Installation

1. Unzip file.
2. Change to unzipped folder.
3. Type pip install -r requirements.txt.
4. Type python main.py input.dat or python main.py input.dat -m A for mode A
5. Type python main.py input.dat -m B for mode B.

Sample Runs

[~/prg/mcg]$ python ./main.py --help usage: main.py [-h] [-m MODE] input-file

Given an INPUT_FILE of navigation commands and a NAVIGATION_MODE,

for each command, print to standard output a single line consisting of a space-delimited list of floors followed by the total distance in floors that the elevator travels, in parenthesis "(" and ")". The lists of floors begins with the initial floor location followed by the visited floors in the order that the elevator visits them.

positional arguments: input-file None

optional arguments: -h, --help show this help message and exit -m MODE, --mode MODE A [/prg/mcg]$ python ./main.py input.dat -m A 10 8 1 (9) 9 1 5 1 6 1 5 (30) 2 4 1 4 2 6 8 (16) 3 7 9 3 7 5 8 7 11 11 1 (36) 7 11 6 10 5 6 8 7 4 12 7 8 9 (40) 6 1 8 6 8 (16) [/prg/mcg]$ python ./main.py input.dat -m B 10 8 1 (9) 9 1 5 6 (13) 2 4 2 1 6 8 (12) 3 5 7 8 9 11 1 (18) 7 11 10 6 5 6 8 12 7 4 8 9 (30) 6 1 6 8 (12) [~/prg/mcg]$