25.60
+- +4 x (8 - 1.60) == 4 x 6.40 == $25.60
+
+For a total of $51.20
+
+And $51.20 is the price with the biggest discount.
+
+## Exception messages
+
+Sometimes it is necessary to raise an exception. When you do this, you should include a meaningful error message to
+indicate what the source of the error is. This makes your code more readable and helps significantly with debugging. Not
+every exercise will require you to raise an exception, but for those that do, the tests will only pass if you include
+a message.
+
+To raise a message with an exception, just write it as an argument to the exception type. For example, instead of
+`raise Exception`, you should write:
+
+```python
+raise Exception("Meaningful message indicating the source of the error")
+```
+
+## Running the tests
+
+To run the tests, run the appropriate command below ([why they are different](https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/1629#issue-161422224)):
+
+- Python 2.7: `py.test book_store_test.py`
+- Python 3.4+: `pytest book_store_test.py`
+
+Alternatively, you can tell Python to run the pytest module (allowing the same command to be used regardless of Python version):
+`python -m pytest book_store_test.py`
+
+### Common `pytest` options
+
+- `-v` : enable verbose output
+- `-x` : stop running tests on first failure
+- `--ff` : run failures from previous test before running other test cases
+
+For other options, see `python -m pytest -h`
+
+## Submitting Exercises
+
+Note that, when trying to submit an exercise, make sure the solution is in the `$EXERCISM_WORKSPACE/python/book-store` directory.
+
+You can find your Exercism workspace by running `exercism debug` and looking for the line that starts with `Workspace`.
+
+For more detailed information about running tests, code style and linting,
+please see [Running the Tests](http://exercism.io/tracks/python/tests).
+
+## Source
+
+Inspired by the harry potter kata from Cyber-Dojo. [http://cyber-dojo.org](http://cyber-dojo.org)
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.
diff --git a/python/book-store/book_store.py b/python/book-store/book_store.py
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+from itertools import combinations_with_replacement
+PRICES = {1: 8, 2: 16 * 0.95, 3: 24 * 0.90, 4: 32 * 0.80, 5: 40 * 0.75}
+
+
+def total(books):
+    num_books = len(books)
+    unique = len(set(books))
+    counts = [books.count(book) for book in books]
+    try:
+        combos = combinations_with_replacement(range(1, unique+1), max(counts))
+    except ValueError:
+        return 0.00
+    combos = (combo for combo in combos if sum(combo) == num_books)
+    return round(min(sum(PRICES[c] for c in combo) for combo in combos)*100)
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diff --git a/python/book-store/book_store_test.py b/python/book-store/book_store_test.py
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+import unittest
+
+from book_store import total
+
+
+# Tests adapted from `problem-specifications//canonical-data.json` @ v1.4.0
+
+class BookStoreTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_only_a_single_book(self):
+        self.assertEqual(total([1]), 800)
+
+    def test_two_of_the_same_book(self):
+        self.assertEqual(total([2, 2]), 1600)
+
+    def test_empty_basket(self):
+        self.assertEqual(total([]), 0)
+
+    def test_two_different_books(self):
+        self.assertEqual(total([1, 2]), 1520)
+
+    def test_three_different_books(self):
+        self.assertEqual(total([1, 2, 3]), 2160)
+
+    def test_four_different_books(self):
+        self.assertEqual(total([1, 2, 3, 4]), 2560)
+
+    def test_five_different_books(self):
+        self.assertEqual(total([1, 2, 3, 4, 5]), 3000)
+
+    def test_two_groups_of_4_is_cheaper_than_group_of_5_plus_group_of_3(self):
+        self.assertEqual(total([1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 5]), 5120)
+
+    def test_two_groups_of_4_is_cheaper_than_groups_of_5_and_3(self):
+        self.assertEqual(total([1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5]), 5120)
+
+    def test_group_of_4_plus_group_of_2_is_cheaper_than_2_groups_of_3(self):
+        self.assertEqual(total([1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 4]), 4080)
+
+    def test_two_each_of_first_4_books_and_1_copy_each_of_rest(self):
+        self.assertEqual(total([1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5]), 5560)
+
+    def test_two_copies_of_each_book(self):
+        self.assertEqual(total([1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5]), 6000)
+
+    def test_three_copies_of_first_book_and_2_each_of_remaining(self):
+        self.assertEqual(
+            total([1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5, 1]), 6800)
+
+    def test_three_each_of_first_2_books_and_2_each_of_remaining_books(self):
+        self.assertEqual(
+            total([1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5, 1, 2]), 7520)
+
+    def test_four_groups_of_4_are_cheaper_than_2_groups_each_of_5_and_3(self):
+        self.assertEqual(
+            total([1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 5, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 5]),
+            10240)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()
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+{"track":"python","exercise":"run-length-encoding","id":"d794356bb2f64e1998420f4ed754c3e0","url":"https://exercism.io/my/solutions/d794356bb2f64e1998420f4ed754c3e0","handle":"Xevion","is_requester":true,"auto_approve":false}
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+# Run Length Encoding
+
+Implement run-length encoding and decoding.
+
+Run-length encoding (RLE) is a simple form of data compression, where runs
+(consecutive data elements) are replaced by just one data value and count.
+
+For example we can represent the original 53 characters with only 13.
+
+```text
+"WWWWWWWWWWWWBWWWWWWWWWWWWBBBWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWB"  ->  "12WB12W3B24WB"
+```
+
+RLE allows the original data to be perfectly reconstructed from
+the compressed data, which makes it a lossless data compression.
+
+```text
+"AABCCCDEEEE"  ->  "2AB3CD4E"  ->  "AABCCCDEEEE"
+```
+
+For simplicity, you can assume that the unencoded string will only contain
+the letters A through Z (either lower or upper case) and whitespace. This way
+data to be encoded will never contain any numbers and numbers inside data to
+be decoded always represent the count for the following character.
+
+## Exception messages
+
+Sometimes it is necessary to raise an exception. When you do this, you should include a meaningful error message to
+indicate what the source of the error is. This makes your code more readable and helps significantly with debugging. Not
+every exercise will require you to raise an exception, but for those that do, the tests will only pass if you include
+a message.
+
+To raise a message with an exception, just write it as an argument to the exception type. For example, instead of
+`raise Exception`, you should write:
+
+```python
+raise Exception("Meaningful message indicating the source of the error")
+```
+
+## Running the tests
+
+To run the tests, run the appropriate command below ([why they are different](https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/1629#issue-161422224)):
+
+- Python 2.7: `py.test run_length_encoding_test.py`
+- Python 3.4+: `pytest run_length_encoding_test.py`
+
+Alternatively, you can tell Python to run the pytest module (allowing the same command to be used regardless of Python version):
+`python -m pytest run_length_encoding_test.py`
+
+### Common `pytest` options
+
+- `-v` : enable verbose output
+- `-x` : stop running tests on first failure
+- `--ff` : run failures from previous test before running other test cases
+
+For other options, see `python -m pytest -h`
+
+## Submitting Exercises
+
+Note that, when trying to submit an exercise, make sure the solution is in the `$EXERCISM_WORKSPACE/python/run-length-encoding` directory.
+
+You can find your Exercism workspace by running `exercism debug` and looking for the line that starts with `Workspace`.
+
+For more detailed information about running tests, code style and linting,
+please see [Running the Tests](http://exercism.io/tracks/python/tests).
+
+## Source
+
+Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Run-length_encoding](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Run-length_encoding)
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.
diff --git a/python/run-length-encoding/run_length_encoding.py b/python/run-length-encoding/run_length_encoding.py
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+import re
+
+def encode(string):
+    return ''.join(map(lambda item : '{}{}'.format(len(item.group(0)), item.group(0)[0]) if len(item.group(0)) > 1 else item.group(0), re.finditer(re.compile(r'(.)\1{0,}'), string)))
+
+def decode(string):
+    return ''.join([sub[-1] * int(sub[:-1]) if len(sub) >= 2 else sub for sub in re.findall(re.compile(r'(\d*.)'), string)])
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+import unittest
+
+from run_length_encoding import encode, decode
+
+
+# Tests adapted from `problem-specifications//canonical-data.json` @ v1.1.0
+
+class RunLengthEncodingTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_encode_empty_string(self):
+        self.assertMultiLineEqual(encode(''), '')
+
+    def test_encode_single_characters_only_are_encoded_without_count(self):
+        self.assertMultiLineEqual(encode('XYZ'), 'XYZ')
+
+    def test_encode_string_with_no_single_characters(self):
+        self.assertMultiLineEqual(encode('AABBBCCCC'), '2A3B4C')
+
+    def test_encode_single_characters_mixed_with_repeated_characters(self):
+        self.assertMultiLineEqual(
+            encode('WWWWWWWWWWWWBWWWWWWWWWWWWBBBWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWB'),
+            '12WB12W3B24WB')
+
+    def test_encode_multiple_whitespace_mixed_in_string(self):
+        self.assertMultiLineEqual(encode('  hsqq qww  '), '2 hs2q q2w2 ')
+
+    def test_encode_lowercase_characters(self):
+        self.assertMultiLineEqual(encode('aabbbcccc'), '2a3b4c')
+
+    def test_decode_empty_string(self):
+        self.assertMultiLineEqual(decode(''), '')
+
+    def test_decode_single_characters_only(self):
+        self.assertMultiLineEqual(decode('XYZ'), 'XYZ')
+
+    def test_decode_string_with_no_single_characters(self):
+        self.assertMultiLineEqual(decode('2A3B4C'), 'AABBBCCCC')
+
+    def test_decode_single_characters_with_repeated_characters(self):
+        self.assertMultiLineEqual(
+            decode('12WB12W3B24WB'),
+            'WWWWWWWWWWWWBWWWWWWWWWWWWBBBWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWB')
+
+    def test_decode_multiple_whitespace_mixed_in_string(self):
+        self.assertMultiLineEqual(decode('2 hs2q q2w2 '), '  hsqq qww  ')
+
+    def test_decode_lower_case_string(self):
+        self.assertMultiLineEqual(decode('2a3b4c'), 'aabbbcccc')
+
+    def test_combination(self):
+        self.assertMultiLineEqual(decode(encode('zzz ZZ  zZ')), 'zzz ZZ  zZ')
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()