def get_score(teacher,tocompare):
c = tocompare[0]
valtocomp = tocompare[1]
v = coldict[c]
#keeps track of the total score
scoreval = 0
#keeps track of the number of meaningful comparisons
num_cats_compared = 0
#iterates through the different columns we want to compare
if(c == 'SchoolName'):
score = scr.compSchool(teacher[v],valtocomp)
#If a meaningful comparison happened, update the score trackers
if(score != None):
scoreval += score
num_cats_compared += 1
if(c == 'State'):
score = scr.compState(teacher[v],valtocomp)
if(score != None):
scoreval += score
num_cats_compared += 1
if(c == 'Grades'):
score = scr.compGrades(teacher[v],valtocomp)
if(score != None):
scoreval += score
num_cats_compared += 1
#Returns a tuple of the score and the number of meaningful comparisons
return (round(scoreval,5),num_cats_compared)
def get_score(teacher,tocompare):
#keeps track of the contributions of each characteristic
scoredict = {}
#keeps track of the total score
scoreval =0
#keeps track of the number of meaningful comparisons
num_cats_compared = 0
#iterates through the different columns we want to compare
for c,v in coldict.iteritems():
if(c == 'SchoolName'):
score = scr.compSchool(teacher[v],tocompare[v])
#If a meaningful comparison happened, update the score trackers
if(score != None):
scoredict[c]=score
scoreval += score
num_cats_compared += 1
elif(c == 'State'):
score = scr.compState(teacher[v],tocompare[v])
if(score != None):
scoredict[c]=score
scoreval += score
num_cats_compared += 1
elif(c == 'Grades'):
score = scr.compGrades(teacher[v],tocompare[v])
if(score != None):
scoredict[c]=score
scoreval += score
num_cats_compared += 1
'''Taken from http://desk.stinkpot.org:8080/tricks/index.php/2006/10/
find-the-key-for-the-minimum-or-maximum-value-in-a-python-dictionary/'''
#Inverts the dictionary (swaps keys and values) so that we can
#get the max value
temp = dict(map(lambda scores: (scores[1],scores[0]),scoredict.items()))
#Gets the largest contributor to score. Ties are broken arbitrarily
try:
largestcontributor = temp[max(temp)]
except ValueError:
largestcontributor = None
#Returns a tuple of the score and the number of meaningful comparisons
return (round(scoreval,5),num_cats_compared)