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    121 changes: 121 additions & 0 deletions HorseTracker.java
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    // Allows us to use Scanner (which is for user input)
    import java.util.*;


    // Don't worry about why we need this. HorseTracker is the name of this program,
    // which is why we used it here
    class HorseTracker
    {
    public static String[] getHorseData(int horseCount)
    {
    // Defines a bucket called sc, of type Scanner, which contains a scanner that we can use to get user input
    Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
    String[] horseNames = new String[horseCount];
    String horseName;
    // for loop
    for (int i = 0; i < horseCount; i++)
    {
    System.out.print("Horse Name: ");
    // this is how we get a string from the user
    horseName = sc.nextLine();
    horseNames[i] = horseName;
    }
    return horseNames;
    }

    public static int[] getRaceData(int horseCount)
    {
    Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
    int[] horseFinishTimes = new int[horseCount];
    int horseFinishTime;
    for (int i = 0; i < horseCount; i++)
    {
    horseFinishTime = 0;
    while (horseFinishTime == 0)
    {
    try
    {
    System.out.print("Horse Finish time: ");
    // this is how we get an integer from the user. In java you don't need to convert string input to integer to get an integer
    horseFinishTime = sc.nextInt();
    horseFinishTimes[i] = horseFinishTime;
    }
    catch (InputMismatchException e)
    {
    System.out.println("Please enter the horse finish time correctly");
    horseFinishTime = 0;
    }
    }
    }
    return horseFinishTimes;
    }

    public static int calcWinner(int[] horseFinishTimes)
    {
    int lowestTime = 10000;
    int finishTime;
    int horseNumber = 0;
    int fastestHorseNumber;
    for (int i = 0; i < horseFinishTimes.length; i++)
    {
    finishTime = horseFinishTimes[i];
    if (finishTime < lowestTime)
    {
    lowestTime = finishTime;
    horseNumber = i;
    }

    }
    fastestHorseNumber = horseNumber;
    System.out.println("Fastest horse is " + fastestHorseNumber);
    return fastestHorseNumber;
    }

    public static void displayTimes(String[] horseNames, int[] horseFinishTimes)
    {
    for (int i = 0; i < horseNames.length; i++)
    {
    System.out.println("Horse with number " + i + " Name: " + horseNames[i] + "Finish time: " + horseFinishTimes[i]);
    }
    }

    public static void findHorseName(int horseNumber, String[] horseNames)
    {
    String horseName = horseNames[horseNumber];
    System.out.println("Horse with number " + horseNumber + "is " + horseName);
    }

    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
    Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
    String[] horseNames;
    int[] horseFinishTimes;
    int winningHorseNumber;

    int horseCount = 0;
    while (horseCount == 0)
    {
    try
    {
    System.out.print("Horse count: ");
    horseCount = sc.nextInt();
    }
    catch (InputMismatchException e)
    {
    System.out.println("Please enter the horse count correctly");
    horseCount = 0;
    }
    }
    horseNames = getHorseData(horseCount);
    horseFinishTimes = getRaceData(horseCount);
    displayTimes(horseNames, horseFinishTimes);
    winningHorseNumber = calcWinner(horseFinishTimes);
    findHorseName(winningHorseNumber, horseNames);

    }




    }
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    def get_horse_data(horse_count):
    horse_names = []
    for i in range(0, horse_count):
    horse_name = input("Horse Name: ")
    horse_names.append(horse_name)
    return horse_names


    def get_race_data(horse_count):
    horse_finish_times = []
    for i in range(0, horse_count):
    horse_finish_time = ""
    while horse_finish_time == "":
    try:
    horse_finish_time = input("Horse Finish Time: ")
    horse_finish_time = int(horse_finish_time)
    except ValueError:
    print("Please enter the horse finish time correctly.")
    horse_finish_time = ""
    horse_finish_times.append(horse_finish_time)
    return horse_finish_times

    def calc_winner(horse_finish_times):
    lowest_time = 10000
    for i in range(0, len(horse_finish_times)):
    finish_time = horse_finish_times[i]
    if finish_time < lowest_time:
    lowest_time = finish_time
    horse_number = i
    fastest_horse_number = horse_number
    print("Fastest horse is {}".format(fastest_horse_number))
    return fastest_horse_number

    def display_times(horse_names, horse_finish_times):
    for i in range(0, len(horse_names)):
    print("Number: {} Name: {} Finish Time: {}".format(i, horse_names[i], horse_finish_times[i]))

    def find_horse_name(horse_number, horse_names):
    horse_name = horse_names[horse_number]
    print("Horse with number {} is {}".format(horse_number, horse_name))
    return

    horse_names = []
    horse_finish_times = []

    horse_count = ""
    while horse_count == "":
    try:
    horse_count = input("Horse Count: ")
    horse_count = int(horse_count)
    except ValueError:
    print("Please enter the horse count correctly.")
    horse_count = ""
    horse_names = get_horse_data(horse_count)
    horse_finish_times = get_race_data(horse_count)
    display_times(horse_names, horse_finish_times)
    winning_horse_number = calc_winner(horse_finish_times)
    find_horse_name(winning_horse_number, horse_names)