I own a parking lot that can hold up to n cars at any given point in time. Each slot is given a number starting at 1 increasing with increasing distance from the entry point in steps of one. I want to create an automated ticketing system that allows my customers to use my parking lot without human intervention.
When a car enters my parking lot, I want to have a ticket issued to the driver. The ticket issuing process includes us documenting the registration number (number plate) and the colour of the car and allocating an available parking slot to the car before actually handing over a ticket to the driver (we assume that our customers are nice enough to always park in the slots allocated to them). The customer should be allocated a parking slot which is nearest to the entry. At the exit the customer returns the ticket which then marks the slot they were using as being available.
Due to government regulation, the system should provide me with the ability to find out:
Registration numbers of all cars of a particular colour. Slot number in which a car with a given registration number is parked. Slot numbers of all slots where a car of a particular colour is parked.
We interact with the system via a simple set of commands which produce a specific output. Please take a look at the example below, which includes all the commands you need to support - they're self explanatory. The system should allow input in two ways. Just to clarify, the same codebase should support both modes of input - we don't want two distinct submissions.
- It should provide us with an interactive command prompt based shell where commands can be typed in
- It should accept a filename as a parameter at the command prompt and read the commands from that file
Output Format
Example: File Input
To run the program:
$ parking_lot file_inputs.txt
Output:
create_parking_lot 6
park KA-01-HH-1234 White
park KA-01-HH-9999 White
park KA-01-BB-0001 Black
park KA-01-HH-7777 Red
park KA-01-HH-2701 Blue
park KA-01-HH-3141 Black
leave 4
status
park KA-01-P-333 White
park DL-12-AA-9999 White
registration_numbers_for_cars_with_colour White
slot_numbers_for_cars_with_colour White
slot_number_for_registration_number KA-01-HH-3141
slot_number_for_registration_number MH-04-AY-1111
****Example: Interactive
Run the program on the shell:
$ parking_lot
Assuming a parking lot with 6 slots, the following commands should be run in sequence by typing them in at a prompt and should produce output as described below the command:
Input:
create_parking_lot 6
Output:
Created a parking lot with 6 slots
Input:
park KA-01-HH-1234 White
Output:
Allocated slot number: 1
Input:
park KA-01-HH-9999 White
Output:
Allocated slot number: 2
Input:
park KA-01-BB-0001 Black
Output:
Allocated slot number: 3
Input:
park KA-01-HH-7777 Red
Output:
Allocated slot number: 4
Input:
park KA-01-HH-2701 Blue
Output:
Allocated slot number: 5
Input:
park KA-01-HH-3141 Black
Output:
Allocated slot number: 6
Input:
leave 4
Output:
Slot number 4 is free
Input:
status
Output:
Slot No. Registration No Color
1 KA-01-HH-1234 White 2 KA-01-HH-9999 White 3 KA-01-BB-0001 Black 5 KA-01-HH-2701 Blue 6 KA-01-HH-3141 Black
Input: park KA01P333 White Output: Allocated slot number: 4
Input: park DL12AA9999 White Output: Sorry, parking lot is full
Input:
registration_numbers_for_cars_with_colour White
Output:
KA-01-HH-1234, KA-01-HH-9999, KA-01-P-333
Input:
slot_numbers_for_cars_with_colour White
Output:
1, 2, 4
Input:
slot_number_for_registration_number KA-01-HH-3141
Output:
6
Input:
slot_number_for_registration_number MH-04-AY-1111
Output:
Not found