Discussion on: Daily Coding Puzzles - Nov 11th - Nov 16th

[Ali Spittel]

def clean_input_file(file_name):
    inp = open(file_name)
    inp = inp.read()
    inp = inp.split('\n')
    cases = int(inp[0])
    inp.pop(0)
    inp.pop()
    return inp, cases


def cruise_control(distance, horse):
    return float(distance - horse[0]) / horse[1]


def get_speeds(distance, horses):
    speeds = []
    for horse in horses:
        speeds.append(cruise_control(distance, horse))
    return distance / max(speeds)

input_file, cases = clean_input_file('test.in')
write_file = open('solution.txt', 'w+')

row = 0

for case in range(cases):
    case_info = input_file[row].split(' ')
    speed = int(case_info[0])
    n_horses = int(case_info[1])

    horses = []
    for _ in range(n_horses):
        row += 1
        horse = input_file[row].split(' ')
        horses.append((int(horse[0]), int(horse[1])))
    write_file.write("Case #{}: {}\n".format(case + 1, "{0:.2f}".format(get_speeds(speed, horses))))
    row += 1