The Minion Game - Hackerrank Problem Solution in Python

The Minion Game

Hackerrank Problem Solution

The Minion Game - Hackerrank Problem Solution

PROBLEM STATEMENT

Kevin and Stuart want to play the 'The Minion Game'.

Game Rules

Both players are given the same string, .
Both players have to make substrings using the letters of the string .
Stuart has to make words starting with consonants.
Kevin has to make words starting with vowels.
The game ends when both players have made all possible substrings.

Scoring
A player gets +1 point for each occurrence of the substring in the string .

For Example:
String = BANANA
Kevin's vowel beginning word = ANA
Here, ANA occurs twice in BANANA. Hence, Kevin will get 2 Points.

For better understanding, see the image below:

Your task is to determine the winner of the game and their score.

Function Description

Complete the minion_game in the editor below.

minion_game has the following parameters:

string string: the string to analyze

Prints

string: the winner's name and score, separated by a space on one line, or Draw if there is no winner

Input Format

A single line of input containing the string .
Note: The string will contain only uppercase letters: .

Constraints

Sample Input

BANANA

Sample Output

Stuart 12

Note :

Vowels are only defined as . In this problem, is not considered a vowel.

SOLUTION IN PYTHON

  
def minion_game(string):
    vowel =['A','E','I','O','U']
    S=0
    K=0
    for i in range(len(string)):
        if string[i] in vowel:
            K+= len(string)-i
        else:
            S+=len(string)-i
    if S>K:
        print("Stuart"+" "+ "%d" % S)
    elif K>S:
        print("Kevin"+" "+'%d' % K)
    else:
        print("Draw")