F12.1 Impacts of technology

Each effect in effects has a score from -3 to 3. Print each as <name>: <score> with a + in front of positive scores (an f-string with {score:+d} does this). Then print total: <n>, and on the next line verdict: worth it if the total is above 0, verdict: not worth it if below 0, and verdict: too close to call if it is exactly 0.

# the two lines every program starts with: the commands, then the robot
from bugbot import *
connect()

effects = [
    ("students learn to code", 3),
    ("plastic and metal to make", -2),
    ("electricity to run", -1),
    ("fewer jobs in assembly", -1),
    ("reaches remote schools", 2),
    ("e-waste at end of life", -1),
]

The hint students can ask for: Print each effect with its sign, adding the scores into a running total. Then choose between three verdicts by testing whether the total is above, below or exactly zero.

A solution

from bugbot import *
connect()
effects = [
    ("students learn to code", 3),
    ("plastic and metal to make", -2),
    ("electricity to run", -1),
    ("fewer jobs in assembly", -1),
    ("reaches remote schools", 2),
    ("e-waste at end of life", -1),
]
total = 0
for name, score in effects:
    print(f"{name}: {score:+d}")
    total = total + score
print("total:", total)
if total > 0:
    print("verdict: worth it")
elif total < 0:
    print("verdict: not worth it")
else:
    print("verdict: too close to call")

Any program that meets the task's checks is marked correct in the simulator; this is one way, not the only way.