The Mission | The Architect

Phase 4: The Mission.

Our Golem is alive (__init__), active (work), and safe (if energy < loss). But it's just wandering around randomly. We need to give it a Purpose.

We have a list of tasks in tasks.txt. We need to load them into the Golem's brain (self.tasks).

Loading Data

We will add a method load_tasks(self, filename). It should:

Open the file using with.
Read all lines.
Clean them (remove \n) and store them in self.tasks.

    def load_tasks(self, filename):
      with open(filename, 'r') as f:
          for line in f:
              # remove spaces/newlines
              clean_task = line.strip() 
              self.tasks.append(clean_task)
      print("Tasks loaded!")

Initialize List

In __init__, add self.tasks = [] to create an empty list for tasks.

Define load_tasks

Create the method load_tasks(self, filename).

Read and Store

Open the file, strip each line, and append it to self.tasks.

Why a list? A list is the perfect structure for a queue of jobs. First in, first out!

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Solution:

import random

class Golem:
  def __init__(self, name):
      self.name = name
      self.energy = 20
      self.tasks = [] # New brain storage

  def work(self):
      loss = random.randint(5, 15)
      if self.energy < loss:
          raise ValueError("Low Battery!")
      self.energy -= loss
      print(f"{self.name} works. Energy: {self.energy}")

  def load_tasks(self, filename):
      with open(filename, 'r') as f:
          for line in f:
              self.tasks.append(line.strip())
      print(f"Loaded {len(self.tasks)} tasks.")

bob = Golem("Bob")
bob.load_tasks("tasks.txt")
print(bob.tasks)