Airbnb HackerRank Challenge - Pagination

pagination.py

'''
Jon Abdulloev

'''

def paginate(num, results):
    outputResults = sortDecreasing(results)
    outputResults, paddingList = makeUnique(outputResults)

    remaining = len(outputResults)%num
    for i in range(remaining):
        outputResults.append(paddingList[i])

    while num < len(outputResults):
        outputResults.insert(num, '')
        num += (num+1)

    print(outputResults)

def getScore(itemString):
    listOfIndividuals = itemString.split(',')
    return listOfIndividuals[2]

def getHost(itemString):
    listOfIndividuals = itemString.split(',')
    return listOfIndividuals[0]

def notIn(string, outputResults):
    stringOneList = string.split(',')
    for strings in outputResults:
        stringTwoList = strings.split(',')
        if stringOneList[0] == stringTwoList[0]:
            return True
        else:
            return False

def makeUnique(results):
    outputResults = []
    paddingList = []
    i = 0
    while i < (len(results)-1):
        if getHost(results[i]) != getHost(results[i+1]):
            outputResults.append(results[i])
        else:
            if notIn(results[i], outputResults):
                outputResults.append(results[i])
            paddingList.append(results[i+1])
        i+=1
    if getHost(results[len(results)-1]) != getHost(results[len(results)-2]):
        outputResults.append(results[len(results)-1])
    return outputResults, paddingList


def sortDecreasing(outputResults):
    outputResultsList = []
    listOfTuples = []
    for item in outputResults:
        tupleItem = (int(getHost(item)), item)
        listOfTuples.append(tupleItem)

    tuples = sorted(listOfTuples, reverse=True)

    for i in tuples:
        outputResultsList.append(i[1])

    return outputResultsList




if __name__ == "__main__":
    num = 2
    results = [
        "2, a, 300.6, SF",
        "5, b, 200.1, SF",
        "5, c, 900, SF",
        "3, e, 100.4, SF",
        "7, f, 923.2, SF",
        "9, g, 234.1, SF",
        "7, h, 201.3, SF",
        "7, j, 231.3, SF",
        "8, v, 22.2, SF",
        "8, v, 22.3, SF",
        "8, v, 27.3, SF",
    ]

    paginate(num, results)