[Sync Iteration] python/chaitanas-colossal-coaster/1

solutions/python/chaitanas-colossal-coaster/1/list_methods.py

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+"""Functions to manage and organize queues at Chaitana's roller coaster."""
+
+
+def add_me_to_the_queue(express_queue, normal_queue, ticket_type, person_name):
+    """Add a person to the 'express' or 'normal' queue depending on the ticket number.
+
+    Parameters:
+        express_queue (list): The names in the Fast-track queue.
+        normal_queue (list): The names in the normal queue.
+        ticket_type (int): Type of ticket. 1 = express, 0 = normal.
+        person_name (str): The name of person to add to a queue.
+
+    Returns:
+        list: The (updated) queue the name was added to.
+    """
+    if ticket_type == 1:
+        express_queue.append(person_name)
+        return(express_queue)
+    elif ticket_type == 0:
+        normal_queue.append(person_name)
+        return(normal_queue)
+
+    pass
+
+
+def find_my_friend(queue, friend_name):
+    """Search the queue for a name and return their queue position (index).
+
+    Parameters:
+        queue (list): The names in the queue.
+        friend_name (str): The name of friend to find.
+
+    Returns:
+        int: The index at which the friends name was found.
+    """
+    return(queue.index(friend_name))
+
+
+
+
+def add_me_with_my_friends(queue, index, person_name):
+    """Insert the late arrival's name at a specific index of the queue.
+
+    Parameters:
+        queue (list): The names in the queue.
+        index (int): The index at which to add the new name.
+        person_name (str): The name to add.
+
+    Returns:
+        list: The queue updated with new name.
+    """
+    queue.insert(index, person_name)
+    return queue
+    pass
+
+
+def remove_the_mean_person(queue, person_name):
+    """Remove the mean person from the queue by the provided name.
+
+    Parameters:
+        queue (list): The names in the queue.
+        person_name (str): The name of mean person.
+
+    Returns:
+        list: The queue updated with the mean persons name removed.
+    """
+    queue.remove(person_name)
+    return(queue)
+
+
+
+def how_many_namefellows(queue, person_name):
+    """Count how many times the provided name appears in the queue.
+
+    Parameters:
+        queue (list): The names in the queue.
+        person_name (str): The name you wish to count or track.
+
+    Returns:
+        int: The number of times the name appears in the queue.
+    """
+    k= 0
+    for element in queue:
+        if element == person_name:
+            k+=1
+    return(k)
+
+
+
+def remove_the_last_person(queue):
+    """Remove the person in the last index from the queue and return their name.
+
+    Parameters:
+        queue (list): The names in the queue.
+
+    Returns:
+        str: The name that has been removed from the end of the queue.
+    """
+    return(queue.pop())
+
+
+
+def sorted_names(queue):
+    """Sort the names in the queue in alphabetical order and return the result.
+
+    Parameters:
+        queue (list): The names in the queue.
+
+    Returns:
+        list: A copy of the queue in alphabetical order.
+    """
+    new= sorted(queue)
+    return(new)
+    pass