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| """ This proves that there was no money under the table. """ | |
| import random | |
| import sys | |
| from collections import Counter | |
| def main(): | |
| """ Pick one of the sys args """ | |
| assert len(sys.argv) > 1 | |
| names = sys.argv[1:] | |
| scores = Counter() | |
| # because doing random.choice() once is just boring | |
| for i in range(100): | |
| name = random.choice(names) | |
| scores[name] += 1 | |
| scores = [(name, val) for name, val in scores.iteritems()] | |
| scores.sort(key=lambda x: x[1], reverse=True) | |
| for name, score in scores: | |
| print name, score | |
| if __name__ == "__main__": | |
| main() |
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