reordered files to support more languagues than just rust, also added a

few python challenges

python/dice.rolls

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+5d12
+6d4
+1d2
+1d8
+3d6
+4d20
+100d100

python/dice_roller.py

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+from random import randint
+
+def roll(number, sides):
+    """
+    roll a number of virtual dice with a given number of sides
+    """
+    res = 0
+    throws = []
+    for die in range(number):
+        throws.append(randint(1, sides))
+        res += throws[-1]
+    print(res, ":", *throws)
+    return res
+
+def parselist(path):
+    """
+    parse a list containing dice rolls (one per line) a la
+    5d12
+    6d4
+    1d2
+    1d8
+    3d6
+    4d20
+    100d100
+    """
+    roll_call = []
+    with open(path, 'r') as rolls:
+        for line in rolls:
+            line = line.strip()
+            roll_call.append(line.split('d'))
+
+    return roll_call
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    pali = parselist('dice.rolls')
+    print(pali)
+    for to_roll in pali:
+        n, s = to_roll
+        print("Rolling", n + "d" + s)
+        print("Result:", roll(int(n), int(s)), '\n')
+
+    # interactive mode
+    x = 0
+    while x != 'x':
+        x = input("please input what you want to throw as 'NdM', or 'x' to quit\n")
+        if len(x.split('d')) == 2:
+                n, m = x.split('d')
+                roll(int(n), int(m))
+
+

python/easy_word_funnel.py

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+def funnel_naive(string1, string2):
+    """
+    detect if the second string can be made from the first by removing one letter
+    """
+    if len(string1) - len(string2) != 1:
+        return False
+    if string2 in string1:
+        return True
+    miss = 0
+    for i, letter2 in enumerate(string2):
+        if letter2 != string1[i]:
+            if miss > 1:
+                return False
+            miss += 1
+            if letter2 == string1[i + 1]:
+                i += 1
+            else:
+                return False
+        
+    return True
+
+funnel = lambda word, other: other in [w[:i] + w[i+1:] for i, w in enumerate([word] * len(word))]
+
+print(funnel_naive("leave", "leav"))
+print(funnel("leave", "eave"))
+print(funnel("reset", "rest"))
+print(funnel("dragoon", "dragon"))
+print(funnel("eave", "leave"))
+print(funnel("sleet", "lets"))
+print(funnel("skiff", "ski"))
+