Calculate Damage - Beginner

Challenge Difficulty: Easy | Estimated completion time: ~5 minutes

Create a function that takes damage and speed (attacks per second) and returns the amount of damage after a given time.

Examples

damage(40, 5, "second") ➞ 200
 
damage(100, 1, "minute") ➞ 6000
 
damage(2, 100, "hour") ➞ 720000

Notes

Return “invalid” if damage or speed is negative.

Solution

Python

def damage(damage_per_attack: int, speed: int, time: str) -> int | str: """Calculate total damage over a time period. Args: damage_per_attack: Damage per attack speed: Attacks per second time: Time unit (second, minute, or hour) Returns: Total damage dealt, or "invalid" if parameters are negative """ if damage_per_attack < 0 or speed < 0: return "invalid" time_multipliers = { "second": 1, "minute": 60, "hour": 3600 } return damage_per_attack * speed * time_multipliers[time] if __name__ == "__main__": print(damage(40, 5, "second")) # 200 print(damage(100, 1, "minute")) # 6000 print(damage(2, 100, "hour")) # 720000

Output