This code schedules a group of people for presenting and taking notes in a group meeting.
Note that the default date format for all actions described below is YYYY-MM-DD
Clone this repository into the desired working directory.
Open example_person.txt, and save it with a name relevant to someone in your group (keeping the .txt extension). Fill in their NAME, the first date they will be available to participate (START), and the last date they will be available (END). By default, the program assumes that each person will both take NOTES and TALK, but set these to False if this is note the case. Finally, if there are dates that this person cannot (FORBID) or must present (FORCE), list those dates in the appropriate row, comma-separating for multiple values.
Repeat this process for all group members.
Once all group members have configuration files, open example_constraint.txt and save it as constraints.txt. Fill in the first date meetings occur (START), the last date of meetings (END), and the day(s) of the week (WEEK) as a string or integer (list for multiple meetings per week). For example, if the weekday is Thursday, all of the following formats are equivalent: Thursday, thursday, Thu, thu, and 4. List any dates on which meetings will not occur in the FORBID row, comma-separating for multiple values. Finally, list all of the participant files (without extension) in the PEOPLE row.
Once this set up is complete, do the following:
python assignment.py
The schedule will be printed to console and saved to a file called schedule_<START>_<END>.txt, where the text between the <> is replaced with your start and end dates.
This code supports command line arguments to specify meeting parameters. While constraints.txt is used as the default for scheduling, you can store constraints in files with names of your choosing (as long as they retain the format). The command line argument -c or --cnstrt allows you to specify the name of the constraint file you wish to use.
If used, the other arguments override the parameters given in the constraints file. In this way you can specify a new start date (-s or --start), a new end date (-e, --end), and a new weekday(s) for meetings (-w, --week).
An example of command line use might be:
python assignment.py -c summer_constraints.txt -w Friday