Fruit Objects Sorting | Dataford Interview Questions

Write a fruit constructing machine that creates fruit objects and then sorts them based on what type of fruit is produced.

Implement construct_and_sort_fruits(fruit_types). The input is a list of fruit type strings. For each string, create a new object represented as {"type": fruit_type}, then return the objects sorted alphabetically by their type value. Sorting must be stable, so fruits with the same type retain their input order.

Constraints

0 <= len(fruit_types) <= 500
Each fruit type is a non-empty lowercase string
Fruit types may repeat
Sort order is ascending lexicographic order

Function Signature

def construct_and_sort_fruits(fruit_types):

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Problem

Write a fruit constructing machine that creates fruit objects and then sorts them based on what type of fruit is produced.

Constraints

0 <= len(fruit_types) <= 500
Each fruit type is a non-empty lowercase string
Fruit types may repeat
Sort order is ascending lexicographic order

Function Signature

def construct_and_sort_fruits(fruit_types):

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Run and submit as often as you like. When you're ready, talk me through your approach or go straight to the code.