// coding track · Beginner

Python for SRE — Challenge Set

Small, real-world scripting problems: parse logs, lint commits, read /etc/passwd.

7 items · ~3 hours · Free

1Check Even or OddDetermine whether a given integer is even or odd.💻 pythoneasy3 min
2Add two numbersWarm-up: read two integers from stdin and print their sum.💻 pythoneasy10 min
3Count non-empty linesSRE-flavored warm-up: count log lines that are not blank.💻 pythoneasy15 min
4Count ERROR linesScan a log stream and report how many lines contain ERROR.💻 pythoneasy12 min
5Extract the log levelSplit a log line and print its severity field.💻 pythonmedium10 min
6Users from /etc/passwdParse the classic colon-delimited file and extract real users.💻 pythonmedium12 min
7Commit message linterEnforce a team's commit convention with ten lines of Python.💻 pythonmedium12 min

// coding track · Beginner

Small, real-world scripting problems: parse logs, lint commits, read /etc/passwd.

7 items · ~3 hours · Free

1Check Even or OddDetermine whether a given integer is even or odd.💻 pythoneasy3 min
2Add two numbersWarm-up: read two integers from stdin and print their sum.💻 pythoneasy10 min
3Count non-empty linesSRE-flavored warm-up: count log lines that are not blank.💻 pythoneasy15 min
4Count ERROR linesScan a log stream and report how many lines contain ERROR.💻 pythoneasy12 min
5Extract the log levelSplit a log line and print its severity field.💻 pythonmedium10 min
6Users from /etc/passwdParse the classic colon-delimited file and extract real users.💻 pythonmedium12 min
7Commit message linterEnforce a team's commit convention with ten lines of Python.💻 pythonmedium12 min