**Collinearity** means that three or more points lie on a single straight line. In other words, if you can draw a straight line that passes through all the given points without changing direction, those points are collinear.

Definition


import unittest
import user_code
import ast
import re   
import importlib
import csv
import unittest
import importlib

class TestTask(unittest.TestCase):
    def test_true_collinear_diagonal(self):
        import user_code
        importlib.reload(user_code)
        result = user_code.are_collinear((0, 0), (1, 1), (2, 2))
        _dynamic_test(
            self,
            result is True,
            "Correctly returns True for diagonal collinear points.",
            f"Expected True for (0,0), (1,1), (2,2), got {result}.",
        )

    def test_false_non_collinear(self):
        import user_code
        importlib.reload(user_code)
        result = user_code.are_collinear((0, 0), (1, 2), (2, 1))
        _dynamic_test(
            self,
            result is False,
            "Correctly returns False for non-collinear points.",
            f"Expected False for (0,0), (1,2), (2,1), got {result}.",
        )

    def test_true_horizontal(self):
        import user_code
        importlib.reload(user_code)
        result = user_code.are_collinear((1, 5), (3, 5), (100, 5))
        _dynamic_test(
            self,
            result is True,
            "Correctly returns True for horizontal collinear points.",
            f"Expected True for (1,5), (3,5), (100,5), got {result}.",
        )

    def test_true_vertical(self):
        import user_code
        importlib.reload(user_code)
        result = user_code.are_collinear((2, -3), (2, 0), (2, 99))
        _dynamic_test(
            self,
            result is True,
            "Correctly returns True for vertical collinear points.",
            f"Expected True for (2,-3), (2,0), (2,99), got {result}.",
        )

    def test_true_negative_coords(self):
        import user_code
        importlib.reload(user_code)
        result = user_code.are_collinear((-1, -2), (-2, -4), (-3, -6))
        _dynamic_test(
            self,
            result is True,
            "Correctly returns True for negative collinear points.",
            f"Expected True for (-1,-2), (-2,-4), (-3,-6), got {result}.",
        )

    def test_false_mixed_coords(self):
        import user_code
        importlib.reload(user_code)
        result = user_code.are_collinear((-2, 1), (0, 0), (1, 2))
        _dynamic_test(
            self,
            result is False,
            "Correctly returns False for mixed coordinate non-collinear points.",
            f"Expected False for (-2,1), (0,0), (1,2), got {result}.",
        )

    def test_true_all_same_point(self):
        import user_code
        importlib.reload(user_code)
        result = user_code.are_collinear((5, 5), (5, 5), (5, 5))
        _dynamic_test(
            self,
            result is True,
            "Correctly returns True when all points are identical.",
            f"Expected True for (5,5), (5,5), (5,5), got {result}.",
        )

def _dynamic_test(test_case, condition, success_message, failure_message):
    if condition:
        test_case._testMethodName = success_message
        test_case.assertTrue(True, success_message)
    else:
        test_case._testMethodName = failure_message
        test_case.fail(failure_message)

def normalize_text(text):
    text = text.lower()
    text = re.sub(r"\\s{2,}", " ", text)
    text = re.sub(r"\\s*([,:?])\\s*", r"\\1 ", text)
    return text.strip()

def change_var(code: str, var_name: str, value: str) -> str:
    tree = ast.parse(code)
    lines = code.splitlines()
    changed = False
    # Collect all assignment nodes to modify
    assign_nodes = [
        (i, node)
        for i, node in enumerate(tree.body)
        if isinstance(node, ast.Assign)
        and any(isinstance(target, ast.Name) and target.id == var_name for target in node.targets)
    ]

    # If nothing to change, return unmodified code
    if not assign_nodes:
        return code

    # Perform replacements for all matching assignments (from last to first to not break line offsets)
    for i, node in reversed(assign_nodes):
        start_line = node.lineno - 1
        line = lines[start_line]
        indent = ' ' * (len(line) - len(line.lstrip()))
        lines[start_line] = f"{indent}{var_name} = {value}"
        next_line = len(lines)
        for next_node in tree.body[i+1:]:
            if hasattr(next_node, 'lineno'):
                next_line = next_node.lineno - 1
                break
        if next_line > start_line + 1:
            lines[start_line+1:next_line] = []
        changed = True

    return '\\n'.join(lines) if changed else code

if __name__ == "__main__":
    unittest.main()


test_main.py

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Challenge: Collinearity of Points

Solution