Teachers often need to summarize class performance. In this challenge, you'll calculate the average, highest, and lowest grades from a dictionary of student grades.


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_average_grade(self):
        import user_code
        importlib.reload(user_code)
        f = io.StringIO()
        grades = {"Alice": 88, "Bob": 92, "Charlie": 76, "Diana": 85}
        with redirect_stdout(f):
            user_code.print_grade_statistics(grades)
        output = normalize_text(f.getvalue())
        _dynamic_test(
            self,
            "average grade: 85.25" in output,
            "Correct average grade printed for sample dictionary.",
            f"Expected average grade 85.25 in output, got: {output}",
        )

    def test_highest_grade(self):
        import user_code
        importlib.reload(user_code)
        f = io.StringIO()
        grades = {"Alice": 88, "Bob": 92, "Charlie": 76, "Diana": 85}
        with redirect_stdout(f):
            user_code.print_grade_statistics(grades)
        output = normalize_text(f.getvalue())
        _dynamic_test(
            self,
            "highest grade: 92" in output,
            "Correct highest grade printed for sample dictionary.",
            f"Expected highest grade 92 in output, got: {output}",
        )

    def test_lowest_grade(self):
        import user_code
        importlib.reload(user_code)
        f = io.StringIO()
        grades = {"Alice": 88, "Bob": 92, "Charlie": 76, "Diana": 85}
        with redirect_stdout(f):
            user_code.print_grade_statistics(grades)
        output = normalize_text(f.getvalue())
        _dynamic_test(
            self,
            "lowest grade: 76" in output,
            "Correct lowest grade printed for sample dictionary.",
            f"Expected lowest grade 76 in output, got: {output}",
        )

    def test_single_student(self):
        import user_code
        importlib.reload(user_code)
        f = io.StringIO()
        grades = {"Eve": 100}
        with redirect_stdout(f):
            user_code.print_grade_statistics(grades)
        output = normalize_text(f.getvalue())
        _dynamic_test(
            self,
            "average grade: 100.0" in output and "highest grade: 100" in output and "lowest grade: 100" in output,
            "Correct statistics printed for single-student dictionary.",
            f"Expected all grades to be 100 for single student, got: {output}",
        )

    def test_all_same_grades(self):
        import user_code
        importlib.reload(user_code)
        f = io.StringIO()
        grades = {"A": 77, "B": 77, "C": 77}
        with redirect_stdout(f):
            user_code.print_grade_statistics(grades)
        output = normalize_text(f.getvalue())
        _dynamic_test(
            self,
            "average grade: 77.0" in output and "highest grade: 77" in output and "lowest grade: 77" in output,
            "Correct statistics printed when all grades are the same.",
            f"Expected all statistics to be 77, got: {output}",
        )

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: Calculate Grade Statistics

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