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First solution in Clear category for How to Find Friends by panaro32
def check_connection(l,a,b):
l,s = [x.split('-') for x in l],[a]
while(s):
k = s.pop()
if k==b: return True
for u,v in (x for x in l if k in x):
s.append(k==u and v or u)
l.remove([u,v])
return False
if __name__ == '__main__':
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."
June 7, 2014
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