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First solution in Clear category for How to Find Friends by evoynov
def check_connection(network, f, s):
friends = { frozenset(n.split("-")) for n in network }
circle = { f }
while True:
for p in friends:
if p & circle:
friends.remove(p)
circle |= p
break
else:
break
return s in circle
if __name__ == '__main__':
#These "asserts" using only for self-checking and not necessary for auto-testing
assert check_connection(
("dr101-mr99", "mr99-out00", "dr101-out00", "scout1-scout2",
"scout3-scout1", "scout1-scout4", "scout4-sscout", "sscout-super"),
"scout2", "scout3") == True, "Scout Brotherhood"
assert check_connection(
("dr101-mr99", "mr99-out00", "dr101-out00", "scout1-scout2",
"scout3-scout1", "scout1-scout4", "scout4-sscout", "sscout-super"),
"super", "scout2") == True, "Super Scout"
assert check_connection(
("dr101-mr99", "mr99-out00", "dr101-out00", "scout1-scout2",
"scout3-scout1", "scout1-scout4", "scout4-sscout", "sscout-super"),
"dr101", "sscout") == False, "I don't know any scouts."
Feb. 5, 2015
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