/contact-list

Primary LanguagePython

Build a Contact List

This challenge will help you to:

  • Understand how instance variables and methods represent the characteristics and actions of an object

Summary

Let's create a class for creating contact lists. Each contact list should store its contacts as a list of dictionaries, containing name and phone number. The list should be sorted by the contacts' name. The contact list should also have a name that distinguishes it, e.g. "School Friends", "Extended Family", or "Work Buddies". The contact list should have 3 instance methods:

  • add_contact({}) should add a new contact to the list, while keeping the list sorted
  • remove_contact('Alice') should remove a contact from the list by name.
  • find_shared_contacts(ContactList) should accept another contact list as an argument, and then return a new list of dictionaries to indicate all the contacts that appear in both lists (exact same name and phone number).

For example:

friends = [{'name':'Alice','number':'867-5309'},{'name':'Bob', 'number':'555-5555'}]
work_buddies = [{'name':'Alice','number':'867-5309'},{'name':'Carlos', 'number':'555-5555'}]

my_friends_list = ContactList('My Friends', friends)
my_work_buddies = ContactList('Work Buddies', work_buddies)

friends_i_work_with = my_friends_list.find_shared_contacts(my_work_buddies)
# friends_i_work_with should be: [{'name':'Alice','number':'867-5309'}]