2spooky4me

Solution to a short programming puzzle: generate variants of the notable meme phrase "2spooky4me".

Problem

Lovingly set by @ACascarino based on a StackOverflow post.

2spooky4me is a universal truth, but notable variations exist e.g. 3spooky5me.

Some people just can't handle that much spook, others are spook junkies, and we must cater for them as well.

Your task is to take an arbitrary string, e.g. 2spooky4me or 1this2is3a4meme and an operation, expressed as a string e.g. *10, /2, or ^3 and produce a string output applying the operation to your string, e.g. (2spooky4me, *5) -> 10spooky20me

• All numbers are integers, so truncate: 3 / 2 = 1.
• Your input string may contain no numbers.
• Your input string may contain no letters.
• Acceptable operations are +, -, *, /, and ^ (power).
• Your output may be negative, although no inputs will be.

Shortest answer wins one prize, most readable answer wins another, most elegant (subjective, tends to mean "short and readable") wins grand prize.

Setup and Use

Python Version

This has been developed using Python 3.11

Create a virtual environment

On MacOS and Linux:

python3 -m venv venv

On Windows:

python -m venv venv

Activate virtual environment

On MacOS and Linux:

source venv/bin/activate

On Windows:

.\venv\Scripts\activate

Install packages from requirements

Tell pip to install all of the packages in this file using the -r flag:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Running Scripts

Spooky_solver assumes you are running from the root of the repository. Script takes exactly two parameters, and are invoked directly e.g.:

python ./spooky_solver.py 2spooky4me +69

Tests

Install the dependencies

pip install pytest

Run the tests

pytest

Run the tests with individual test results

pytest -v