""" Purpose: implement test 2 modules
"""

def honorable( ) :
    return "yes"

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def btog( b ) :
    result = 42 * b
    return result



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def ulate( items ) :
    total = 0
    for element in items :
        if ( element < 0 ) :
            total = total + element
        else :
            total = total - element
    return total


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def cmp( items ) :
    pos = 0
    zeroes = 0
    negs = 0
    for element in items :
        if ( element > 0 ) :
            pos = pos + 1
        elif ( element < 0 ) :
            negs = negs + 1
        else :
            zeroes = zeroes + 1
    result = [ negs, zeroes, pos ]
    return result

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def build( items ) :
    d = {}
    for element in items :
        v = items.count( element )
        d[ element ] = v
    return d

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def skew( p ) :
    r, g, b = p
    if ( r == max( p ) ) :
        return ( r, 0, 0 )
    elif ( g == max( p ) ) :
        return ( 0, g, 0 )
    else :
        return ( 0, 0, b )

# alternate - incorrect
def skew2( p ) :
    if ( r > g and r > b ) : # this ignores possible ties, so it is incorrect. must account for r == g or r == b
        return ( r, 0, 0)
    elif ( g > b ) :
        return ( 0, g, 0 )
    else :
        return ( 0, 0, b )

# alternate - correct
def skew3( p ) :
    if ( r >= g and r >= b ) :
        return ( r, 0, 0)
    elif ( g >= b ) :
        return ( 0, g, 0 )
    else :
        return ( 0, 0, b )
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def tract( s1, s2 ) :
    result = ""
    for ch in s1 :
        if ( ch in result ) :
            pass
        elif ( ch not in s2 ) : # note that the elif is needed to ensure that this block of code is not entered if the
                                # previous condition was met ( ch in result )
            result = result + ch
    return result