Simple clear solution for Pawn Brotherhood by slickLash - python coding challenges

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Simple solution in Clear category for Pawn Brotherhood by slickLash

def safe_pawns(pawns):
    
    def is_safe(p):
        file, rank = ord(p[0]), int(p[-1])
        return (chr(file-1)+str(rank-1) in pawns or 
                chr(file+1)+str(rank-1) in pawns)
        
    return sum(is_safe(p) for p in pawns)

March 3, 2015

Comments:

Belethchamien on June 30, 2018, 4:06 p.m.
I like this code, clear and pretty. Adding some explanation of what you are doing would make it even better.

Igor_Styopin on May 31, 2019, 2:33 p.m.
nice

efunyo on Dec. 5, 2019, 2:01 a.m.
nice :D

gkozinakov on Jan. 20, 2020, 5:09 a.m.
Nice. A comment or two would help readability.

teebu on Jan. 27, 2020, 10:16 p.m.
The -1 in p[-1] does the same thing as p[1]. Why did he choose to do -1?

piter239 on April 18, 2020, 11:02 a.m.
clear and readable, thanks!

Osya on Feb. 11, 2022, 9:18 a.m.
Good solution

Look up in the Dict()

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