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- # Define a function named arithmetic_arranger that takes a list of arithmetic problems and optionally a flag to show answers
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+ # Define a function named arithmetic_arranger with two parameters problems and show_answer = False as default
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def arithmetic_arranger (problems , show_answer = False ):
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# Check if the number of problems is greater than 5, if so, return an error message
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if len (problems ) > 5 :
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return "Error: Too many problems."
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# Create a dictionary to store different lines of arranged problems
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arranged_problems = {
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- "first_line" : "" , # Store the first line of each problem
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- "second_line" : "" , # Store the second line of each problem
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- "dash_line" : "" , # Store the line containing dashes for formatting
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- "answer_line" : "" # Store the line containing answers (if show_answer is True)
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+ "first_line" : "" , # Store the first line of each problem for example operand1
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+ "second_line" : "" , # Store the second line of each problem for example operator(+,-) + operand2
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+ "dash_line" : "" , # Store the line containing dashes for formatting i.e. -----
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+ "answer_line" : "" # Store the line containing answers (if show_answer is True) i.e. result or answer
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}
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# Loop through each problem in the list
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# Calculate the width needed for formatting based on the length of the operands
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width = max (len (operand1 ), len (operand2 )) + 2
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- # Build the first line by right-aligning operand1 and appending it with proper spacing
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+ # Build the first line by right-aligning operand1 and appending it with four spacing
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arranged_problems ["first_line" ] += operand1 .rjust (width ) + " "
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- # Build the second line by adding the operator, operand2 right-aligned, and proper spacing
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+ # Build the second line by adding the operator operand2 right-aligned, and four spacing
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arranged_problems ["second_line" ] += operator + " " + operand2 .rjust (width - 2 ) + " "
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# Build the dash line by adding dashes to match the width of the operands
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arranged_problems ["dash_line" ] += "-" * width + " "
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- # If show_answer is True, calculate the answer and build the answer line
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+ # If show_answer is True calculate the answer and build the answer line
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if show_answer :
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if operator == "+" :
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answer = str (int (operand1 ) + int (operand2 ))
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arranged_output += arranged_problems ["second_line" ].rstrip () + "\n "
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arranged_output += arranged_problems ["dash_line" ].rstrip ()
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- # If show_answer is True, append the answer line to the arranged output
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+ # If show_answer is True add the answer line to the arranged output
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if show_answer :
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arranged_output += "\n " + arranged_problems ["answer_line" ].rstrip ()
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