Team formation

team-form.py

import random

participants = [i for i in range (1,41)]

random.shuffle(participants)

groups = [participants[i:i+4] for i in range(0, len(participants), 4)]

for i in range(len(groups)):
  print(f"Group {i+1}: {groups[I]}")

# Create a list of numbers from 1 to 10
numbers = list(range(1, 11))

# Initialize a dictionary to keep track of the counts
counts = {num: 0 for num in numbers}

# Initialize a list to store the sets of 2 numbers
number_sets = []

# Loop until each number has been picked at least 4 times across all sets
while any(count < 4 for count in counts.values()):
    # Pick 2 random numbers from the list of numbers
    num1, num2 = random.sample(numbers, 2)
    # Check if both numbers have been picked less than 4 times
    if counts[num1] < 4 and counts[num2] < 4:
        # Add the set of numbers to the list and update the counts
        number_sets.append((num1, num2))
        counts[num1] += 1
        counts[num2] += 1

# Print the list of sets of numbers