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  Anyone know the solution emmanueloje@gmail.com - 2014-10-27 08:10 -0700
    Re: Anyone know the solution alister <alister.nospam.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2014-10-27 15:21 +0000
    Re: Anyone know the solution Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2014-10-27 11:20 -0400
    Re: Anyone know the solution Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2014-10-27 20:18 -0400
    Re: Anyone know the solution Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2014-10-28 00:20 +0000
    Re: Anyone know the solution alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2014-10-28 10:33 +1000
      Re: Anyone know the solution Anton <anton.schattenfeld@gmail.com> - 2014-10-28 18:28 -0700
        Re: Anyone know the solution alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2014-10-29 12:03 +1000
        Re: Anyone know the solution Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2014-10-29 18:13 +1300
          Re: Anyone know the solution Anton <anton.schattenfeld@gmail.com> - 2014-10-29 17:09 -0700
    Re: Anyone know the solution Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-10-28 00:24 -0400
      Re: Anyone know the solution "Mario R. Osorio" <nimbiotics@gmail.com> - 2014-10-28 08:38 -0700
    Re: Anyone know the solution ngangsia akumbo <ngangsia@gmail.com> - 2014-10-28 09:07 -0700
      Re: Anyone know the solution Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au> - 2014-10-29 11:53 +1100
      Re: Anyone know the solution Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2014-10-28 22:11 -0400
    Re: Anyone know the solution Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2014-10-29 18:03 +0000

#79788 — Anyone know the solution

Write a	program	that reads the contents	of the two files into two separate lists.		The user should	be able	to enter a boy's name, a girl's	name or	both, and the	application will display messages indicating whether the names were among the most popular.

THIS IS THE LIST OF BOY NAMES
Jacob
Michael
Joshua
Matthew
Daniel
Christopher
Andrew
Ethan
Joseph
William
Anthony
David
Alexander
Nicholas
Ryan
Tyler
James
John
Jonathan
Noah
Brandon
Christian
Dylan
Samuel
Benjamin
Zachary
Nathan
Logan
Justin
Gabriel
Jose
Austin
Kevin
Elijah
Caleb
Robert
Thomas
Jordan
Cameron
Jack
Hunter
Jackson
Angel
Isaiah
Evan
Isaac
Mason
Luke
Jason
Gavin
Jayden
Aaron
Connor
Aiden
Aidan
Kyle
Juan
Charles
Luis
Adam
Lucas
Brian
Eric
Adrian
Nathaniel
Sean
Alex
Carlos
Bryan
Ian
Owen
Jesus
Landon
Julian
Chase
Cole
Diego
Jeremiah
Steven
Sebastian
Xavier
Timothy
Carter
Wyatt
Brayden
Blake
Hayden
Devin
Cody
Richard
Seth
Dominic
Jaden
Antonio
Miguel
Liam
Patrick
Carson
Jesse
Tristan
Alejandro
Henry
Victor
Trevor
Bryce
Jake
Riley
Colin
Jared
Jeremy
Mark
Caden
Garrett
Parker
Marcus
Vincent
Kaleb
Kaden
Brady
Colton
Kenneth
Joel
Oscar
Josiah
Jorge
Cooper
Ashton
Tanner
Eduardo
Paul
Edward
Ivan
Preston
Maxwell
Alan
Levi
Stephen
Grant
Nicolas
Omar
Dakota
Alexis
George
Collin
Eli
Spencer
Gage
Max
Cristian
Ricardo
Derek
Micah
Brody
Francisco
Nolan
Ayden
Dalton
Shane
Peter
Damian
Jeffrey
Brendan
Travis
Fernando
Peyton
Conner
Andres
Javier
Giovanni
Shawn
Braden
Jonah
Cesar
Bradley
Emmanuel
Manuel
Edgar
Erik
Mario
Edwin
Johnathan
Devon
Erick
Wesley
Oliver
Trenton
Hector
Malachi
Jalen
Raymond
Gregory
Abraham
Elias
Leonardo
Sergio
Donovan
Colby
Marco
Bryson
Martin

THIS IS THE LIST OF GIRLS NAME
Emily
Madison
Emma
Olivia
Hannah
Abigail
Isabella
Samantha
Elizabeth
Ashley
Alexis
Sarah
Sophia
Alyssa
Grace
Ava
Taylor
Brianna
Lauren
Chloe
Natalie
Kayla
Jessica
Anna
Victoria
Mia
Hailey
Sydney
Jasmine
Julia
Morgan
Destiny
Rachel
Ella
Kaitlyn
Megan
Katherine
Savannah
Jennifer
Alexandra
Allison
Haley
Maria
Kaylee
Lily
Makayla
Brooke
Mackenzie
Nicole
Addison
Stephanie
Lillian
Andrea
Zoe
Faith
Kimberly
Madeline
Alexa
Katelyn
Gabriella
Gabrielle
Trinity
Amanda
Kylie
Mary
Paige
Riley
Jenna
Leah
Sara
Rebecca
Michelle
Sofia
Vanessa
Jordan
Angelina
Caroline
Avery
Audrey
Evelyn
Maya
Claire
Autumn
Jocelyn
Ariana
Nevaeh
Arianna
Jada
Bailey
Brooklyn
Aaliyah
Amber
Isabel
Danielle
Mariah
Melanie
Sierra
Erin
Molly
Amelia
Isabelle
Madelyn
Melissa
Jacqueline
Marissa
Shelby
Angela
Leslie
Katie
Jade
Catherine
Diana
Aubrey
Mya
Amy
Briana
Sophie
Gabriela
Breanna
Gianna
Kennedy
Gracie
Peyton
Adriana
Christina
Courtney
Daniela
Kathryn
Lydia
Valeria
Layla
Alexandria
Natalia
Angel
Laura
Charlotte
Margaret
Cheyenne
Mikayla
Miranda
Naomi
Kelsey
Payton
Ana
Alicia
Jillian
Daisy
Mckenzie
Ashlyn
Caitlin
Sabrina
Summer
Ruby
Rylee
Valerie
Skylar
Lindsey
Kelly
Genesis
Zoey
Eva
Sadie
Alexia
Cassidy
Kylee
Kendall
Jordyn
Kate
Jayla
Karen
Tiffany
Cassandra
Juliana
Reagan
Caitlyn
Giselle
Serenity
Alondra
Lucy
Kiara
Bianca
Crystal
Erica
Angelica
Hope
Chelsea
Alana
Liliana
Brittany
Camila
Makenzie
Veronica
Lilly
Abby
Jazmin
Adrianna
Karina
Delaney
Ellie
Jasmin

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#79791

On Mon, 27 Oct 2014 08:10:04 -0700, emmanueloje wrote:

> Write a	program	that reads the contents	of the two files into two
> separate lists.		The user should	be able	to enter a boy's 
name, a girl's
> name or	both, and the	application will display messages 
indicating
> whether the names were among the most popular.
> 
Your tutor for a start & I think I could probably get one working in an 
hour or so without too much difficulty. What do you have?

we do not do homework for you here.
if you have some code that doesn't work as expected we may assist 
-- 
semper en excretus

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#79792

2014-10-27 11:10 GMT-04:00  <emmanueloje@gmail.com>:
> Write a program that reads the contents of the two files into two separate lists.               The user should be able to enter a boy's name, a girl's name or both, and the   application will display messages indicating whether the names were among the most popular.
>
> THIS IS THE LIST OF BOY NAMES
> Jacob
> Michael
> Joshua
> Matthew
> Daniel
> Christopher
> Andrew
> Ethan
> Joseph
> William
> Anthony
> David
> Alexander
> Nicholas
> Ryan
> Tyler
> James
> John
> Jonathan
> Noah
> Brandon
> Christian
> Dylan
> Samuel
> Benjamin
> Zachary
> Nathan
> Logan
> Justin
> Gabriel
> Jose
> Austin
> Kevin
> Elijah
> Caleb
> Robert
> Thomas
> Jordan
> Cameron
> Jack
> Hunter
> Jackson
> Angel
> Isaiah
> Evan
> Isaac
> Mason
> Luke
> Jason
> Gavin
> Jayden
> Aaron
> Connor
> Aiden
> Aidan
> Kyle
> Juan
> Charles
> Luis
> Adam
> Lucas
> Brian
> Eric
> Adrian
> Nathaniel
> Sean
> Alex
> Carlos
> Bryan
> Ian
> Owen
> Jesus
> Landon
> Julian
> Chase
> Cole
> Diego
> Jeremiah
> Steven
> Sebastian
> Xavier
> Timothy
> Carter
> Wyatt
> Brayden
> Blake
> Hayden
> Devin
> Cody
> Richard
> Seth
> Dominic
> Jaden
> Antonio
> Miguel
> Liam
> Patrick
> Carson
> Jesse
> Tristan
> Alejandro
> Henry
> Victor
> Trevor
> Bryce
> Jake
> Riley
> Colin
> Jared
> Jeremy
> Mark
> Caden
> Garrett
> Parker
> Marcus
> Vincent
> Kaleb
> Kaden
> Brady
> Colton
> Kenneth
> Joel
> Oscar
> Josiah
> Jorge
> Cooper
> Ashton
> Tanner
> Eduardo
> Paul
> Edward
> Ivan
> Preston
> Maxwell
> Alan
> Levi
> Stephen
> Grant
> Nicolas
> Omar
> Dakota
> Alexis
> George
> Collin
> Eli
> Spencer
> Gage
> Max
> Cristian
> Ricardo
> Derek
> Micah
> Brody
> Francisco
> Nolan
> Ayden
> Dalton
> Shane
> Peter
> Damian
> Jeffrey
> Brendan
> Travis
> Fernando
> Peyton
> Conner
> Andres
> Javier
> Giovanni
> Shawn
> Braden
> Jonah
> Cesar
> Bradley
> Emmanuel
> Manuel
> Edgar
> Erik
> Mario
> Edwin
> Johnathan
> Devon
> Erick
> Wesley
> Oliver
> Trenton
> Hector
> Malachi
> Jalen
> Raymond
> Gregory
> Abraham
> Elias
> Leonardo
> Sergio
> Donovan
> Colby
> Marco
> Bryson
> Martin
>
> THIS IS THE LIST OF GIRLS NAME
> Emily
> Madison
> Emma
> Olivia
> Hannah
> Abigail
> Isabella
> Samantha
> Elizabeth
> Ashley
> Alexis
> Sarah
> Sophia
> Alyssa
> Grace
> Ava
> Taylor
> Brianna
> Lauren
> Chloe
> Natalie
> Kayla
> Jessica
> Anna
> Victoria
> Mia
> Hailey
> Sydney
> Jasmine
> Julia
> Morgan
> Destiny
> Rachel
> Ella
> Kaitlyn
> Megan
> Katherine
> Savannah
> Jennifer
> Alexandra
> Allison
> Haley
> Maria
> Kaylee
> Lily
> Makayla
> Brooke
> Mackenzie
> Nicole
> Addison
> Stephanie
> Lillian
> Andrea
> Zoe
> Faith
> Kimberly
> Madeline
> Alexa
> Katelyn
> Gabriella
> Gabrielle
> Trinity
> Amanda
> Kylie
> Mary
> Paige
> Riley
> Jenna
> Leah
> Sara
> Rebecca
> Michelle
> Sofia
> Vanessa
> Jordan
> Angelina
> Caroline
> Avery
> Audrey
> Evelyn
> Maya
> Claire
> Autumn
> Jocelyn
> Ariana
> Nevaeh
> Arianna
> Jada
> Bailey
> Brooklyn
> Aaliyah
> Amber
> Isabel
> Danielle
> Mariah
> Melanie
> Sierra
> Erin
> Molly
> Amelia
> Isabelle
> Madelyn
> Melissa
> Jacqueline
> Marissa
> Shelby
> Angela
> Leslie
> Katie
> Jade
> Catherine
> Diana
> Aubrey
> Mya
> Amy
> Briana
> Sophie
> Gabriela
> Breanna
> Gianna
> Kennedy
> Gracie
> Peyton
> Adriana
> Christina
> Courtney
> Daniela
> Kathryn
> Lydia
> Valeria
> Layla
> Alexandria
> Natalia
> Angel
> Laura
> Charlotte
> Margaret
> Cheyenne
> Mikayla
> Miranda
> Naomi
> Kelsey
> Payton
> Ana
> Alicia
> Jillian
> Daisy
> Mckenzie
> Ashlyn
> Caitlin
> Sabrina
> Summer
> Ruby
> Rylee
> Valerie
> Skylar
> Lindsey
> Kelly
> Genesis
> Zoey
> Eva
> Sadie
> Alexia
> Cassidy
> Kylee
> Kendall
> Jordyn
> Kate
> Jayla
> Karen
> Tiffany
> Cassandra
> Juliana
> Reagan
> Caitlyn
> Giselle
> Serenity
> Alondra
> Lucy
> Kiara
> Bianca
> Crystal
> Erica
> Angelica
> Hope
> Chelsea
> Alana
> Liliana
> Brittany
> Camila
> Makenzie
> Veronica
> Lilly
> Abby
> Jazmin
> Adrianna
> Karina
> Delaney
> Ellie
> Jasmin
> --
> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list


The answer to you question is Yes.
-- 
Joel Goldstick
http://joelgoldstick.com

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#79810

On Mon, 27 Oct 2014 08:10:04 -0700 (PDT), emmanueloje@gmail.com declaimed
the following:

>Write a	program	that reads the contents	of the two files into two separate lists.		The user should	be able	to enter a boy's name, a girl's	name or	both, and the	application will display messages indicating whether the names were among the most popular.

	Define what is meant by "among the most popular"... Does that just mean
the entered name appears in one of the lists you provided? Does it mean the
name appears near the top of the list (which presumes the lists are in
descending popularity)? Does it mean you have to count how many times a
name shows up in the list first, to determine popularity (I'm not going to
go through them to see if there are duplicates).

	Further consultation will be at US$100/hour of my time. All code
remains copyright to me, and copyright disclaimers must be kept in the
code.
-- 
	Wulfraed                 Dennis Lee Bieber         AF6VN
    wlfraed@ix.netcom.com    HTTP://wlfraed.home.netcom.com/

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#79811

On Mon, 27 Oct 2014 08:10:04 -0700, emmanueloje wrote:

> Write a program that reads the contents of the two files into two
> separate lists.

Yep, know how to do that

> The user should be able to enter a boy's name, a girl's
> name or both

Yep, know how to do that

> and the application will display messages
> indicating whether the names were among the most popular.

Nope, not sure how to do that, please define the algorithm for 
determining a "most popular name"

Determining if the name is in either of the lists is easy, know how to do 
that, but I'm not sure from your problem description if that's your 
definition of a "most popular name" or not.

-- 
Denis McMahon, denismfmcmahon@gmail.com

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#79812

On 28/10/2014 1:10 AM, emmanueloje@gmail.com wrote:
> Write a	program	that reads the contents	of the two files into two separate lists.		The user should	be able	to enter a boy's name, a girl's	name or	both, and the	application will display messages indicating whether the names were among the most popular.

This is actually a trick question. This is a classic unsolvable problem 
in computer science, known as the Dual Baskets problem. It is 
NP-complete, meaning that there is no easy solution. It requires 
brute-forcing and can take an indefinite period of time to complete, if 
at all.

The correct answer is "Not possible".

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#79864

On Monday, October 27, 2014 5:33:17 PM UTC-7, alex23 wrote:
> On 28/10/2014 1:10 AM, em..@gmail.com wrote:
> > Write a	program	that reads the contents	of the two files into two separate lists.		The user should	be able	to enter a boy's name, a girl's	name or	both, and the	application will display messages indicating whether the names were among the most popular.
> 
> This is actually a trick question. This is a classic unsolvable problem 
> in computer science, known as the Dual Baskets problem. It is 
> NP-complete, meaning that there is no easy solution. It requires 
> brute-forcing and can take an indefinite period of time to complete, if 
> at all.
> 
> The correct answer is "Not possible".

Can you elaborate why it is an NP-complete problem or maybe a link to description of problem you are referring to?

Thanks.

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#79867

On 29/10/2014 11:28 AM, Anton wrote:
> Can you elaborate why it is an NP-complete problem or maybe a link to description of problem you are referring to?

While not the exact problem, it's tangentially related to:

http://kenlevine.blogspot.com.au/2011/03/reducing-humor-to-equation.html

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#79882

> On Monday, October 27, 2014 5:33:17 PM UTC-7, alex23 wrote:
> 
>>It is NP-complete, meaning that there is no easy solution.
>>
>>The correct answer is "Not possible".

No, that's not the correct answer. Being NP-complete doesn't
mean something is impossible, or even hard to do. All it
means is that nobody knows of a cleverer solution than
just trying all possibilities. That's only a difficulty if
the problem is large enough; often it won't be.

-- 
Greg

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#79944

On Tuesday, October 28, 2014 10:13:14 PM UTC-7, Gregory Ewing wrote:
> No, that's not the correct answer. Being NP-complete doesn't
> mean something is impossible, or even hard to do. All it
> means is that nobody knows of a cleverer solution than
> just trying all possibilities. That's only a difficulty if
> the problem is large enough; often it won't be.

Why do you need to iterate over all possibilities solving this problem anyway?

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#79822

On 10/27/2014 11:10 AM, emmanueloje@gmail.com wrote:

> THIS IS THE LIST OF BOY NAMES
 > Jacob
 > ...

Writing hundreds of unnecessary lines at minimum inconsiderate. Please 
don't do it.

-- 
Terry Jan Reedy

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#79843

On Tuesday, October 28, 2014 12:25:13 AM UTC-4, Terry Reedy wrote:
> On 10/27/2014 11:10 AM, emmanueloje@gmail.com wrote:
> 
> > THIS IS THE LIST OF BOY NAMES
>  > Jacob
>  > ...
> 
> Writing hundreds of unnecessary lines at minimum inconsiderate. Please 
> don't do it.
> 
> -- 
> Terry Jan Reedy

The python programming community is BY FAR the best I've been in touch with.

Asking for help with some code that is not working is OK here, but asking to have the homework done is disgusting.

Just try mentioning the word homework on c++ or javascrip groups: They'll bully you to death!

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#79846

This is a sample code on how to read data from a file

files1 {}

result = open("file1.txt")
for line in result:
    file1 = line>split()
files1.append(file1)
result.close()
file1.sort()
file1.reverse()

print('THE FILE INFO')

print(file1(0)
print(file1(1)
        

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#79863

On 28Oct2014 09:07, ngangsia akumbo <ngangsia@gmail.com> wrote:
>This is a sample code on how to read data from a file
>
>files1 {}
>
>result = open("file1.txt")
>for line in result:
>    file1 = line>split()
>files1.append(file1)
>result.close()
>file1.sort()
>file1.reverse()
>
>print('THE FILE INFO')
>
>print(file1(0)
>print(file1(1)

Do you have a specific question to accompany this?

The code above is syntactly invalid, so it will not run.

The line:

   files1 {}

is invalid, but looks like it is intended to initialise files1 as a dictionary.  
However, the rest of the program seems to use it as though it were a list.

The line:

   file1 = line>split()

should probably be written:

   file1 = line.split()

With ">" it is legal (as it performs a comparison) but will fail because 
there's no bare "split()" function, and anyway is probably not as intended.

Your final print statements need an extra closing parenthesis each.

Cheers,
Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au>

I fit in my suit, my suit fits in my suitcase, hence i fit in my suitcase.
         - Cees Keyer <cees@htsa.hva.nl>

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#79871

Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au> Wrote in message:
> On 28Oct2014 09:07, ngangsia akumbo <ngangsia@gmail.com> wrote:
>>This is a sample code on how to read data from a file
>>
>>files1 {}
>>
>>result = open("file1.txt")
>>for line in result:
>>    file1 = line>split()
>>files1.append(file1)
>>result.close()
>>file1.sort()
>>file1.reverse()
>>
>>print('THE FILE INFO')
>>
>>print(file1(0)
>>print(file1(1)
> 
> Do you have a specific question to accompany this?
> 
> The code above is syntactly invalid, so it will not run.
> 
> ....
> 
> Your final print statements need an extra closing parenthesis each.
> 
> 

Other comments -

The line that appends probably wants to be in the loop, and is not.

Is there a reason you're subsequently processing only the last line?


-- 
DaveA

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#79928

On Mon, 27 Oct 2014 08:10:04 -0700, emmanueloje wrote:

> Write a program ...

Hey dudester

I coded a solution for you, you can get it here:

http://www.sined.co.uk/tmp/names.py.txt

Make sure you leave all the comments in so your instructor realises how 
much effort you went in to in researching how to code this.

-- 
Denis McMahon, denismfmcmahon@gmail.com

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