Hi all,
I have attempted to create a programme which removes every Nth person
from the list until there is only one name remaining. N is inputted by
the user.
Here is the code:
def survivor(names, step):
next = names
while len(next) > 1:
index = step - 1
next.remove (next[index])
index = index + step - 1
while index > len(next):
index = index - len(next)
if index == len(next):
index = 0
return names[0]
To me is appears to be correct, however when i test it i get the
following message:
>>> survivor(["Andrew", "Brenda", "Craig", "Deidre", "Edward",
"Felicity", "Greg", "Harriet"], 4)
['Andrew', 'Brenda', 'Craig', 'Deidre', 'Edward', 'Felicity', 'Greg',
'Harriet'] 3
['Andrew', 'Brenda', 'Craig', 'Edward', 'Felicity', 'Greg', 'Harriet'] 3
['Andrew', 'Brenda', 'Craig', 'Felicity', 'Greg', 'Harriet'] 3
['Andrew', 'Brenda', 'Craig', 'Greg', 'Harriet'] 3
['Andrew', 'Brenda', 'Craig', 'Harriet'] 3
['Andrew', 'Brenda', 'Craig'] 3
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<pyshell#68>", line 1, in <module>
survivor(["Andrew", "Brenda", "Craig", "Deidre", "Edward",
"Felicity", "Greg", "Harriet"], 4)
File "<pyshell#67>", line 6, in survivor
next.remove (next[index])
IndexError: list index out of range
Any ideas?
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