From e533b2633a7032f2a922e7521f153a86391ffb57 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Samuel Shuert <me@thecoded.prof>
Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2025 15:21:09 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] feat: oct 2 level 3

---
 python/oct2/level3/isWordLadder.py         | 35 +++++++++++++
 python/oct2/level3/longestSubpalindrome.py | 19 ++++++++
 python/oct2/level3/stripComments.py        | 57 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 111 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 python/oct2/level3/isWordLadder.py
 create mode 100644 python/oct2/level3/longestSubpalindrome.py
 create mode 100644 python/oct2/level3/stripComments.py

diff --git a/python/oct2/level3/isWordLadder.py b/python/oct2/level3/isWordLadder.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fa7a400
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/oct2/level3/isWordLadder.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+def isWordLadder(s: str) -> bool:
+    """Check if a string is a word ladder."""
+    words = s.split("-")
+    if len(words) < 2:
+        return False
+    if len(words[0]) != len(words[-1]):
+        return False
+    if len(set(words)) != len(words):
+        return False
+    for i in range(len(words) - 1):
+        if len(words[i]) != len(words[i + 1]):
+            return False
+        diff = 0
+        for j in range(len(words[i])):
+            if words[i][j] != words[i + 1][j]:
+                diff += 1
+        if diff != 1:
+            return False
+    return True
+
+
+print("Testing isWordLadder()...", end="")
+assert isWordLadder("dog-cog-cot-cat") == True
+assert isWordLadder("cat-bat") == True
+assert isWordLadder("cold-cord-card-ward-warm") == True
+assert isWordLadder("toggle-goggle-google") == True
+assert isWordLadder("cold-cord-card-warm") == False
+assert isWordLadder("cat-bat-cat") == False  # duplicate word
+assert isWordLadder("cat-bat-") == False
+assert isWordLadder("cat-cats") == False
+assert isWordLadder("cat-cabs") == False
+assert isWordLadder("cat") == False  # just one word
+assert isWordLadder("") == False  # no words
+assert isWordLadder("-") == False  # no words
+print("Passed!")
diff --git a/python/oct2/level3/longestSubpalindrome.py b/python/oct2/level3/longestSubpalindrome.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df75bb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/oct2/level3/longestSubpalindrome.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+def longestSubpalindrome(s: str) -> str:
+    """Find the longest subpalindrome (doesn't have to be centered) in a string."""
+    longest = ""
+    for i in range(len(s)):
+        for j in range(len(s), i - 1, -1):
+            forwards = s[i:j]
+            if forwards == forwards[::-1] and len(forwards) >= len(longest):
+                longest = s[i:j]
+    return longest
+
+
+print("Testing longestSubpalindrome()...", end="")
+assert longestSubpalindrome("ab-4-be!!!") == "b-4-b"
+assert longestSubpalindrome("abcbce") == "cbc"
+assert longestSubpalindrome("aba") == "aba"
+assert longestSubpalindrome("a") == "a"
+assert longestSubpalindrome("abd") == "d"
+assert longestSubpalindrome("kP:p") == "p"
+print("Passed!")
diff --git a/python/oct2/level3/stripComments.py b/python/oct2/level3/stripComments.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c95adce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/oct2/level3/stripComments.py
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+def stripComments(code: str) -> str:
+    """Remove comments from a Python code string."""
+    lines = code.split("\n")
+    lines = [line.split("#")[0].rstrip() for line in lines]
+    lines = [line for line in lines if line]
+    lines = [f"{line}\n" for line in lines]
+    return "".join(lines)
+
+
+print("Testing stripComments()...", end="")
+code = """\
+# here's a comment!
+def foo(x):
+    return x + 1    # here's another one
+"""
+result = """\
+def foo(x):
+    return x + 1
+"""
+assert stripComments(code) == result
+
+code = """\
+def g(x):
+# Here are some comments
+# which must be removed
+# by stripComments
+    return  x * 7
+"""
+result = """\
+def g(x):
+    return  x * 7
+"""
+assert stripComments(code) == result
+
+code = """\
+def doIHaveAnyComments():
+    return 'No'
+"""
+result = """\
+def doIHaveAnyComments():
+    return 'No'
+"""
+assert stripComments(code) == result
+
+code = """\
+def f(x):
+#This function returns x + 5
+    return x + 5
+"""
+result = """\
+def f(x):
+    return x + 5
+"""
+assert stripComments(code) == result
+
+assert stripComments("") == ""
+print("Passed!")
-- 
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