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to Two Fer in the Python Track

Published at Dec 22 2018 · 0 comments
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Two-fer or 2-fer is short for two for one. One for you and one for me.

"One for X, one for me."

When X is a name or "you".

If the given name is "Alice", the result should be "One for Alice, one for me." If no name is given, the result should be "One for you, one for me."

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 two_fer_test.py
  • Python 3.4+: pytest two_fer_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 two_fer_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

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For more detailed information about running tests, code style and linting, please see Running the Tests.

Source

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-fer

Submitting Incomplete Solutions

It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.

two_fer_test.py

import unittest

from two_fer import two_fer


# Tests adapted from `problem-specifications//canonical-data.json` @ v1.2.0

class TwoFerTest(unittest.TestCase):
    def test_no_name_given(self):
        self.assertEqual(two_fer(), 'One for you, one for me.')

    def test_a_name_given(self):
        self.assertEqual(two_fer("Alice"), "One for Alice, one for me.")

    def test_another_name_given(self):
        self.assertEqual(two_fer("Bob"), "One for Bob, one for me.")


if __name__ == '__main__':
    unittest.main()
def two_fer(name="you"):
    return f'One for {name}, one for me.'

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