#!/usr/bin/env python ''' --------------------------------------------- AUTHOR: Robert DiCicco DATE : 09-26-2023 Challenge 236 Task 02 Array Loops ( Python ) --------------------------------------------- ''' myints = [ [4,6,3,8,15,0,13,18,7,16,14,19,17,5,11,1,12,2,9,10], [0,1,13,7,6,8,10,11,2,14,16,4,12,9,17,5,3,18,15,1], [9,8,3,11,5,7,13,19,12,4,14,10,18,2,16,1,0,15,6,17] ] seen = [] lps = 0 def WalkLoop(m,s): global lps outloop = [] start = m[s] v = m[start] if v == start: seen.append(s) outloop.append(s) ol = len(outloop) if ol == 1: print(f"\tLoop: {outloop}") lps += 1 return else: seen.append(start) outloop.append(start) seen.append(v) outloop.append(v) while 1: v = m[v] if v in seen: break if v == start: break else: seen.append(v) outloop.append(v) ol = len(outloop) if ol > 2 or ol == 1: print(f"\tLoop: {outloop}") lps += 1 for mints in myints: print(f"Input: @ints = {mints}") seen = [] lps = 0 cnt = 0 while cnt < 20: WalkLoop(mints, cnt) cnt += 1 print(f"\n\tOutput: {lps}") print("----------------------------------------------------") ''' ---------------------------------------------------- SAMPLE OUTPUT python .\ArrayLoops.py Input: @ints = [4, 6, 3, 8, 15, 0, 13, 18, 7, 16, 14, 19, 17, 5, 11, 1, 12, 2, 9, 10] Loop: [4, 15, 1, 6, 13, 5, 0] Loop: [3, 8, 7, 18, 9, 16, 12, 17, 2] Loop: [14, 11, 19, 10] Output: 3 ---------------------------------------------------- Input: @ints = [0, 1, 13, 7, 6, 8, 10, 11, 2, 14, 16, 4, 12, 9, 17, 5, 3, 18, 15, 1] Loop: [0] Loop: [1] Loop: [13, 9, 14, 17, 18, 15, 5, 8, 2] Loop: [7, 11, 4, 6, 10, 16, 3] Loop: [12] Loop: [19] Output: 6 ---------------------------------------------------- Input: @ints = [9, 8, 3, 11, 5, 7, 13, 19, 12, 4, 14, 10, 18, 2, 16, 1, 0, 15, 6, 17] Loop: [9, 4, 5, 7, 19, 17, 15, 1, 8, 12, 18, 6, 13, 2, 3, 11, 10, 14, 16, 0] Output: 1 ---------------------------------------------------- '''