Kattis Solution

Python 3 scaffolding for solving Kattis problems.

Prep

• Install VS Code
• Install VS Code Extensions:
  • Python
  • Python Test Explorer for Visual Studio Code
• Clone this repo
• Install python packages from requirements.txt
• Log in to Open Kattis
• Download your personal configuration file to your home path.

Init

From Scripts directory, run

.\init.ps1 [POBLEM_NAME]

This should create a Python directory next to where you cloned the scaffolding repo, download sample test files for your problem and open VS Code instance ready for you to start working on your solution.

Solving

Solutions should go in Solution.py file.

Unit tests

For unit tests to work all output needs to be written to out

def solve(self, in_file_stream, out=sys.stdout):
  out.write('expected output')

Submitting

Be sure to uncomment this line:

Solution().solve(sys.stdin, sys.stdout)

Run submit.bat.

IDEs

Scaffolding is set to work with Visual Studio Code, but if you prefer to use PyCharm you can by commenting line 32 and uncommenting line 31 in projectSetup.ps1.

31. #Start-Process Pycharm $workingDir.ToString()
32. Start-Process code $workingDir.ToString() -NoNewWindow