Monty Python Mystery Cache
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No, of course it isn't at the above co-ordinates! Is it ever? But they're quite a good place to park.
The cache is close to the canal, so the usual warning about discouraging kids from falling in applies.
I recently changed jobs, so I had to clear out my desk. Which turned up the usual collection of rubbish, fifteen-year-old paperwork, carefully-worded performance reviews and, of course, the occasional abandoned programming project .....
# Monty isn't 3 yet, he's only 2.7!
import random;
#Meaning of life ... oops, different comedy!
random.seed(42);
lucky=7;
class Geocache:
def __init__(self,coords,hint):
self.coords=coords;
self.hint=hint;
def __str__(self):
return(self.coords+" "+self.hint);
def set_hint(self,hint):
self.hint=hint;
def get_hint(self):
return self.hint;
# We want ..... a shrubbery!
cache_list=[];
cache_list.append(Geocache("N 52 23.255 W 001 43.350","Slopey, ivy"));
cache_list.append(Geocache("N 52 23.317 W 001 43.369","MTT"));
cache_list.append(Geocache("N 52 23.356 W 001 43.396","Base of fallen tree"));
cache_list.append(Geocache("N 52 23.396 W 001 43.430","Large ICT"));
cache_list.append(Geocache("N 52 23.459 W 001 43.491","Post"));
cache_list.append(Geocache("N 52 23.502 W 001 43.538","'34'"));
cache_list.append(Geocache("N 52 23.554 W 001 43.587","Hanging by metal fence"));
# Pick a cache .... any cache ...
n=random.randint(0,len(cache_list));
#It's your lucky day!
n=((n*9)//10 + (n*9)%10 - lucky);
cache_list[n].set_hint(cache_list[n].get_hint()+"<<THIS ONE!");
# Harry,
# When you get back from lunch, can you add something to print the contents
# of cache_list, please?
# - The Boss
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# PS: I don't want to know what you get up to in the lunch break, but please
# DON'T come to this afternoon's meeting with bits of tree in your hair. Again.
Additional Hints
(No hints available.)