import unittest
import importlib
import numpy as np

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)

class TestUserCode(unittest.TestCase):

    def test_X_is_declared(self):
        import user_code
        _dynamic_test(
            self,
            hasattr(user_code, 'X'),
            "The `X` variable is declared.",
            "Expected `X` to be declared."
        )

    def test_feature_means_is_declared(self):
        import user_code
        _dynamic_test(
            self,
            hasattr(user_code, 'feature_means'),
            "The `feature_means` variable is declared.",
            "Expected `feature_means` to be declared."
        )

    def test_X_centered_is_declared(self):
        import user_code
        _dynamic_test(
            self,
            hasattr(user_code, 'X_centered'),
            "The `X_centered` variable is declared.",
            "Expected `X_centered` to be declared."
        )

    def test_feature_means_shape_is_correct(self):
        import user_code
        X = user_code.X
        expected_shape = (X.shape[1],)
        _dynamic_test(
            self,
            hasattr(user_code, 'feature_means') and user_code.feature_means.shape == expected_shape,
            f"The `feature_means` array has the correct shape {expected_shape}.",
            f"Expected `feature_means` shape {expected_shape}, but got {getattr(user_code.feature_means, 'shape', None)}."
        )

    def test_X_centered_shape_is_correct(self):
        import user_code
        X = user_code.X
        _dynamic_test(
            self,
            hasattr(user_code, 'X_centered') and user_code.X_centered.shape == X.shape,
            f"The `X_centered` array has the same shape as `X` ({X.shape}).",
            f"Expected `X_centered` shape {X.shape}, but got {getattr(user_code.X_centered, 'shape', None)}."
        )

    def test_centering_values_are_correct(self):
        import user_code
        X = user_code.X
        expected = X - X.mean(axis=0)
        condition = np.allclose(user_code.X_centered, expected, atol=1e-10)
        _dynamic_test(
            self,
            condition,
            "The `X_centered` array is correctly centered by feature means.",
            "Expected `X_centered` to be `X - X.mean(axis=0)`."
        )

    def test_column_means_are_zero(self):
        import user_code
        col_means = user_code.X_centered.mean(axis=0)
        condition = np.allclose(col_means, np.zeros_like(col_means), atol=1e-10)
        _dynamic_test(
            self,
            condition,
            "Each column in `X_centered` has a mean approximately equal to zero.",
            f"Expected column means to be near zero, but got {col_means}."
        )

    def test_X_not_modified_in_place(self):
        import user_code
        recomputed = user_code.X - user_code.feature_means
        condition = np.allclose(recomputed, user_code.X_centered, atol=1e-10)
        _dynamic_test(
            self,
            condition,
            "The original `X` array is not modified in place.",
            "Expected `X_centered` to be computed as a new array (X - feature_means)."
        )

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

test_main.py

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Challenge: Manual Feature Centering

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Challenge: Manual Feature Centering

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