Tournament
Tally the results of a small football competition.
Based on an input file containing which team played against which and what the outcome was, create a file with a table like this:
Team | MP | W | D | L | P
Devastating Donkeys | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7
Allegoric Alaskans | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6
Blithering Badgers | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3
Courageous Californians | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1
What do those abbreviations mean?
- MP: Matches Played
- W: Matches Won
- D: Matches Drawn (Tied)
- L: Matches Lost
- P: Points
A win earns a team 3 points. A draw earns 1. A loss earns 0.
The outcome should be ordered by points, descending. In case of a tie, teams are ordered alphabetically.
Input
Your tallying program will receive input that looks like:
Allegoric Alaskans;Blithering Badgers;win
Devastating Donkeys;Courageous Californians;draw
Devastating Donkeys;Allegoric Alaskans;win
Courageous Californians;Blithering Badgers;loss
Blithering Badgers;Devastating Donkeys;loss
Allegoric Alaskans;Courageous Californians;win
The result of the match refers to the first team listed. So this line
Allegoric Alaskans;Blithering Badgers;win
Means that the Allegoric Alaskans beat the Blithering Badgers.
This line:
Courageous Californians;Blithering Badgers;loss
Means that the Blithering Badgers beat the Courageous Californians.
And this line:
Devastating Donkeys;Courageous Californians;draw
Means that the Devastating Donkeys and Courageous Californians tied.
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:
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):
- Python 2.7:
py.test tournament_test.py - Python 3.4+:
pytest tournament_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 tournament_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/tournament 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.
Submitting Incomplete Solutions
It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.