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The Minion Game

  • draykom
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    Something a little bit different, the total possible score can be caluclated using the arithmetic series formula (total = (n * (n+1) ) // 2). This allows Stuart's score to be caluclated as every point that Kevin didn't get.

    Code:

    def minion_game(string):
    VOWELS = ['A','E','I','O','U']
    n = len(string)
    total = (n * (n+1) ) // 2
    
    kevin = 0
    for i, char in enumerate(string):
        if char in VOWELS:
            kevin += n - i
    stuart = total - kevin
    
    if stuart > kevin:
        print(f"Stuart {stuart}")
    elif stuart == kevin:
        print("Draw")
    elif stuart < kevin:
        print(f"Kevin {kevin}")