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---
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id: 6821ec98237de8297eaee79c
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title: "Python Challenge 14: Character Battle"
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challengeType: 29
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dashedName: python-challenge-14
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---
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# --description--
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Given two strings representing your army and an opposing army, each character from your army battles the character at the same position from the opposing army using the following rules:
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- Characters `a-z` have a strength of `1-26`, respectively.
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- Characters `A-Z` have a strength of `27-52`, respectively.
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- Digits `0-9` have a strength of their face value.
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- All other characters have a value of zero.
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- Each character can only fight one battle.
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For each battle, the stronger character wins. The army with more victories, wins the war. Return the following values:
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- `"Opponent retreated"` if your army has more characters than the opposing army.
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- `"We retreated"` if the opposing army has more characters than yours.
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- `"We won"` if your army won more battles.
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- `"We lost"` if the opposing army won more battles.
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- `"It was a tie"` if both armies won the same number of battles.
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# --hints--
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`battle("Hello", "World")` should return `"We lost"`.
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```js
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({test: () => { runPython(`
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from unittest import TestCase
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TestCase().assertEqual(battle("Hello", "World"), "We lost")`)
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}})
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```
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`battle("pizza", "salad")` should return `"We won"`.
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```js
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({test: () => { runPython(`
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from unittest import TestCase
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TestCase().assertEqual(battle("pizza", "salad"), "We won")`)
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}})
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```
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`battle("C@T5", "D0G$")` should return `"We won"`.
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```js
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({test: () => { runPython(`
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from unittest import TestCase
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TestCase().assertEqual(battle("C@T5", "D0G$"), "We won")`)
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}})
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```
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`battle("kn!ght", "orc")` should return `"Opponent retreated"`.
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```js
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({test: () => { runPython(`
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from unittest import TestCase
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TestCase().assertEqual(battle("kn!ght", "orc"), "Opponent retreated")`)
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}})
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```
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`battle("PC", "Mac")` should return `"We retreated"`.
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```js
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({test: () => { runPython(`
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from unittest import TestCase
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TestCase().assertEqual(battle("PC", "Mac"), "We retreated")`)
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}})
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```
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`battle("Wizards", "Dragons")` should return `"It was a tie"`.
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```js
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({test: () => { runPython(`
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from unittest import TestCase
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TestCase().assertEqual(battle("Wizards", "Dragons"), "It was a tie")`)
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}})
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```
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`battle("Mr. Smith", "Dr. Jones")` should return `"It was a tie"`.
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```js
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({test: () => { runPython(`
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from unittest import TestCase
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TestCase().assertEqual(battle("Mr. Smith", "Dr. Jones"), "It was a tie")`)
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}})
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```
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# --seed--
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## --seed-contents--
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```py
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def battle(my_army, opposing_army):
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return my_army
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```
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# --solutions--
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```py
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def get_strength(soldier):
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letters = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ'
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if soldier.isdigit():
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return int(soldier)
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elif soldier in letters:
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return letters.index(soldier) + 1
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else:
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return 0
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def battle(my_army, opposing_army):
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if len(my_army) > len(opposing_army):
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return 'Opponent retreated'
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if len(opposing_army) > len(my_army):
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return 'We retreated'
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my_wins = 0
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their_wins = 0
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for my_soldier, their_soldier in zip(my_army, opposing_army):
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my_strength = get_strength(my_soldier)
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their_strength = get_strength(their_soldier)
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if my_strength > their_strength:
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my_wins += 1
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elif their_strength > my_strength:
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their_wins += 1
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if my_wins > their_wins:
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return 'We won'
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elif their_wins > my_wins:
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return 'We lost'
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else:
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return 'It was a tie'
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```
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