31. Test for Valid Inputs
Test for Valid Inputs
Question:
Start Quiz:
# Credit goes to Websten from forums
#
# Program defensively:
#
# What do you do if your input is invalid? For example what should
# happen when date 1 is not before date 2?
#
# Add an assertion to the code for daysBetweenDates to give
# an assertion failure when the inputs are invalid. This should
# occur when the first date is not before the second date.
#
def nextDay(year, month, day):
"""Simple version: assume every month has 30 days"""
if day < 30:
return year, month, day + 1
else:
if month == 12:
return year + 1, 1, 1
else:
return year, month + 1, 1
def dateIsBefore(year1, month1, day1, year2, month2, day2):
"""Returns True if year1-month1-day1 is before
year2-month2-day2. Otherwise, returns False."""
if year1 < year2:
return True
if year1 == year2:
if month1 < month2:
return True
if month1 == month2:
return day1 < day2
return False
def daysBetweenDates(year1, month1, day1, year2, month2, day2):
"""Returns the number of days between year1/month1/day1
and year2/month2/day2. Assumes inputs are valid dates
in Gregorian calendar."""
# program defensively! Add an assertion if the input is not valid!
days = 0
while dateIsBefore(year1, month1, day1, year2, month2, day2):
year1, month1, day1 = nextDay(year1, month1, day1)
days += 1
return days
def test():
test_cases = [((2012,9,30,2012,10,30),30),
((2012,1,1,2013,1,1),360),
((2012,9,1,2012,9,4),3),
((2013,1,1,1999,12,31), "AssertionError")]
for (args, answer) in test_cases:
try:
result = daysBetweenDates(*args)
if result == answer and answer != "AssertionError":
print "Test case passed!"
else:
print "Test with data:", args, "failed"
except AssertionError:
if answer == "AssertionError":
print "Nice job! Test case {0} correctly raises AssertionError!\n".format(args)
else:
print "Check your work! Test case {0} should not raise AssertionError!\n".format(args)
test()
User's Answer:
(Note: The answer done by the user is not guaranteed to be correct)
# Credit goes to Websten from forums
#
# Program defensively:
#
# What do you do if your input is invalid? For example what should
# happen when date 1 is not before date 2?
#
# Add an assertion to the code for daysBetweenDates to give
# an assertion failure when the inputs are invalid. This should
# occur when the first date is not before the second date.
#
def nextDay(year, month, day):
"""Simple version: assume every month has 30 days"""
if day < 30:
return year, month, day + 1
else:
if month == 12:
return year + 1, 1, 1
else:
return year, month + 1, 1
def dateIsBefore(year1, month1, day1, year2, month2, day2):
"""Returns True if year1-month1-day1 is before
year2-month2-day2. Otherwise, returns False."""
if year1 < year2:
return True
if year1 == year2:
if month1 < month2:
return True
if month1 == month2:
return day1 < day2
return False
def daysBetweenDates(year1, month1, day1, year2, month2, day2):
"""Returns the number of days between year1/month1/day1
and year2/month2/day2. Assumes inputs are valid dates
in Gregorian calendar."""
# program defensively! Add an assertion if the input is not valid!
assert dateIsBefore(year1, month1, day1, year2, month2, day2)
days = 0
while dateIsBefore(year1, month1, day1, year2, month2, day2):
year1, month1, day1 = nextDay(year1, month1, day1)
days += 1
return days
def test():
test_cases = [((2012,9,30,2012,10,30),30),
((2012,1,1,2013,1,1),360),
((2012,9,1,2012,9,4),3),
((2013,1,1,1999,12,31), "AssertionError")]
for (args, answer) in test_cases:
try:
result = daysBetweenDates(*args)
if result != answer:
print "Test with data:", args, "failed"
else:
print "Test case passed!"
except AssertionError:
if answer == "AssertionError":
print "Nice job! Test case {0} correctly raises AssertionError!\n".format(args)
else:
print "Check your work! Test case {0} should not raise AssertionError!\n".format(args)
test()