1- # Define a function named arithmetic_arranger that takes a list of arithmetic problems and optionally a flag to show answers
1+ # Define a function named arithmetic_arranger with two parameters problems and show_answer = False as default
22def arithmetic_arranger (problems , show_answer = False ):
33 # Check if the number of problems is greater than 5, if so, return an error message
44 if len (problems ) > 5 :
55 return "Error: Too many problems."
66
77 # Create a dictionary to store different lines of arranged problems
88 arranged_problems = {
9- "first_line" : "" , # Store the first line of each problem
10- "second_line" : "" , # Store the second line of each problem
11- "dash_line" : "" , # Store the line containing dashes for formatting
12- "answer_line" : "" # Store the line containing answers (if show_answer is True)
9+ "first_line" : "" , # Store the first line of each problem for example operand1
10+ "second_line" : "" , # Store the second line of each problem for example operator(+,-) + operand2
11+ "dash_line" : "" , # Store the line containing dashes for formatting i.e. -----
12+ "answer_line" : "" # Store the line containing answers (if show_answer is True) i.e. result or answer
1313 }
1414
1515 # Loop through each problem in the list
@@ -32,16 +32,16 @@ def arithmetic_arranger(problems, show_answer=False):
3232 # Calculate the width needed for formatting based on the length of the operands
3333 width = max (len (operand1 ), len (operand2 )) + 2
3434
35- # Build the first line by right-aligning operand1 and appending it with proper spacing
35+ # Build the first line by right-aligning operand1 and appending it with four spacing
3636 arranged_problems ["first_line" ] += operand1 .rjust (width ) + " "
3737
38- # Build the second line by adding the operator, operand2 right-aligned, and proper spacing
38+ # Build the second line by adding the operator operand2 right-aligned, and four spacing
3939 arranged_problems ["second_line" ] += operator + " " + operand2 .rjust (width - 2 ) + " "
4040
4141 # Build the dash line by adding dashes to match the width of the operands
4242 arranged_problems ["dash_line" ] += "-" * width + " "
4343
44- # If show_answer is True, calculate the answer and build the answer line
44+ # If show_answer is True calculate the answer and build the answer line
4545 if show_answer :
4646 if operator == "+" :
4747 answer = str (int (operand1 ) + int (operand2 ))
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ def arithmetic_arranger(problems, show_answer=False):
5454 arranged_output += arranged_problems ["second_line" ].rstrip () + "\n "
5555 arranged_output += arranged_problems ["dash_line" ].rstrip ()
5656
57- # If show_answer is True, append the answer line to the arranged output
57+ # If show_answer is True add the answer line to the arranged output
5858 if show_answer :
5959 arranged_output += "\n " + arranged_problems ["answer_line" ].rstrip ()
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