commit 1527e1a0aa2e7f627663b77c084efec71fd97a37
Author: Beat Jäckle <beat@git.jdmweb2.ch>
Date:   Wed Apr 16 13:58:49 2025 +0200

    v1

diff --git a/guessthenumber.py b/guessthenumber.py
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+# guess the numer
+
+
+class Configuration:
+    length: int = 100
+
+    def __init__(self, length=None):
+        try:
+            self.length = int(length)
+        except ValueError:
+            pass
+        self.array = [None]*length
+
+    def copy(self) -> 'Self':
+        new = Configuration(length=self.length)
+        new.array = self.array.copy()
+        return new
+
+    def get_points(self) -> list:
+        players = self.current_players()
+        for p in range(players):
+            assert p in self.array
+        # assert max(self.array) == players-1
+        points = [0]*players
+        lastplayer = None
+        points_between = 0
+        for v in self.array:
+            if v is None:
+                points_between += 1
+                continue
+            points[v] += 1
+            if lastplayer is not None:
+                points_between /= 2
+                points[lastplayer] += points_between
+            points[v] += points_between
+            points_between = 0
+            lastplayer = v
+        points[lastplayer] += points_between
+        return points
+
+    def choose(self,
+               place,
+               player=None,
+               ) -> None:
+        if player is None:
+            player = self.current_players()
+        assert self.array[place] is None
+        assert player not in self.array
+        self.array[place] = player
+
+    def current_players(self) -> int:
+        try:
+            return max([v for v in self.array if v is not None]) + 1
+        except ValueError:
+            return 0
+
+    def optimize(self, players):
+        p = self.current_players()
+        if p == players:
+            return self
+        else:
+            maxpoint = -1
+            bestpos = None
+            for i in range(self.length):
+                new = self.copy()
+                try:
+                    new.choose(place=i)
+                except AssertionError:
+                    del new
+                    continue
+                cur_fav = new.optimize(players)
+                cur_points = cur_fav.get_points()[p]
+                if maxpoint < cur_points:
+                    maxpoint = cur_points
+                    bestpos = i
+                    final_config = cur_fav
+            self.choose(place=bestpos)
+            return final_config
+
+    def rep_underline(self):
+        rep = []
+        for v in self.array:
+            if v is None:
+                rep.append('_')
+            else:
+                rep.append(str(v))
+        return rep
+    def __str__(self):
+        return ' '.join(self.rep_underline())
+    def summary(self) -> str:
+        ret = str(self)
+        points = self.get_points()
+        for p in range(self.current_players()):
+            point = points[p]
+            if point.is_integer():
+                point = int(point)
+            ret += f'\n Player: {p}'
+            ret += f'\n  Points: {point}'
+            ret += f'\n  Position: {self.array.index(p)}\n'
+        return ret
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    import sys
+    try:
+        N = int(sys.argv[1])
+    except IndexError:
+        N = 3
+    try:
+        length = int(sys.argv[2])
+    except IndexError:
+        length = 10
+
+    c = Configuration(length=length)
+    # c.choose(10)
+    f=c.optimize(N)
+    print(f.summary())