Question

Using the function you wrote in part 3a (refer to the bottom), write another function that, given the number of days in the month, and the day that the month starts on, the number of days that Inky Blinky Pinky and Clyde will get to play pinball in that month.

The function provided will increment the day of the week to the next correct day.

Function written in 3a):

def pinball(dayOfWeek, dayOfMonth) :
if dayOfMonth % 4 ==0:
return "Pinky"
if dayOfWeek == "Sunday":
return "Blinky"
elif dayOfWeek == "Monday":
return "Blinky"
elif dayOfWeek == "Tuesday":
return "Inky"
elif dayOfWeek == "Thursday":
return "Inky"
else:
return "Clyde"

function provided:

def incDay(day) :
if (day == "Sunday") :
return "Monday"
elif (day == "Monday") :
return "Tuesday"
elif (day == "Tuesday") :
return "Wednesday"
elif (day == "Wednesday") :
return "Thursday"
elif (day == "Thursday") :
return "Friday"
elif (day == "Friday") :
return "Saturday"
elif (day == "Saturday") :
return "Sunday"

function to create:

def playCount(startingDay, daysInMonth) :
# your code here

Answer 1

# Function written in 3a):

def pinball(dayOfWeek, dayOfMonth) :
   if dayOfMonth % 4 ==0:
       return "Pinky"
   if dayOfWeek == "Sunday":
       return "Blinky"
   elif dayOfWeek == "Monday":
       return "Blinky"
   elif dayOfWeek == "Tuesday":
       return "Inky"
   elif dayOfWeek == "Thursday":
       return "Inky"
   else:
       return "Clyde"

# function provided:

def incDay(day) :
   if (day == "Sunday") :
       return "Monday"
   elif (day == "Monday") :
       return "Tuesday"
   elif (day == "Tuesday") :
       return "Wednesday"
   elif (day == "Wednesday") :
       return "Thursday"
   elif (day == "Thursday") :
       return "Friday"
   elif (day == "Friday") :
       return "Saturday"
   elif (day == "Saturday") :
       return "Sunday"

# function to create:

def playCount(startingDay, daysInMonth) :
   # your code here
  
   Num_of_days = {"Pinky":0, "Blinky":0, "Inky":0, "Clyde": 0}
   day = startingDay
   for i in range(daysInMonth):
       Num_of_days[pinball(day,i)] += 1
       day = incDay(day)

   return Num_of_days

print("startingDay is Sunday and daysInMonth = 31")
print(playCount("Sunday",31))

print("startingDay is Tuesday and daysInMonth = 28")
print(playCount("Tuesday",28))

#############OUTPUT##################

startingDay is Sunday and daysInMonth = 31
{'Pinky': 8, 'Blinky': 7, 'Clyde': 9, 'Inky': 7}
startingDay is Tuesday and daysInMonth = 28
{'Pinky': 7, 'Blinky': 6, 'Clyde': 9, 'Inky': 6}