finished Cars

Co-authored-by: raymondlopez279@gmail.com <raymondlopez279@gmail.com>

.gitignore

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 __pycache__
 files/test.txt
+cars/sorted_cars.json

.vscode/settings.json

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 {
     "python.analysis.inlayHints.functionReturnTypes": true,
     "python.analysis.inlayHints.pytestParameters": true,
-    "python.analysis.inlayHints.variableTypes": true,
-    "python.analysis.typeCheckingMode": "strict"
+    "python.analysis.inlayHints.variableTypes": false,
+    "python.analysis.typeCheckingMode": "strict",
+    "python.analysis.inlayHints.callArgumentNames": "partial"
 }

cars/cars.json

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 {
-    "Tahoe" : "Chevrolet",
-    "Mustang" : "Ford",
-    "Blazer" : "Chevrolet",
-    "NSX" : "Nissan",
-    "Fusion" : "Ford",
-    "Model S" : "Tesla",
-    "Civic" : "Honda",
-    "F150" : "Ford",
-    "Huracan":  "Lamborghini",
-    "Volt": "Chevrolet",
-    "Silverado": "Chevrolet",
-    "CX-5" : "Mazda",
     "Accord": "Honda",
+    "Aventador": "Lamborghini",
+    "Blazer": "Chevrolet",
     "Camaro": "Chevrolet",
-    "Focus" : "Ford",
-    "Aventador" : "Lamborghini"
+    "Civic": "Honda",
+    "CX-5": "Mazda",
+    "F150": "Ford",
+    "Focus": "Ford",
+    "Fusion": "Ford",
+    "Huracan": "Lamborghini",
+    "Model S": "Tesla",
+    "Mustang": "Ford",
+    "NSX": "Nissan",
+    "Silverado": "Chevrolet",
+    "Tahoe": "Chevrolet",
+    "Volt": "Chevrolet"
 }

cars/main.py

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 import json
+from typing import Any, Dict, List
+
+
+def get_cars() -> Any:                                      # Defining the function get_cars()
+    with open('cars.json', 'rt') as f:                      # Opens the cars.json file
+        return json.load(f)                                 # Serializes the JSON data into a Python object
+
+def sort(data: Dict[str, str]) -> Dict[str, List[str]]:     # Defining the function sort()
+    dictionary: Dict[str, List[str]] = {}                   # Creating an empty dictionary to store the sorted data
+    for car, manufacturer in data.items():                  # Iterating through the input data
+        if manufacturer not in dictionary:                  # If the manufacturer does not already exist as a key in the new dictionary,
+            dictionary[manufacturer] = [car]                # create a new key with the manufacturer as the key and the car as the value, in a list
+        else:                                               # If the manufacturer does already exist as a key in the new dictionary,
+            dictionary[manufacturer].append(car)            # append the car to the list of cars for that manufacturer
+    return dictionary                                       # Return the dictionary object
+
+def save(data: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
+    with open('sorted_cars.json', 'w') as f:         # Opening the file sorted_cars.json for the purpose of writing to it
+        json.dump(data, f, indent=2)                 # Dumps the JSON-serialized python object into the sorted_cars.json file, with an indentation of 2
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    with open('cars.json') as f:
-        cars = json.load(f)
+    cars = get_cars()
+    sorted_cars = sort(cars)
+    save(sorted_cars)
+    print("Successfully sorted cars by manufacturer!")