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+# Binary Search
+
+Implement a binary search algorithm.
+
+Searching a sorted collection is a common task. A dictionary is a sorted
+list of word definitions. Given a word, one can find its definition. A
+telephone book is a sorted list of people's names, addresses, and
+telephone numbers. Knowing someone's name allows one to quickly find
+their telephone number and address.
+
+If the list to be searched contains more than a few items (a dozen, say)
+a binary search will require far fewer comparisons than a linear search,
+but it imposes the requirement that the list be sorted.
+
+In computer science, a binary search or half-interval search algorithm
+finds the position of a specified input value (the search "key") within
+an array sorted by key value.
+
+In each step, the algorithm compares the search key value with the key
+value of the middle element of the array.
+
+If the keys match, then a matching element has been found and its index,
+or position, is returned.
+
+Otherwise, if the search key is less than the middle element's key, then
+the algorithm repeats its action on the sub-array to the left of the
+middle element or, if the search key is greater, on the sub-array to the
+right.
+
+If the remaining array to be searched is empty, then the key cannot be
+found in the array and a special "not found" indication is returned.
+
+A binary search halves the number of items to check with each iteration,
+so locating an item (or determining its absence) takes logarithmic time.
+A binary search is a dichotomic divide and conquer search algorithm.
+
+### Submitting Exercises
+
+Note that, when trying to submit an exercise, make sure the solution is in the `exercism/python/<exerciseName>` directory.
+
+For example, if you're submitting `bob.py` for the Bob exercise, the submit command would be something like `exercism submit <path_to_exercism_dir>/python/bob/bob.py`.
+
+
+For more detailed information about running tests, code style and linting,
+please see the [help page](http://exercism.io/languages/python).
+
+## Source
+
+Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_search_algorithm](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_search_algorithm)
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.

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+# Bob
+
+Bob is a lackadaisical teenager. In conversation, his responses are very limited.
+
+Bob answers 'Sure.' if you ask him a question.
+
+He answers 'Whoa, chill out!' if you yell at him.
+
+He says 'Fine. Be that way!' if you address him without actually saying
+anything.
+
+He answers 'Whatever.' to anything else.
+
+### Submitting Exercises
+
+Note that, when trying to submit an exercise, make sure the solution is in the `exercism/python/<exerciseName>` directory.
+
+For example, if you're submitting `bob.py` for the Bob exercise, the submit command would be something like `exercism submit <path_to_exercism_dir>/python/bob/bob.py`.
+
+
+For more detailed information about running tests, code style and linting,
+please see the [help page](http://exercism.io/languages/python).
+
+## Source
+
+Inspired by the 'Deaf Grandma' exercise in Chris Pine's Learn to Program tutorial. [http://pine.fm/LearnToProgram/?Chapter=06](http://pine.fm/LearnToProgram/?Chapter=06)
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.

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+# Book Store
+
+To try and encourage more sales of different books from a popular 5 book
+series, a bookshop has decided to offer discounts on multiple book purchases.
+
+One copy of any of the five books costs $8. 
+
+If, however, you buy two different books, you get a 5%
+discount on those two books.
+
+If you buy 3 different books, you get a 10% discount. 
+
+If you buy 4 different books, you get a 20% discount.
+
+If you buy all 5, you get a 25% discount. 
+
+Note: that if you buy four books, of which 3 are
+different titles, you get a 10% discount on the 3 that
+form part of a set, but the fourth book still costs $8. 
+
+Your mission is to write a piece of code to calculate the
+price of any conceivable shopping basket (containing only
+books of the same series), giving as big a discount as
+possible.
+
+For example, how much does this basket of books cost?
+
+- 2 copies of the first book
+- 2 copies of the second book
+- 2 copies of the third book
+- 1 copy of the fourth book
+- 1 copy of the fifth book
+ 
+One way of grouping these 8 books is:
+
+- 1 group of 5 --> 25% discount (1st,2nd,3rd,4th,5th)
+- +1 group of 3 --> 10% discount (1st,2nd,3rd)
+
+This would give a total of:
+
+- 5 books at a 25% discount
+- +3 books at a 10% discount
+
+Resulting in:
+
+- 5 x (8 - 2.00) == 5 x 6.00 == $30.00
+- +3 x (8 - 0.80) == 3 x 7.20 == $21.60
+
+For a total of $51.60
+
+However, a different way to group these 8 books is:
+
+- 1 group of 4 books --> 20% discount  (1st,2nd,3rd,4th)
+- +1 group of 4 books --> 20% discount  (1st,2nd,3rd,5th)
+
+This would give a total of:
+
+- 4 books at a 20% discount
+- +4 books at a 20% discount
+
+Resulting in:
+
+- 4 x (8 - 1.60) == 4 x 6.40 == $25.60
+- +4 x (8 - 1.60) == 4 x 6.40 == $25.60
+
+For a total of $51.20
+
+And $51.20 is the price with the biggest discount.
+
+### Submitting Exercises
+
+Note that, when trying to submit an exercise, make sure the solution is in the `exercism/python/<exerciseName>` directory.
+
+For example, if you're submitting `bob.py` for the Bob exercise, the submit command would be something like `exercism submit <path_to_exercism_dir>/python/bob/bob.py`.
+
+
+For more detailed information about running tests, code style and linting,
+please see the [help page](http://exercism.io/languages/python).
+
+## Source
+
+Inspired by the harry potter kata from Cyber-Dojo. [http://cyber-dojo.org](http://cyber-dojo.org)
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.

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+# Bracket Push
+
+Given a string containing brackets `[]`, braces `{}` and parentheses `()`,
+verify that all the pairs are matched and nested correctly.
+
+### Submitting Exercises
+
+Note that, when trying to submit an exercise, make sure the solution is in the `exercism/python/<exerciseName>` directory.
+
+For example, if you're submitting `bob.py` for the Bob exercise, the submit command would be something like `exercism submit <path_to_exercism_dir>/python/bob/bob.py`.
+
+
+For more detailed information about running tests, code style and linting,
+please see the [help page](http://exercism.io/languages/python).
+
+## Source
+
+Ginna Baker
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.

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+# Circular Buffer
+
+A circular buffer, cyclic buffer or ring buffer is a data structure that
+uses a single, fixed-size buffer as if it were connected end-to-end.
+
+A circular buffer first starts empty and of some predefined length. For
+example, this is a 7-element buffer:
+
+    [ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ]
+
+Assume that a 1 is written into the middle of the buffer (exact starting
+location does not matter in a circular buffer):
+
+    [ ][ ][ ][1][ ][ ][ ]
+
+Then assume that two more elements are added — 2 & 3 — which get
+appended after the 1:
+
+    [ ][ ][ ][1][2][3][ ]
+
+If two elements are then removed from the buffer, the oldest values
+inside the buffer are removed. The two elements removed, in this case,
+are 1 & 2, leaving the buffer with just a 3:
+
+    [ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][3][ ]
+
+If the buffer has 7 elements then it is completely full:
+
+    [6][7][8][9][3][4][5]
+
+When the buffer is full an error will be raised, alerting the client
+that further writes are blocked until a slot becomes free.
+
+The client can opt to overwrite the oldest data with a forced write. In
+this case, two more elements — A & B — are added and they overwrite the
+3 & 4:
+
+    [6][7][8][9][A][B][5]
+
+Finally, if two elements are now removed then what would be returned is
+not 3 & 4 but 5 & 6 because A & B overwrote the 3 & the 4 yielding the
+buffer with:
+
+    [ ][7][8][9][A][B][ ]
+
+### Submitting Exercises
+
+Note that, when trying to submit an exercise, make sure the solution is in the `exercism/python/<exerciseName>` directory.
+
+For example, if you're submitting `bob.py` for the Bob exercise, the submit command would be something like `exercism submit <path_to_exercism_dir>/python/bob/bob.py`.
+
+
+For more detailed information about running tests, code style and linting,
+please see the [help page](http://exercism.io/languages/python).
+
+## Source
+
+Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circular_buffer](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circular_buffer)
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.

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+# Clock
+
+Implement a clock that handles times without dates.
+
+You should be able to add and subtract minutes to it.
+
+Two clocks that represent the same time should be equal to each other.
+
+### Submitting Exercises
+
+Note that, when trying to submit an exercise, make sure the solution is in the `exercism/python/<exerciseName>` directory.
+
+For example, if you're submitting `bob.py` for the Bob exercise, the submit command would be something like `exercism submit <path_to_exercism_dir>/python/bob/bob.py`.
+
+
+For more detailed information about running tests, code style and linting,
+please see the [help page](http://exercism.io/languages/python).
+
+## Source
+
+Pairing session with Erin Drummond [https://twitter.com/ebdrummond](https://twitter.com/ebdrummond)
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.

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+# Crypto Square
+
+Implement the classic method for composing secret messages called a square code.
+
+Given an English text, output the encoded version of that text.
+
+First, the input is normalized: the spaces and punctuation are removed
+from the English text and the message is downcased.
+
+Then, the normalized characters are broken into rows.  These rows can be
+regarded as forming a rectangle when printed with intervening newlines.
+
+For example, the sentence
+
+> If man was meant to stay on the ground, god would have given us roots.
+
+is normalized to:
+
+> ifmanwasmeanttostayonthegroundgodwouldhavegivenusroots
+
+The plaintext should be organized in to a rectangle.  The size of the
+rectangle (`r x c`) should be decided by the length of the message,
+such that `c >= r` and `c - r <= 1`, where `c` is the number of columns
+and `r` is the number of rows.
+
+Our normalized text is 54 characters long, dictating a rectangle with
+`c = 8` and `r = 7`:
+
+```plain
+ifmanwas
+meanttos
+tayonthe
+groundgo
+dwouldha
+vegivenu
+sroots
+```
+
+The coded message is obtained by reading down the columns going left to
+right.
+
+The message above is coded as:
+
+```plain
+imtgdvsfearwermayoogoanouuiontnnlvtwttddesaohghnsseoau
+```
+
+Output the encoded text in chunks.  Phrases that fill perfect squares
+`(r X r)` should be output in `r`-length chunks separated by spaces.
+Imperfect squares will have `n` empty spaces.  Those spaces should be distributed evenly across the last `n` rows.
+
+```plain
+imtgdvs fearwer mayoogo anouuio ntnnlvt wttddes aohghn sseoau
+```
+
+Notice that were we to stack these, we could visually decode the
+cyphertext back in to the original message:
+
+```plain
+imtgdvs
+fearwer
+mayoogo
+anouuio
+ntnnlvt
+wttddes
+aohghn
+sseoau
+```
+
+### Submitting Exercises
+
+Note that, when trying to submit an exercise, make sure the solution is in the `exercism/python/<exerciseName>` directory.
+
+For example, if you're submitting `bob.py` for the Bob exercise, the submit command would be something like `exercism submit <path_to_exercism_dir>/python/bob/bob.py`.
+
+
+For more detailed information about running tests, code style and linting,
+please see the [help page](http://exercism.io/languages/python).
+
+## Source
+
+J Dalbey's Programming Practice problems [http://users.csc.calpoly.edu/~jdalbey/103/Projects/ProgrammingPractice.html](http://users.csc.calpoly.edu/~jdalbey/103/Projects/ProgrammingPractice.html)
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.

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+# Diamond
+
+The diamond kata takes as its input a letter, and outputs it in a diamond 
+shape. Given a letter, it prints a diamond starting with 'A', with the 
+supplied letter at the widest point.
+
+## Requirements
+
+* The first row contains one 'A'.
+* The last row contains one 'A'.
+* All rows, except the first and last, have exactly two identical letters.
+* All rows have as many trailing spaces as leading spaces. (This might be 0).
+* The diamond is horizontally symmetric.
+* The diamond is vertically symmetric.
+* The diamond has a square shape (width equals height).
+* The letters form a diamond shape.
+* The top half has the letters in ascending order.
+* The bottom half has the letters in descending order. 
+* The four corners (containing the spaces) are triangles.
+
+## Examples
+
+In the following examples, spaces are indicated by `·` characters.
+
+Diamond for letter 'A':
+
+```plain
+A
+```
+
+Diamond for letter 'C':
+
+```plain
+··A··
+·B·B·
+C···C
+·B·B·
+··A··
+```
+
+Diamond for letter 'E':
+
+```plain
+····A····
+···B·B···
+··C···C··
+·D·····D·
+E·······E
+·D·····D·
+··C···C··
+···B·B···
+····A····
+```
+
+### Submitting Exercises
+
+Note that, when trying to submit an exercise, make sure the solution is in the `exercism/python/<exerciseName>` directory.
+
+For example, if you're submitting `bob.py` for the Bob exercise, the submit command would be something like `exercism submit <path_to_exercism_dir>/python/bob/bob.py`.
+
+
+For more detailed information about running tests, code style and linting,
+please see the [help page](http://exercism.io/languages/python).
+
+## Source
+
+Seb Rose [http://claysnow.co.uk/recycling-tests-in-tdd/](http://claysnow.co.uk/recycling-tests-in-tdd/)
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.

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+# Difference Of Squares
+
+Find the difference between the square of the sum and the sum of the squares of the first N natural numbers.
+
+The square of the sum of the first ten natural numbers is
+(1 + 2 + ... + 10)² = 55² = 3025.
+
+The sum of the squares of the first ten natural numbers is
+1² + 2² + ... + 10² = 385.
+
+Hence the difference between the square of the sum of the first
+ten natural numbers and the sum of the squares of the first ten
+natural numbers is 3025 - 385 = 2640.
+
+### Submitting Exercises
+
+Note that, when trying to submit an exercise, make sure the solution is in the `exercism/python/<exerciseName>` directory.
+
+For example, if you're submitting `bob.py` for the Bob exercise, the submit command would be something like `exercism submit <path_to_exercism_dir>/python/bob/bob.py`.
+
+
+For more detailed information about running tests, code style and linting,
+please see the [help page](http://exercism.io/languages/python).
+
+## Source
+
+Problem 6 at Project Euler [http://projecteuler.net/problem=6](http://projecteuler.net/problem=6)
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.

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+# Etl
+
+We are going to do the `Transform` step of an Extract-Transform-Load.
+
+### ETL
+Extract-Transform-Load (ETL) is a fancy way of saying, "We have some crufty, legacy data over in this system, and now we need it in this shiny new system over here, so
+we're going to migrate this."
+
+(Typically, this is followed by, "We're only going to need to run this
+once." That's then typically followed by much forehead slapping and
+moaning about how stupid we could possibly be.)
+
+### The goal
+We're going to extract some scrabble scores from a legacy system.
+
+The old system stored a list of letters per score:
+
+- 1 point: "A", "E", "I", "O", "U", "L", "N", "R", "S", "T",
+- 2 points: "D", "G",
+- 3 points: "B", "C", "M", "P",
+- 4 points: "F", "H", "V", "W", "Y",
+- 5 points: "K",
+- 8 points: "J", "X",
+- 10 points: "Q", "Z",
+
+The shiny new scrabble system instead stores the score per letter, which
+makes it much faster and easier to calculate the score for a word. It
+also stores the letters in lower-case regardless of the case of the
+input letters:
+
+- "a" is worth 1 point.
+- "b" is worth 3 points.
+- "c" is worth 3 points.
+- "d" is worth 2 points.
+- Etc.
+
+Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to transform the legacy data
+format to the shiny new format.
+
+### Notes
+
+A final note about scoring, Scrabble is played around the world in a
+variety of languages, each with its own unique scoring table. For
+example, an "E" is scored at 2 in the Māori-language version of the
+game while being scored at 4 in the Hawaiian-language version.
+
+### Submitting Exercises
+
+Note that, when trying to submit an exercise, make sure the solution is in the `exercism/python/<exerciseName>` directory.
+
+For example, if you're submitting `bob.py` for the Bob exercise, the submit command would be something like `exercism submit <path_to_exercism_dir>/python/bob/bob.py`.
+
+
+For more detailed information about running tests, code style and linting,
+please see the [help page](http://exercism.io/languages/python).
+
+## Source
+
+The Jumpstart Lab team [http://jumpstartlab.com](http://jumpstartlab.com)
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.

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+# Flatten Array
+
+Take a nested list and return a single flattened list with all values except nil/null.
+
+The challenge is to write a function that accepts an arbitrarily-deep nested list-like structure and returns a flattened structure without any nil/null values.
+ 
+For Example
+
+input: [1,[2,3,null,4],[null],5]
+
+output: [1,2,3,4,5]
+
+
+### Submitting Exercises
+
+Note that, when trying to submit an exercise, make sure the solution is in the `exercism/python/<exerciseName>` directory.
+
+For example, if you're submitting `bob.py` for the Bob exercise, the submit command would be something like `exercism submit <path_to_exercism_dir>/python/bob/bob.py`.
+
+
+For more detailed information about running tests, code style and linting,
+please see the [help page](http://exercism.io/languages/python).
+
+## Source
+
+Interview Question [https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Flatten.html](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Flatten.html)
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.

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+# Gigasecond
+
+Calculate the moment when someone has lived for 10^9 seconds.
+
+A gigasecond is 10^9 (1,000,000,000) seconds.
+
+### Submitting Exercises
+
+Note that, when trying to submit an exercise, make sure the solution is in the `exercism/python/<exerciseName>` directory.
+
+For example, if you're submitting `bob.py` for the Bob exercise, the submit command would be something like `exercism submit <path_to_exercism_dir>/python/bob/bob.py`.
+
+
+For more detailed information about running tests, code style and linting,
+please see the [help page](http://exercism.io/languages/python).
+
+## Source
+
+Chapter 9 in Chris Pine's online Learn to Program tutorial. [http://pine.fm/LearnToProgram/?Chapter=09](http://pine.fm/LearnToProgram/?Chapter=09)
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.

data/tracks/python/exercises/grade-school/README.md

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+# Grade School
+
+Given students' names along with the grade that they are in, create a roster
+for the school.
+
+In the end, you should be able to:
+
+- Add a student's name to the roster for a grade
+  - "Add Jim to grade 2."
+  - "OK."
+- Get a list of all students enrolled in a grade
+  - "Which students are in grade 2?"
+  - "We've only got Jim just now."
+- Get a sorted list of all students in all grades.  Grades should sort
+  as 1, 2, 3, etc., and students within a grade should be sorted
+  alphabetically by name.
+  - "Who all is enrolled in school right now?"
+  - "Grade 1: Anna, Barb, and Charlie. Grade 2: Alex, Peter, and Zoe.
+    Grade 3…"
+
+Note that all our students only have one name.  (It's a small town, what
+do you want?)
+
+
+## For bonus points
+
+Did you get the tests passing and the code clean? If you want to, these
+are some additional things you could try:
+
+- If you're working in a language with mutable data structures and your
+  implementation allows outside code to mutate the school's internal DB
+  directly, see if you can prevent this. Feel free to introduce additional
+  tests.
+
+Then please share your thoughts in a comment on the submission. Did this
+experiment make the code better? Worse? Did you learn anything from it?
+
+### Submitting Exercises
+
+Note that, when trying to submit an exercise, make sure the solution is in the `exercism/python/<exerciseName>` directory.
+
+For example, if you're submitting `bob.py` for the Bob exercise, the submit command would be something like `exercism submit <path_to_exercism_dir>/python/bob/bob.py`.
+
+
+For more detailed information about running tests, code style and linting,
+please see the [help page](http://exercism.io/languages/python).
+
+## Source
+
+A pairing session with Phil Battos at gSchool [http://gschool.it](http://gschool.it)
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.

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+# Grains
+
+Calculate the number of grains of wheat on a chessboard given that the number
+on each square doubles.
+
+There once was a wise servant who saved the life of a prince. The king
+promised to pay whatever the servant could dream up. Knowing that the
+king loved chess, the servant told the king he would like to have grains
+of wheat. One grain on the first square of a chess board. Two grains on
+the next. Four on the third, and so on.
+
+There are 64 squares on a chessboard.
+
+Write code that shows:
+- how many grains were on each square, and
+- the total number of grains
+
+
+## For bonus points
+
+Did you get the tests passing and the code clean? If you want to, these
+are some additional things you could try:
+
+- Optimize for speed.
+- Optimize for readability.
+
+Then please share your thoughts in a comment on the submission. Did this
+experiment make the code better? Worse? Did you learn anything from it?
+
+### Submitting Exercises
+
+Note that, when trying to submit an exercise, make sure the solution is in the `exercism/python/<exerciseName>` directory.
+
+For example, if you're submitting `bob.py` for the Bob exercise, the submit command would be something like `exercism submit <path_to_exercism_dir>/python/bob/bob.py`.
+
+
+For more detailed information about running tests, code style and linting,
+please see the [help page](http://exercism.io/languages/python).
+
+## Source
+
+JavaRanch Cattle Drive, exercise 6 [http://www.javaranch.com/grains.jsp](http://www.javaranch.com/grains.jsp)
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.