char_test.py

gistfile1.txt

def char_test(sample):
    
    # Call function to see if there are two numbers that add to 10 in the text string
    success = sum_finder(sample)
    
    # Check to see if success (the return is empty or not)
    if not success:
        print("False")
        
    else:
        # These are the two numbers that add to 10
        s1 = str(success[0])
        s2 = str(success[1])
        #  print(s1,s2)

        # Split the text to a list of char
        sample_as_list = split(sample)

        # Get indices of the two numbers, make sure they are ints
        index1 = int(sample_as_list.index(s1))
        index2 = int(sample_as_list.index(s2))

        # slice of sample_as_list using the 2 indices
        sub_sample = sample_as_list[index1:index2]

        # counter of question marks
        qm_counter = 0

        # Count the question marks in the list slice
        for char in sub_sample:
            if char == "?":
                qm_counter +=1
            else:
                pass
        
        # Check to see if there are 3 or more question marks between the two numbers
        if qm_counter == 3:
            print("True")
        else:
            print("False")