Deceptive creative solution for Call to Home by veky - python coding challenges

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Deceptive solution in Creative category for Call to Home by veky

def total_cost(calls):
    acc = __import__('collections').Counter()
    for d, _, s in map(str.split, calls): acc[d] -= -int(s)//60
    return sum(m + max(m - 100, 0) for m in acc.values())

June 12, 2014

Comments:

spoty on July 3, 2014, 1:19 p.m.
Yes Deceptive, indeed! Nicely used Counter().

vananabu on Sept. 3, 2015, 3:58 p.m.
Very clever <pre class='brush: python'>m + max(m - 100, 0) </pre>

veky on Sept. 3, 2015, 9:19 p.m.
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramp_function">Ramp function</a> is cool. ;-)

M157q on Nov. 2, 2015, 2:24 p.m.
I like the `acc[d] -= -int(s)//60`

veky on Nov. 3, 2015, 12:28 a.m.
Yeah, ceiling is just floor conjugated with -. :-)

viktor.chyrkin on Oct. 31, 2021, 5:02 p.m.
me too

k.shogo on April 26, 2017, 8:40 p.m.
very clean and tidy

veky on April 27, 2017, 3:26 p.m.
You mean, considering who wrote it? :-D

bsquare on Aug. 29, 2019, 2:06 p.m.
Yeah, deceptive, clever, and nice; thanks!

viktor.chyrkin on Oct. 31, 2021, 5:01 p.m.
very good. probably the best one.

pathFinder586 on Feb. 9, 2022, 4:05 a.m.
I can always learn something from your answer: acc[d] -= -int(s)//60 ^_^

veky on Feb. 9, 2022, 4:23 a.m.
That's the intention. :)

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