if total else data clear solution for Shorter Set by veky - python coding challenges

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if total else data solution in Clear category for Shorter Set by veky

def remove_min_max(data: set, total: int) -> set:
    return set(sorted(data)[total:-total]) if total else data

Nov. 5, 2021

Comments:

StefanPochmann on Nov. 18, 2021, 1:06 a.m.
I'd say removing less than nothing shouldn't remove everything, like this does for <pre class='brush: python'>remove_min_max({1, 2, 3}, -1)</pre>.

veky on Nov. 18, 2021, 8:41 a.m.
Yes, that's a nice bug. But anyway, it just piggybacks on Python's repurposing of negative indexes being mod len to being full-fledged elements of an ordered ring (so we can have from-till slicing). How does taking -3 items from the front seem? It should probably put three items there.:-P Anyway, it's easily fixed, just add >0 to the condition.

StefanPochmann on Nov. 18, 2021, 3:35 p.m.
If you add extra values, make sure to identify the pattern so you add the correct ones :-) Nah, yeah, I agree it should just use >0. It's odd that the task explicitly allows negatives, but then doesn't test any. Is that usual here? Haven't been active here for a while, just sometimes think of it and return to solve a problem or two.

veky on Nov. 18, 2021, 5:53 p.m.
It's obvious you haven't been here for a long time. The tests are still abysmal. :-)

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