It was a dark and stormy night, when our fearless detective, Dr. Jane, received a distress call from the notorious Sock Syndicate.
A trail of lone socks, scattered across the city, had left the population in a state of panic. The people were at a loss for what to do.
Dr. Jane, ever the stalwart sleuth, sprang into action. She gathered her trusty team of experts, and together they set out to unravel the tangled threads of the Sock Enigma.
After weeks of investigation, they finally cracked the case. It turned out that the Sock Syndicate was none other than a mischievous gang of raccoons, who had been pilfering the city's sock supply for months.
The team's code-cracking genius, Bob, wrote the following code to track the raccoons' trail:
import raccoon_tracker.py
def track_raccoons(socks_missing):
raccoon_sightings = 0
for sock in socks_missing:
# check if sock is a raccoon favorite
if is_raccoon_fave(sock):
raccoon_sightings += 1
# check if sock is a matching partner
if has_match(sock):
raccoon_sightings += 1
return raccoon_sightings
The team's data analysis revealed that the raccoons had a penchant for striped socks, and that they were particularly fond of matching pairs.
Armed with this knowledge, the team set traps, and soon the Sock Syndicate was apprehended, and the missing socks were recovered.
The city was saved, and Dr. Jane's reputation as a detective extraordinaire was cemented.
But that's not all, folks! Our team also made sure to implement a new sock-tracking system, to prevent such heists from happening again.