Teachers often need to keep track of student names. In this challenge, you'll create a **Python list** to store student names and practice **adding/removing students**.


import unittest
import user_code
import ast
import re   
import importlib
import csv
import unittest
import importlib
import io
from contextlib import redirect_stdout

class TestTask(unittest.TestCase):
    def test_initial_list_length(self):
        import user_code
        importlib.reload(user_code)
        student_roster = getattr(user_code, 'student_roster', None)
        _dynamic_test(
            self,
            isinstance(student_roster, list) and len(student_roster) >= 5,
            "student_roster contains at least five names initially.",
            f"student_roster should have at least five names, got: {student_roster}"
        )

    def test_addition_increases_length(self):
        code = ""
        with open("user_code.py", "r") as f:
            code = f.read()
        # Remove the add/remove lines to simulate before addition
        code_before_add = code.split("# Add a new student to the list")[0] + "# Add a new student to the list\\n" + code.split("# Remove one student from the list")[1]
        ns = {}
        exec(code_before_add, ns)
        initial_len = len(ns['student_roster'])
        # Now execute after addition
        ns2 = {}
        exec(code, ns2)
        after_add_len = len(ns2['student_roster'])
        # The remove happens after add, so we check final_list +1
        _dynamic_test(
            self,
            after_add_len + 1 >= initial_len,
            "After adding and removing, list has one less or equal than after add.",
            f"Expected at least {initial_len-1} after add and remove, got {after_add_len}"
        )

    def test_removal_decreases_length(self):
        # Check that after add and remove, length is the same as original
        import user_code
        importlib.reload(user_code)
        student_roster = getattr(user_code, 'student_roster', None)
        final_list = getattr(user_code, 'final_list', None)
        _dynamic_test(
            self,
            isinstance(student_roster, list) and isinstance(final_list, list),
            "student_roster and final_list must be lists.",
            f"student_roster: {student_roster}, final_list: {final_list}"
        )
        _dynamic_test(
            self,
            len(final_list) == len(student_roster),
            "final_list matches student_roster after operations.",
            f"final_list: {final_list}, student_roster: {student_roster}"
        )

    def test_final_list_correct(self):
        import user_code
        importlib.reload(user_code)
        final_list = getattr(user_code, 'final_list', None)
        _dynamic_test(
            self,
            isinstance(final_list, list) and len(final_list) >= 5,
            "final_list contains at least five names.",
            f"final_list should have at least five names, got: {final_list}"
        )
        # Check that at least one name is new and at least one original name is missing
        original_names = {"Alice", "Bob", "Carlos", "Diana", "Eva"}
        new_names = set(final_list) - original_names
        missing_names = original_names - set(final_list)
        _dynamic_test(
            self,
            len(new_names) >= 1,
            "A new student was added to the final list.",
            f"No new student found in final_list: {final_list}"
        )
        _dynamic_test(
            self,
            len(missing_names) >= 1,
            "A student was removed from the final list.",
            f"No student removed from original list: {final_list}"
        )

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: Create a Student Roster

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Challenge: Create a Student Roster

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