Python 🐍 challenge_26⚔️

Count the smiley faces

• Given an array (arr) as an argument complete the function CountSmileys that should return the total number of smiling faces.

Rules for a smiling face:

• Each smiley face must contain a valid pair of eyes. Eyes can be marked as : or ;
• A smiley face can have a nose but it does not have to. Valid characters for a nose are - or ~
• Every smiling face must have a smiling mouth that should be marked with either ) or D

No additional characters are allowed except for those mentioned.

Valid smiley face examples: :) :D ;-D :~)
Invalid smiley faces: ;( :> :} :]

Examples:

countSmileys([':)', ';(', ';}', ':-D']); // should return 2;
countSmileys([';D', ':-(', ':-)', ';~)']); // should return 3;
countSmileys([';]', ':[', ';*', ':$', ';-D']); // should return 1;

Note:

• In case of an empty array return 0.
• You will not be tested with invalid input (input will always be an array).
• Order of the face (eyes, nose, mouth) elements will always be the same.

Task URL: Link

My Solution:

def count_smileys(arr):
    valid_smiley = [':)', ':D', ';-D', ':~)', ';~)', ';D', ':-D', ':-)', ';~D']
    smile = [x for x in arr if x in valid_smiley]
    return len(smile)

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