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| #!/usr/bin/python | |
| ''' | |
| Python-based gift exchange randomizer. | |
| Step through a list of people and, for each member of that list, | |
| select someone else to be a recipient of their gift. That recipient: | |
| A) Must not be themselves (no self-gifting) | |
| B) Must not already have been assigned as a recipient | |
| ''' | |
| from collections import deque | |
| import random | |
| # Participants | |
| people = ['John','Jamie','Avis','Jim','Amy','Scot'] | |
| random.shuffle(people) | |
| receivers = deque(people) | |
| receivers.rotate(len(receivers)-1) | |
| for giver, receiver in zip(people, receivers): | |
| print '%s gives to %s' % (giver, receiver) | |
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