Pizza Inventory Management | Dataford Interview Questions

Given pizza orders with toppings, do some inventory management of ingredients.

Implement manage_inventory(orders, inventory). Each order is a list of topping names, and preparing one topping consumes one ingredient unit. Return an object containing the remaining original inventory and each topping's shortage, treating absent inventory as zero.

Constraints

0 <= len(orders) <= 500
0 <= total number of topping entries <= 2 * 10^3
Each order is a list of strings
Inventory quantities are non-negative integers
Topping names are non-empty strings
Each topping occurrence consumes exactly one unit

Function Signature

def manage_inventory(orders, inventory):

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Problem

Given pizza orders with toppings, do some inventory management of ingredients.

Constraints

0 <= len(orders) <= 500
0 <= total number of topping entries <= 2 * 10^3
Each order is a list of strings
Inventory quantities are non-negative integers
Topping names are non-empty strings
Each topping occurrence consumes exactly one unit

Function Signature

def manage_inventory(orders, inventory):

Your question is Pizza Inventory Management. Start with the requirements in the Question tab.

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