Question

Making a Secret Santa

I need a Python program that does the following:

1 - You can input the amount of people being entered into the Secret Santa

2 - Person1 does not get Person2, and vis versa.

3 - Person3 does not get Person4, and vis versa.

4 - Person5 does not get Person6, and vis versa.

5 - Person7 does not get Person8, and vis versa.

6 - When the random selection with the above conditions are complete, the program then exports a text file for every Person with the Person they are selected to buy a gift for.

7 - Each Person's file is titled (Their name).

Answer 1

import copy

from random import randint

def secret_santa(names):

my_list = names

choose = copy.copy(my_list)

result = []

for i in names:

names = copy.copy(my_list)

fi = open(i + ".txt", "w+")

names.pop(names.index(i))

index=randint(0,len(choose)-1)

while(index == my_list.index(i) or index == (my_list.index(i) + 1) or index == (my_list.index(i) - 1)):

index=randint(0,len(choose)-1)

chosen = choose[index]

fi.write(chosen)

result.append((i,chosen))

choose.pop(choose.index(chosen))

fi.flush()

fi.close()

return result

def main():

names = ['Person 1','Person 2','Person 3','Person 4', 'Person 5','Person 6','Person 7','Person 8']

res = secret_santa(names)

for i in range (0, len(res)):

print (res[i])

main()

************************************************************** SCREENSHOT *********************************************************

Files : main.py saved 1 import copy from random import randint main.py - Person 1.txt Python 3.7.4 (default, Jul 9 2019, 00:06:43) [GCC_6.3.0 20170516] on linux ('Person 1', 'Person 8') ('Person 2', 'Person 7'). ('Person 3', 'Person 1') ('Person 4', 'Person 3') ('Person 5', 'Person 4') ('Person 6', 'Person 2'). ('Person 7', 'Person 5') ('Person 8', 'Person 6') Person 2.txt Person 3.txt def secret_santa (names): my_list = names choose = copy.copy (my_list) result = [] for i in names: names = copy.copy (my_list) fi = open(i + ".txt", "w+") names.pop(names.index(i)) index=randint(0, len(choose)-1) - Person 4.txt - Person 5.txt - Person 6.txt Person 7.txt while(index == my_list.index(i) or index == (my_list.index(i) + 1) or index == (my_list.index(i) - 1)): index=randint(0, len(choose)-1) - Person 8.txt chosen = choose[index] fi.write(chosen) result.append((i, chosen)) choose.pop (choose.index(chosen)) fi.flush() fi.close() return result def main():