Word ladder (shortest path)

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tests (60%)0/5 passed

deliverables (20%)100%

content checks (20%)100%

01 what the model was asked

Create ladder.py with exactly one function:

ladder_length(begin: str, end: str, word_list: list[str]) -> int
    A transformation sequence goes from begin to end, changing exactly one letter per step; every intermediate word (and end itself) must appear in word_list. Return the number of words in the SHORTEST such sequence counting both endpoints, or 0 if none exists. begin does not need to be in word_list. All words are lowercase and the same length.

Example: begin="hit", end="cog", word_list=["hot","dot","dog","lot","log","cog"] -> 5 (hit -> hot -> dot -> dog -> cog).

Use only the Python standard library. A breadth-first search is the intended approach; brute-force recursion will be too slow for the larger test.

required deliverables + checks

✓deliverable: ladder.py

✓ladder.py must contain “def ladder_length”

pytest suite it was graded against

test_ladder.py · 27 lines · 744 B

import time from ladder import ladder_length  def test_classic_example():    assert ladder_length("hit", "cog", ["hot", "dot", "dog", "lot", "log", "cog"]) == 5  def test_unreachable_end():    assert ladder_length("hit", "cog", ["hot", "dot", "dog", "lot", "log"]) == 0  def test_single_step():    assert ladder_length("a", "c", ["a", "b", "c"]) == 2  def test_shortest_is_found():    words = ["hot", "hit", "hat", "cat", "cot", "cog", "dog"]    assert ladder_length("hit", "cot", words) == 3  def test_larger_input_is_fast():    words = [a + b + c for a in "abcdefgh" for b in "abcdefgh" for c in "abcdefgh"]    start = time.monotonic()    assert ladder_length("aaa", "hhh", words) == 4    assert time.monotonic() - start < 2.0

02 what it did — full transcript

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model output

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graded 40.00 passed, 5 failed

pytest output

FFFFF                                                                    [100%]
=================================== FAILURES ===================================
_____________________________ test_classic_example _____________________________
test_ladder.py:3: in test_classic_example
    from ladder import ladder_length
E     File "/Users/richardblundell/repos/llmcoderlab/.lab/runs/2/glm4-9b/agentic/word-ladder/s0/ladder.py", line 14
E       steps += 1    return 0
E                     ^^^^^^
E   SyntaxError: invalid syntax
_____________________________ test_unreachable_end _____________________________
test_ladder.py:7: in test_unreachable_end
    from ladder import ladder_length
E     File "/Users/richardblundell/repos/llmcoderlab/.lab/runs/2/glm4-9b/agentic/word-ladder/s0/ladder.py", line 14
E       steps += 1    return 0
E                     ^^^^^^
E   SyntaxError: invalid syntax
_______________________________ test_single_step _______________________________
test_ladder.py:11: in test_single_step
    from ladder import ladder_length
E     File "/Users/richardblundell/repos/llmcoderlab/.lab/runs/2/glm4-9b/agentic/word-ladder/s0/ladder.py", line 14
E       steps += 1    return 0
E                     ^^^^^^
E   SyntaxError: invalid syntax
____________________________ test_shortest_is_found ____________________________
test_ladder.py:15: in test_shortest_is_found
    from ladder import ladder_length
E     File "/Users/richardblundell/repos/llmcoderlab/.lab/runs/2/glm4-9b/agentic/word-ladder/s0/ladder.py", line 14
E       steps += 1    return 0
E                     ^^^^^^
E   SyntaxError: invalid syntax
__________________________ test_larger_input_is_fast ___________________________
test_ladder.py:20: in test_larger_input_is_fast
    from ladder import ladder_length
E     File "/Users/richardblundell/repos/llmcoderlab/.lab/runs/2/glm4-9b/agentic/word-ladder/s0/ladder.py", line 14
E       steps += 1    return 0
E                     ^^^^^^
E   SyntaxError: invalid syntax
=========================== short test summary info ============================
FAILED test_ladder.py::test_classic_example -   File "/Users/richardblundell/...
FAILED test_ladder.py::test_unreachable_end -   File "/Users/richardblundell/...
FAILED test_ladder.py::test_single_step -   File "/Users/richardblundell/repo...
FAILED test_ladder.py::test_shortest_is_found -   File "/Users/richardblundel...
FAILED test_ladder.py::test_larger_input_is_fast -   File "/Users/richardblun...
5 failed in 0.02s

03 what it wrote

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cyclomatic

max nesting

3.8

avg fn lines

stdlib imports: ladder

File	LOC	SLOC	Fns	Complexity	Depth	Imports
ladder.py	14	14	0	0	0	—
test_ladder.py	24	19	5	13	1	ladder

ladder.py · 14 lines · 525 B

def ladder_length(begin: str, end: str, word_list: list[str]) -> int:    queue = [begin]    visited = set([begin])    steps = 0    while queue:        for _ in range(len(queue)):            current_word = queue.pop(0)            if current_word == end:                return steps + 1            for next_word in word_list:                if next_word not in visited and next_word != current_word:                    visited.add(next_word)                    queue.append(next_word)        steps += 1    return 0

test_ladder.py · 24 lines · 955 B

# Test cases for ladder.pydef test_classic_example():    from ladder import ladder_length    assert ladder.ladder_length('hit', 'cog', ['hot','dot','dog','lot','log','cog']) == 5 def test_unreachable_end():    from ladder import ladder_length    assert ladder.ladder_length('hit', 'cog', ['hot', 'dot', 'dog', 'lot', 'log']) == 0 def test_single_step():    from ladder import ladder_length    assert ladder.ladder_length('a', 'c', ['a', 'b', 'c']) == 2 def test_shortest_is_found():    from ladder import ladder_length    words = [a + b + c for a in 'abcdefgh' for b in 'abcdefgh' for c in 'abcdefgh']    assert ladder.ladder_length('hit', 'cot', words) == 3 def test_larger_input_is_fast():    from ladder import ladder_length    words = [a + b + c for a in 'abcdefgh' for b in 'abcdefgh' for c in 'abcdefgh']    start = time.monotonic()    assert ladder.ladder_length('aaa', 'hhh', words) == 4    assert time.monotonic() - start < 2.0

04 how it was graded

✓ ok 0/5 passed

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final pytest output

FFFFF                                                                    [100%]
=================================== FAILURES ===================================
_____________________________ test_classic_example _____________________________
test_ladder.py:3: in test_classic_example
    from ladder import ladder_length
E     File "/Users/richardblundell/repos/llmcoderlab/.lab/runs/2/glm4-9b/agentic/word-ladder/s0/ladder.py", line 14
E       steps += 1    return 0
E                     ^^^^^^
E   SyntaxError: invalid syntax
_____________________________ test_unreachable_end _____________________________
test_ladder.py:7: in test_unreachable_end
    from ladder import ladder_length
E     File "/Users/richardblundell/repos/llmcoderlab/.lab/runs/2/glm4-9b/agentic/word-ladder/s0/ladder.py", line 14
E       steps += 1    return 0
E                     ^^^^^^
E   SyntaxError: invalid syntax
_______________________________ test_single_step _______________________________
test_ladder.py:11: in test_single_step
    from ladder import ladder_length
E     File "/Users/richardblundell/repos/llmcoderlab/.lab/runs/2/glm4-9b/agentic/word-ladder/s0/ladder.py", line 14
E       steps += 1    return 0
E                     ^^^^^^
E   SyntaxError: invalid syntax
____________________________ test_shortest_is_found ____________________________
test_ladder.py:15: in test_shortest_is_found
    from ladder import ladder_length
E     File "/Users/richardblundell/repos/llmcoderlab/.lab/runs/2/glm4-9b/agentic/word-ladder/s0/ladder.py", line 14
E       steps += 1    return 0
E                     ^^^^^^
E   SyntaxError: invalid syntax
__________________________ test_larger_input_is_fast ___________________________
test_ladder.py:20: in test_larger_input_is_fast
    from ladder import ladder_length
E     File "/Users/richardblundell/repos/llmcoderlab/.lab/runs/2/glm4-9b/agentic/word-ladder/s0/ladder.py", line 14
E       steps += 1    return 0
E                     ^^^^^^
E   SyntaxError: invalid syntax
=========================== short test summary info ============================
FAILED test_ladder.py::test_classic_example -   File "/Users/richardblundell/...
FAILED test_ladder.py::test_unreachable_end -   File "/Users/richardblundell/...
FAILED test_ladder.py::test_single_step -   File "/Users/richardblundell/repo...
FAILED test_ladder.py::test_shortest_is_found -   File "/Users/richardblundel...
FAILED test_ladder.py::test_larger_input_is_fast -   File "/Users/richardblun...
5 failed in 0.02s