Adapted to Python from this kata.
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Create a simple string calculator with a method signature:
add(str numbers) -> int
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The method can take up to two numbers, separated by commas, and will return their sum.
- for example
''
or'1'
or'1,2'
as inputs. - for an empty string it will return
0
- for example
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Allow the
add
method to handle an unknown amount of numbers -
Allow the
add
method to handle new lines between numbers (instead of commas).- The following input is ok:
'1\n2,3'
(will equal 6) - The following input is NOT ok:
'1,\n'
(not need to prove it - just clarifying)
- The following input is ok:
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Support different delimiters
- To change a delimiter, the beginning of the string will contain a separate line that looks like this:
'//[delimiter]\n[numbers…]'
for example
'//;\n1;2'
should return3
where the default delimiter is';'
.- The first line is optional. All existing scenarios should still be supported
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Calling
add
with a negative number will throw an exception "negatives not allowed" - and the negative that was passed. -
If there are multiple negatives, show all of them in the exception message.
STOP HERE if you are a beginner. Continue if you can finish the steps so far in less than 30 minutes.
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Numbers bigger than 1000 should be ignored, so adding 2 + 1001 = 2
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Delimiters can be of any length with the following format:
'//[delimiter]\n'
for example:
'//[***]\n1***2***3'
should return6
Allow multiple delimiters like this:
'//[delim1][delim2]\n'
for example
'//[*][%]\n1*2%3'
should return6
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Make sure you can also handle multiple delimiters with length longer than one character