Can someone help me with this code?

Question

It's a coding challenge present in sololearn.
New drivers license.

name = input()
agents = int(input())
list = input().split(" ")
list.append(name)
list.sort()
minutes = 20
d = minutes/agents

for i in range(len(list)):
if i > 0 and list[i] == name:
minutes = (i+1)*d
break;

print(int(minutes))

Answer 1

You should check the logic of your algorithmus: what happen with the time when number of agents is even and what when is odd.

Answer 2

shahul hameed
When I input the following:

rik
3
bob ann zac jon

I get 26 as an output
Expected output is 40

Think in blocks of time
20 mins for each block.

You are close, just need to think a bit deeper.
Good luck!

Answer 3

shahul hameed , if you think about your way of solving it for long enough you will realize your way is quite logically wrong. (try going through your algorithm if number of agents is 3 and the required name is first in the list)

But here is the correct way to solve this:

import math
name = input()
agents = int(input())
list = input().split(" ")
list.append(name)
list.sort()
minutes = 20

for i in range(len(list)):
if list[i] == name:
minutes = (math.floor(i/agents)+1)*minutes
break;

print(int(minutes))

So you should divide i rather than minutes by number of agents...

Answer 4

Thank you guys. This is what I came up with and it worked.

name = input()
agents = int(input())
list = input().split(" ")
list.append(name)
list.sort()
flag=0
i=0
j=0
count = 0
for a in range(len(list)//agents):
count+=1
j+=agents
if name in list[i:j]:
print(20*count)
flag=1
break;
i=j

if (len(list)%agents) != 0 and flag!=1:
print(20*(len(list)//agents+1))

Answer 5

shahul hameed
Congrats!
Well done

Answer 6

I don’t see anything particularly wrong with the code itself, is the output not what it’s supposed to be? Could I know what this programme is supposed to be doing (perhaps with an example, as presented as a challenge in Sololearn)

Answer 7

https://www.sololearn.com/coach/18?ref=app