Functions Example

#  Functions example
#  by Colin

#  Houses - Sopley, Ibsley, Hurn, Holmsley, Beaulieu

"""
The function count_points() counts how many points have been earned by pupils in College.  The name of the house is passed as a string parameter and the number of points earned is returned as an integer

Write code using the function count_points() to find the number of points awarded to pupils in Hurn and assign this value to a variable with identifier hurn_points

"""

"""

def function_name(parameter):
    #do stuff with the parameter
    return

def double(anumber):
    return anumber*2

print(double(5))

"""
#  Functions example
#  by Colin

#  Houses - Sopley, Ibsley, Hurn, Holmsley, Beaulieu

"""
# Here we go!

import random

houses =  ["Sopley", "Ibsley", "Hurn", "Holmsley", "Beaulieu"]

points_awarded =[] # empty list

for i in range(100):
    points_awarded.append(random.choice(houses))


def count_points(house):
    points_count = points_awarded.count(house)
    return points_count

hurn_points = count_points("Sopley")

print (hurn_points)

"""
Exam only needs this line

hurn_points = count_points("Hurn")

"""

"""
Looking for a bit more fun?

Can you change the function to print out a count of all the houses and points?
Output to look like this

Hurn     20
Sopley   20
Ibsley   20
Holmsley 20
Beaulieu 20

Total   100

"""
Feedback please to Mr Benson or me!
"""
#  my first stab at the extension
def count_points(house):
    if house == "All":
        print ("Hurn      ", points_awarded.count("Hurn"))
        print ("Ibsley    ", points_awarded.count("Ibsley"))
        print ("Beaulieu  ", points_awarded.count("Beaulieu"))
        print ("Sopley    ", points_awarded.count("Sopley"))
        print ("Holmsley  ", points_awarded.count("Holmsley"))
        print ("Total    ",len(points_awarded))
    else:
        points_count = points_awarded.count(house)
        return points_count

hurn_points = count_points("All")

Please talk to me if you have a go at this, I think there are some things wrong, but the gist is there!
Colin