📝 Super Debugging Troopers 🚔🐱‍👤

Imagine the state troopers are creating a program to manage their pullover statistics (because Farva insisted he needs accurate counts for his “Meow Game”). Their Python program has bugs—just like their antics in the movie. Let’s debug it step-by-step, encountering syntax errors, runtime errors, and semantic errors.

Original Code (Full of Bugs) 💻

# Pullover statistics program for Super Troopers 🚓

def calculate_pullover_average(total_pullovers, num_officers):
    return total_pullovers / num_officer  # Semantic bug: typo in variable name

def record_pullover(pullovers, officer_name, pullover_type):
    # Syntax bug: Missing parentheses in the dictionary access
    pullovers[officer_name].append pullover_type

# Initialize data
pullovers = {
    "Mac": ["speeding"],
    "Farva": [],
    "Thorny": [],
    "Rabbit": []
}

# Adding new pullover records
record_pullover(pullovers, "Farva", "meow_game")
record_pullover(pullovers, "Mac", "speeding")
record_pullover(pullovers, "Thorny", "littering")

# Calculating the average pullovers
avg_pullovers = calculate_pullover_average(15, 0)  # Runtime bug: Division by zero

# Print results
print("Average pullovers per officer:", avg_pullovers)

The Bugs We Encountered 🐛

1. Syntax Error 📝:

• append is missing parentheses in record_pullover().

• Python won’t execute this part of the code.

1. Runtime Error ⚙️:

• Division by zero occurs in calculate_pullover_average().

1. Semantic Error 🧩:

• Typo in the variable name num_officer (should be num_officers) causes a logic error.

Debugging Step-by-Step 🚔

Step 1: Fix Syntax Errors

# Fix the missing parentheses in `record_pullover()`
pullovers[officer_name].append(pullover_type)

Step 2: Fix Runtime Errors

# Prevent division by zero
if num_officers == 0:
    return "Error: No officers on duty"

Step 3: Fix Semantic Errors

# Correct the variable name typo
return total_pullovers / num_officers

Corrected Code (Fully Debugged) 🛠️

# Pullover statistics program for Super Troopers 🚓


def calculate_pullover_average(total_pullovers, num_officers):
    if num_officers == 0:
        return "Error: No officers on duty"  # Prevent division by zero
    return total_pullovers / num_officers  # Fixed typo in variable name


def record_pullover(pullovers, officer_name, pullover_type):
    if officer_name not in pullovers:
        pullovers[officer_name] = []  # Add officer if not in the records
    pullovers[officer_name].append(pullover_type)  # Fixed missing parentheses


# Initialize data
pullovers = {"Mac": ["speeding"], "Farva": [], "Thorny": [], "Rabbit": []}

# Adding new pullover records
record_pullover(pullovers, "Farva", "meow_game")
record_pullover(pullovers, "Mac", "speeding")
record_pullover(pullovers, "Thorny", "littering")

# Calculating the average pullovers
avg_pullovers = calculate_pullover_average(15, len(pullovers))  # Pass valid data

# Print results
print("Average pullovers per officer:", avg_pullovers)

Average pullovers per officer: 3.75

Output After Debugging ✅

Average pullovers per officer: 3.75

Lessons Learned from Debugging the Super Troopers’ Code 🐱‍👤:

1. Syntax Errors stop your code from running. Always double-check your parentheses and function calls.

1. Runtime Errors occur during execution. Anticipate them with safeguards (e.g., if num_officers == 0).

1. Semantic Errors give incorrect results. Test your program with realistic scenarios to catch logic flaws.

Now, the troopers can focus on their antics while Farva enjoys his accurate pullover statistics! 🚔😂