a python script for randomly dividing up players into teams

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README.adoc

GameNight

a python script for randomly dividing up players into teams

Pre-requisites

• python3

Installation & Setup

Note: It is recommended you run the following in a virtual environment.

Clone the project:

git clone https://gist.github.com/fca80881301c0d42bd8221c7c328d430.git gamenight
cd gamenight

Install requirements:

pip3 install -r requirements.txt

CLI Usage

Modify config.yaml, such that all participating players are listed under players as list elements. Likewise, team names, and their respective team sizes, should be listed under teams as key-value pairs.

Note: players and/or team names can be (un)commented out as needed.

Once config.yaml has been configured, run the following in terminal:

python3 gamenight.py

LICENSE

Use of this software is granted under the terms of the MIT License.

See the LICENSE for the full license text.

config.yaml

players:
  # list of all players to be randomly placed into teams
  - eli
  - roxana
  - josh
  - sean
  - juan
  - jay
  - liz
  - christy
  # - tim

teams: 
  # key-value pairs of team names and their respective team sizes
  Mystic: 5
  Valor: 2
  Instinct: 1

gamenight.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
from random import seed, shuffle
from yaml import dump, unsafe_load

seed()


def generate_teams(filename: str = "config.yaml") -> dict:
    with open(filename, "r") as f:
        config = dict(unsafe_load(f.read()))
    players = config["players"]
    shuffle(players)
    teams = config["teams"]
    buffer = dict()
    for team in list(teams.keys()):
        buffer[team] = list()
        while True:
            try:
                buffer[team].append(players.pop())
                if len(buffer[team]) >= teams[team]:
                    break
            except:
                pass
    return buffer


if __name__ == "__main__":
    print(dump(generate_teams(), default_flow_style=False))

LICENSE

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2019 gamenight.py

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
SOFTWARE.

requirements.txt

pyyaml