chadmiller · November 2, 2016 01:02 · Nov 2, 2016
diff --git a/message_wrapping.py b/message_wrapping.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import doctest
+import string
+
+
+def break_into_chunks(message, allowance, characters_that_count_for_one, characters_that_count_for_two):
+
+    cursor = 0
+    allotted = 0
+
+    result = list()
+
+    while allotted < allowance and (cursor+1) < len(message):
+        # Step forward in message and STOP when we run out space.
+        if message[cursor] in characters_that_count_for_one:
+            allotted += 1
+        elif message[cursor] in characters_that_count_for_two:
+            allotted += 2
+        else:
+            # nowwhat
+
+        cursor = cursor + 1
+
+    # Cursor is now at the end of the allowed space we COULD send a message in,
+    # BUT that is not a nice place to break the message, so we need to find a
+    # nice place to break it.
+    # OR cursor is at the end of the whole message.
+
+    while message[cursor] != ' ' and message[cursor] != '\n':
+        # Now we walb backward with cursor to find a space 
+        cursor = cursor - 1
+
+    # Now cursor is at a space or newline.
+
+    result.append(message[:cursor])
+
+    return result
+
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    print(break_into_chunks("one two three", 5, string.ascii_lowercase, string.ascii_uppercase))
+    print(break_into_chunks("a b c", 3, string.ascii_lowercase, string.ascii_uppercase))