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    2 months ago

    a wise programmer knows to always ask the question “can i solve this problem in python using metaprogramming?” in this instance, the answer is yes:

    def is_even(n: int):
        s = "def is_even_helper(number: int):\n"
        b = True
        for i in range(0, abs(n)+2):
            s += f"\tif (abs(number) == {i}): return {b}\n"
            b = not b
        exec(s)
        return locals().get("is_even_helper")(n)