From afce98214cf5e95bd988575f103eac4216e77119 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paulo Custodio <pauloscustodio@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2024 18:23:37 +0100
Subject: Add Python solution to challenge 048

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 challenge-048/paulo-custodio/python/ch-1.py | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
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 create mode 100644 challenge-048/paulo-custodio/python/ch-1.py

(limited to 'challenge-048/paulo-custodio/python/ch-1.py')

diff --git a/challenge-048/paulo-custodio/python/ch-1.py b/challenge-048/paulo-custodio/python/ch-1.py
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+++ b/challenge-048/paulo-custodio/python/ch-1.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+# Challenge 048
+#
+# TASK #1
+# Survivor
+# There are 50 people standing in a circle in position 1 to 50. The person
+# standing at position 1 has a sword. He kills the next person i.e. standing at
+# position 2 and pass on the sword to the immediate next i.e. person standing at
+# position 3. Now the person at position 3 does the same and it goes on until
+# only one survives.
+#
+# Write a script to find out the survivor.
+
+people = [x for x in range(1, 51)]
+p = 0
+while len(people) > 1:
+    if p >= len(people)-1:
+        people = people[1:]
+    else:
+        people = people[0:p+1]+people[p+2:]
+    p += 1
+    if p >= len(people):
+        p = 0
+print(people[0])
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