Add lecture code

16/vote_counter.py

+import math
+from collections import Counter
+
+def process_votes() -> tuple[Counter, str | None]:
+    """
+    Takes in votes from the voters, and processes the winner.
+
+    Returns:
+        tuple[Counter, str | None]: A Counter where the keys are the possible
+        options someone could vote for. The value associated with each option
+        is the number of people who voted for that option.
+    """
+
+    vote_tracker = {}
+
+    #Solicit votes
+    done: bool = False 
+    while not done:
+        choice: str = input("Hi there. Which ice cream flavor is your favorite? ").lower()
+        if choice not in vote_tracker:
+            vote_tracker[choice] = 0
+        vote_tracker[choice] += 1
+        more_votes: str = input("Your vote has been registered. Are there more votes to process? Y/N ").upper()
+        if more_votes == "N":
+            done = True 
+
+    #Determine the winning option
+    max_votes = -math.inf
+    winning_option = None
+    
+    for option in vote_tracker:
+        num_votes = vote_tracker[option]
+        if num_votes > max_votes:
+            max_votes = num_votes
+            winning_option = option
+
+    return (vote_tracker, winning_option)
+
+results = process_votes()
+if results[1] != None:
+    print("The winning option is...", results[1] + "!!!!!")

manifest.json

@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
         "00/experimenting.py", 
         "00/main.py",
         "12/physics.py",
-        "13/monty.py"
+        "13/monty.py",
+        "16/vote_counter.py"
     ],
     "ignore": []
 }