Aritmetic formatter

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def arithmetic_arranger(problems, answer = False):
   #too many problems
   if len(problems)>5:
     return"Error: Too many problems."
   line1 = ""
   line2 = ""
   line3 = ""
   line4 = ""
   for x,problem in enumerate (problems):
     op1,operator,op2 = problem.split()
     #operators accepted
     if operator not in ['+','-']:
       return"Operator must be '+' or '-'."
       #digits in numbers
     if len(op1) > 4 or len(op2) > 4 :
        return"Error: Numbers cannot be more than four digits."
        #operand number only check
     if not op1.isdigit() or op2.isdigit():
        return"Error: Numbers must only contain digits."
     spacing = max(len(op1),len(op2))
     result =int(op1) + int(op2) if operator =='+' else int(op1) - int(op2)

      #arrangment format
     line1 = line1 + op1.rjust(spacing)
     line2 = line2 + operator +op2.rjust(spacing+1)
     line3 = line3 + ''.rjust(spacing+2,'-')
     line4 = line4 + str(result).rjust(spacing+2)

     if x < len(problems) - 1:
        line1 += ' '
        line2 += ' '
        line3 += ' '
        line4 += ' '
      #arg
   if answer == False:
     arranged_problems = line1 + '\n' + line2 + '\n' + line3
   else :
      arranged_problems = line1 + '\n' + line2 + '\n' + line3 + '\n' + line4



   return arranged_problems




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Challenge: Arithmetic Formatter

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this is error i am getting sorry for replying late my pc took long time too bootup

FAIL: test_solutions (test_module.UnitTests)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/runner/boilerplate-arithmetic-formatter-6/test_module.py", line 39, in test_solutions
    self.assertEqual(actual, expected, 'Expected solutions to be correctly displayed in output when calling "arithmetic_arranger()" with arithmetic problems and a second argument of `True`.')
AssertionError: 'Error: Numbers must only contain digits.' != '   32         1      45      123\n- 698  [89 chars] 172'
- Error: Numbers must only contain digits.
+    32         1      45      123
- 698    - 3801    + 43    +  49
-----    ------    ----    -----
 -666     -3800      88      172
 : Expected solutions to be correctly displayed in output when calling "arithmetic_arranger()" with arithmetic problems and a second argument of `True`.

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Ran 6 tests in 0.007s

FAILED (failures=3, errors=1)

Hi , i will try to help.
Here you should put “not” for op2.isdigit() as well (right after “or”) because otherwise you only check for op1 and every time op2 IS a number the func returns the ‘Error: Numbers must only contain digits’…

That’s why you get:

This means that the func returned Error: Numbers must only contain digits. instead of 32 1 45 123\n- 698 [89 chars] 172

Also the spacing for the first line is wrong but you’ll figure it out!!

Hi Leon1 i apologize for replying late, after putting not in front op2 iam getting an error like this

self.assertEqual(actual, expected, 'Expected solutions to be correctly displayed in output when calling "arithmetic_arranger()" with arithmetic problems and a second argument of `True`.')
AssertionError: ' 32    1 45 123\n- 698 - 3801 + 43 +  49\n[44 chars] 172' != '   32         1      45      123\n- 698   [88 chars] 172'
-  32    1 45 123
+    32         1      45      123
- - 698 - 3801 + 43 +  49
+ - 698    - 3801    + 43    +  49
?       +++       +++     +++
- ----- ------ ---- -----
+ -----    ------    ----    -----
?      +++        +++    +++
-  -666  -3800   88   172+  -666     -3800      88      172?      +++          +++  +++
 : Expected solutions to be correctly displayed in output when calling "arithmetic_arranger()" with arithmetic problems and a second argument of `True`.

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Ran 6 tests in 0.005s

and quite did not understand the spacing bit

Is this the only error left? You’re almost there!
Try looking at it this way:
(lines with - are your output, + is the desired outcome and ? are the differences)

-  32    1 45 123
+    32         1      45      123
- - 698 - 3801 + 43 +  49
+ - 698    - 3801    + 43    +  49
?       +++       +++     +++
- ----- ------ ---- -----
+ -----    ------    ----    -----
?      +++        +++    +++
-  -666  -3800   88   172+  -666     -3800      88      172?      +++          +++  +++

It looks like there are the same amount of spaces missing on each line.
Is it more clear like this?

well i was able to run the code succesfully thanks everyone for your help .this is my final code.

def arithmetic_arranger(problems,answer = False):
   #too many problems
   if len(problems)>5:
     return"Error: Too many problems."
   line1 = ""
   line2 = ""
   line3 = ""
   line4 = ""
   for x,problem in enumerate (problems):
     op1,operator,op2 = problem.split()
     #operators accepted
     if operator not in ['+','-']:
       return"Error: Operator must be '+' or '-'."
       #digits in numbers
     if len(op1) > 4 or len(op2) > 4 :
        return"Error: Numbers cannot be more than four digits."
        #operand number only check
     if not op1.isdigit() or not op2.isdigit():
        return"Error: Numbers must only contain digits."
     spacing = max(len(op1),len(op2))
     result =int(op1) + int(op2) if operator =='+' else int(op1) - int(op2)

      #arrangment format
     line1 = line1 + op1.rjust(spacing+2)
     line2 = line2 + operator.ljust(2) +op2.rjust(spacing)
     line3 = line3 + ''.rjust(spacing+2,'-')
     line4 = line4 + str(result).rjust(spacing+2)


     if x < len(problems) - 1:
        line1 += '    '
        line2 += '    '
        line3 += '    '
        line4 += '    '
      #arg
   if answer:
       arranged_problems = line1 + '\n' + line2 + '\n' + line3 + '\n' + line4
   else :
     arranged_problems = line1 + '\n' + line2 + '\n' + line3
   
      

   return arranged_problems
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Well done, this is definitely a tricky one that seems to give a lot of people trouble. For reference, here’s my (slightly over-engineered) solution:

def arithmetic_arranger(problems, display_answers=False):
    if len(problems) > 5:
        return "Error: Too many problems."

    arithmetic_problems = []

    for p in problems:
        operand1, operator, operand2 = p.split()

        operand_len = max(len(operand1), len(operand2))
        if operand_len > 4:
            return "Error: Numbers cannot be more than four digits."

        try:
            if operator == "+":
                answer = int(operand1) + int(operand2)
            elif operator == "-":
                answer = int(operand1) - int(operand2)
            else:
                return "Error: Operator must be '+' or '-'."
        except ValueError:
            return "Error: Numbers must only contain digits."

        problem_width = operand_len + 2
        problem_lines = (
            operand1.rjust(problem_width),
            f"{operator} {operand2.rjust(operand_len)}",
            "-"*problem_width,
            str(answer).rjust(problem_width),
        )
        arithmetic_problems.append(problem_lines)

    arranged_lines = [
        (" "*4).join(sections) for sections in zip(*arithmetic_problems)
    ]
    if not display_answers:
        arranged_lines.pop()

    arranged_problems = "\n".join(arranged_lines)

    return arranged_problems

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