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Passing as arguments the first day (first_date), the number of weeks between events (k), the days of the week (days_of_the_week) and the number of next event requested (n) will answer with the n next appointment dates
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import datetime | |
FORMAT = '%d/%m/%Y' | |
def next_weekday(d, weekday): | |
days_ahead = weekday - d.weekday() | |
if days_ahead <= 0: # Target day already happened this week | |
days_ahead += 7 | |
return d + datetime.timedelta(days_ahead) | |
def recurring_task(first_date, k, days_of_the_week, n): | |
fd = datetime.datetime.strptime(first_date, FORMAT) | |
weekdays = ["Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday", "Saturday", "Sunday"] | |
# get the first day of each days_of_the_week | |
out = [] | |
fd -= datetime.timedelta(days=1) | |
for day in days_of_the_week: | |
next_day = weekdays.index(day) | |
next_fd = next_weekday(fd, next_day) | |
# build a list of next events for each day of the week | |
# getting enough elements for the next elements | |
for i in range((n / len(days_of_the_week)) + 1): | |
next_fd_with_k = next_fd + datetime.timedelta(i * k * 7) | |
out.append(next_fd_with_k) | |
# collect the generated information and sort it | |
out.sort() | |
return map(lambda x: x.strftime(FORMAT), out[:n]) | |
def test(): | |
assert recurring_task('01/01/2015', 2, ["Monday", "Thursday"], 4) == ["01/01/2015", "05/01/2015", | |
"15/01/2015", "19/01/2015"] |
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