def get_empty_player_season_record(player):
"""
Accepts a player name or names as a list
Converts the names as follows ['Alan','Barry'] becomes Alan:Barry
Returns a dictionary of 8 x [0,0,0,0] with the eight list representing
the 8 starting positions and the list representing the frequency
of Win, Place, Show, Lose
"""
team = ut.sorted_and_lowered(player)
player = ''
for p in team:
player += p + ":"
player = player.strip(":")
player_season_record = {}
num_times = [0,0,0,0]
player_season_record[player] = [num_times[:],num_times[:],num_times[:],num_times[:],num_times[:],num_times[:],num_times[:],num_times[:]]
return player_season_record
def update_player_season_record(player_season_record,player, start_pos, result):
"""
Accepts a dictionary for the player_eason_record, a list for the player
and list of integers for the result
"""
# First check the dictionary matches the player list
team = ut.sorted_and_lowered(player)
player = ''
for p in team:
player += p + ":"
player = player.strip(":")
if player == player_season_record.keys()[0]:
for v in player_season_record.values():
#print v
v[start_pos-1][0] += result[0]
v[start_pos-1][1] += result[1]
v[start_pos-1][2] += result[2]
v[start_pos-1][3] += result[3]
return player_season_record
