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Task/Abbreviations-automatic/Python/abbreviations-automatic-1.py

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+def shortest_abbreviation_length(line, list_size):
+    words = line.split()
+    word_count = len(words)
+    # Can't give true answer with unexpected number of entries
+    if word_count != list_size:
+        raise ValueError(f'Not enough entries, expected {list_size} found {word_count}')
+
+    # Find the small slice length that gives list_size unique values
+    abbreviation_length = 1
+    abbreviations = set()
+    while(True):
+        abbreviations = {word[:abbreviation_length] for word in words}
+        if len(abbreviations) == list_size:
+            return abbreviation_length
+        abbreviation_length += 1
+        abbreviations.clear()
+
+def automatic_abbreviations(filename, words_per_line):
+    with open(filename) as file:
+        for line in file:
+            line = line.rstrip()
+            if len(line) > 0:
+                length = shortest_abbreviation_length(line, words_per_line)
+                print(f'{length:2} {line}')
+            else:
+                print()
+
+automatic_abbreviations('daysOfWeek.txt', 7)