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+# currency_converter.py
+# Alan Grissett
+# Set of funcitons to convert a value from one currency to another.
+#
+
+
+def build_graph(rates):
+    """Builds a graph for use in converting between two currencies with no
+    explicit link"""
+    graph = {}
+    for vertex in rates:
+        graph[vertex] = []
+        for edge in rates:
+            if vertex[0] in edge or vertex[1] in edge:
+                graph[vertex].append(edge)
+    return graph
+
+
+def convert(rates, value, from_x, to_y):
+    """Takes a list of rates, a currency value, a string to specify which
+    currency to convert from and a string to specify which currency to
+    convert to."""
+    try:
+        if from_x == to_y:
+            return value
+        else:
+            return value * get_rate(rates, from_x, to_y)
+    except ValueError as e:
+        print(str(e))
+
+
+def compare_paths(current_path, best_path):
+    """Compares the lengths of the current path with the best found path.
+    If the current path is shorter returns that, else returns the best path"""
+    if best_path:
+        if len(current_path) < len(best_path):
+            return current_path
+        else:
+            return best_path
+    return current_path
+
+
+def complex_rate_find(rates, from_x, to_y):
+    """Launching function to determine path for currency conversion when
+    no explicit link is found."""
+    graph = build_graph(rates)
+    start_locations = get_locations(graph, from_x)
+    end_locations = get_locations(graph, to_y)
+    best_path = find_best_path(graph, start_locations, end_locations,
+                               from_x, to_y)
+    rate = determine_rate_from_path(best_path, from_x, to_y)
+    return rate
+
+
+def determine_rate_from_path(best_path, from_x, to_y):
+    """Calculates the conversion rate based on the path provided by the graph
+    traversal"""
+    rate = 1
+    for node in best_path:
+        rate = extract_rate(best_path, node, from_x, to_y, rate)
+    return rate
+
+
+def display_rates(rates):
+    """Displays a list of current conversion rates in the console"""
+    print("Current conversion rates:\n")
+    for rate in rates:
+        print("{} to {} - Current Rate : {}".format(rate[0],
+                                                    rate[1],
+                                                    rate[2]))
+
+
+def extract_first_rate(node, from_x, rate):
+    """Extracts the rate for the first node of the transversal where from_x
+    is included in the node"""
+    if node[0] == from_x:
+        rate *= node[2]
+    else:
+        rate *= 1 / node[2]
+    return rate
+
+
+def extract_last_rate(node, to_y, rate):
+    """ Extracts the rate for the last node of the transversal where to_y is
+    included in the node"""
+    if node[0] == to_y:
+        rate *= 1 / node[2]
+    else:
+        rate *= node[2]
+    return rate
+
+
+def extract_middle_rate(best_path, node, rate):
+    """Ensures that the rates are calculated correctly by looking ahead one
+    node to determine which currency should be converted to/from"""
+    if node[0] in best_path[best_path.index(node) + 1]:
+        rate *= 1 / node[2]
+    else:
+        rate *= node[2]
+    return rate
+
+def extract_rate(best_path, node, from_x, to_y, rate):
+    """Extracts the correct rate based on the position of the current value
+    and the destination value"""
+    if from_x in node:
+        rate = extract_first_rate(node, from_x, rate)
+    elif to_y in node:
+        rate = extract_last_rate(node, to_y, rate)
+    else:
+        rate = extract_middle_rate(best_path, node, rate)
+    return rate
+
+
+def find_best_path(graph, start_locations, end_locations, from_x, to_y):
+    """Takes start locations and end locations and iterates through all
+    combinations to determine the best start/end combination and returns
+    the best path"""
+    best_path = []
+    for start in start_locations:
+        for end in end_locations:
+            path = find_path(graph, start, end, from_x, to_y)
+            if path:
+                best_path = compare_paths(path, best_path)
+    return best_path
+
+
+def find_path(graph, start, end, from_x, to_y, path=[]):
+    """Finds the shortest path between two currencies with no explicit link"""
+    path = path + [start]
+    if start == end or to_y in path:
+        return path
+    shortest = []
+    shortest = traverse_nodes(graph, start, end, path, shortest, from_x, to_y)
+    return shortest
+
+
+def get_input():
+    """Prompts the user to provide a starting currency, ending currency and
+    amount to be converted"""
+    start = input("Starting currency: ").upper()
+    end = input("Ending currency: ").upper()
+    try:
+        value = int(input("Amount to convert: "))
+        return start, end, value
+    except ValueError:
+        print("Amount must be a number!")
+
+
+def get_locations(graph, target):
+    """Determines all possible starting locations for the graph traversal
+    used to determine non-explicit conversion rates"""
+    start_locations = []
+    for key, item in graph.items():
+        if target in key:
+            start_locations.append(key)
+    return start_locations
+
+
+def get_rate(rates, from_x, to_y):
+    """Extracts the required rate from the list of supplied rates"""
+    for rate in rates:
+        if rate[0] == from_x and rate[1] == to_y:
+            return rate[2]
+        elif rate[1] == from_x and rate[0] == to_y:
+            return 1 / rate[2]
+
+    return complex_rate_find(rates, from_x, to_y)
+
+
+def traverse_nodes(graph, start, end, path, shortest, from_x, to_y):
+    """Traverses through the nodes of the graph to determine the shortest
+    path"""
+    for node in graph[start]:
+        if node not in path:
+            new_path = find_path(graph, node, end, from_x, to_y, path)
+            if new_path:
+                if (not shortest or len(new_path) < len(shortest)) and (
+                        from_x not in new_path[1]):
+                    shortest = new_path
+    return shortest
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+        rates = [("EUR", "USD", 1.15504),
+                 ("USD", "JPY", 118.685),
+                 ("GBP", "USD", 1.51590),
+                 ("USD", "CHF", 0.87558),
+                 ("USD", "CAD", 1.20851),
+                 ("EUR", "JPY", 137.087),
+                 ("AUD", "USD", 0.81749),
+                 ("EUR", "INR", 71.40929)]
+        display_rates(rates)
+        start, end, value = get_input()
+        result = convert(rates, value, start, end)
+        print(result)
diff --git a/test_currency_converter.py b/test_currency_converter.py
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+import currency_converter as converter
+
+
+rates = [("EUR", "USD", 1.15504),
+         ("USD", "JPY", 118.685),
+         ("GBP", "USD", 1.51590),
+         ("USD", "CHF", 0.87558),
+         ("USD", "CAD", 1.20851),
+         ("EUR", "JPY", 137.087),
+         ("AUD", "USD", 0.81749),
+         ("EUR", "INR", 71.40929)]
+
+
+def test_to_from_equivalence():
+    """Test to ensure that if the from and to currencies are the same, then
+    the value provided is returned."""
+    assert converter.convert(rates, 1, "USD", "USD") == 1
+
+
+def test_rate_extraction():
+    """Tests to ensure that the correct rate is being retrieved from the list
+    of rates."""
+    assert converter.get_rate(rates, "EUR", "USD") == 1.15504
+    assert converter.get_rate(rates, "USD", "JPY") == 118.685
+    assert converter.get_rate(rates, "GBP", "USD") == 1.51590
+    assert converter.get_rate(rates, "USD", "CHF") == 0.87558
+
+
+def test_convert_first_value():
+    """Tests to ensure that the get_rate function is correctly passing values
+    for calculation to the convert function."""
+    assert converter.convert(rates, 1, "EUR", "USD") == 1.15504
+
+
+def test_other_values():
+    """Tests values other than 1 to ensure the program is functioning
+    correctly"""
+    assert converter.convert(rates, 2, "EUR", "USD") == 2 * 1.15504
+    assert converter.convert(rates, 125, "USD", "JPY") == 125 * 118.685
+    assert converter.convert(rates, 250, "EUR", "JPY") == 250 * 137.087
+    assert converter.convert(rates, 500000, "USD", "CHF") == 500000 * 0.87558
+
+
+def test_reverse_conversion():
+    """Tests to ensure if to_x and from_y are not in the list but to_y from_x
+    is in the list, the correct conversion rate is returned."""
+    assert converter.get_rate(rates, "USD", "EUR") == 1 / 1.15504
+    assert converter.get_rate(rates, "JPY", "USD") == 1 / 118.685
+
+
+def test_value_error():
+    """Tests to ensure that a Value Error is raised when there is no exchange
+    rate for the provided strings in the rate table."""
+    try:
+        converter.get_rate(rates, "EUR", "AUD")
+    except ValueError:
+        assert True
+
+
+def test_create_graph():
+    """Tests to make sure that graph function correctly creates an exhaustive
+    graph"""
+    test_range = [(1, 1), (1, 2), (2, 1), (2, 2)]
+
+    graph = converter.build_graph(test_range)
+    assert (1, 1) in graph[(1, 1)]
+    assert (1, 2) in graph[(1, 1)]
+    assert (2, 1) in graph[(1, 1)]
+    assert (2, 2) not in graph[(1, 1)]
+    assert (1, 1) in graph[(1, 2)]
+    assert (1, 2) in graph[(1, 2)]
+    assert (2, 1) in graph[(1, 2)]
+    assert (2, 2) in graph[(1, 2)]
+    assert (1, 1) in graph[(2, 1)]
+    assert (1, 2) in graph[(2, 1)]
+    assert (2, 1) in graph[(2, 1)]
+    assert (2, 2) in graph[(2, 1)]
+    assert (1, 1) not in graph[(2, 2)]
+    assert (1, 2) in graph[(2, 2)]
+    assert (2, 1) in graph[(2, 2)]
+    assert (2, 2) in graph[(2, 2)]
+
+
+def test_get_start_locations():
+    """Tests to ensure that the function correctly returns all possible start
+    locations for the graph traversal."""
+    test_range = [(1, 1), (1, 2), (2, 1), (2, 2)]
+    graph = converter.build_graph(test_range)
+    start_locations = converter.get_locations(graph, 1)
+
+    assert (1, 1) in start_locations
+    assert (1, 2) in start_locations
+    assert (2, 1) in start_locations
+    assert (2, 2) not in start_locations
+
+
+def test_find_shortest_path():
+    """Tests to see if the shortest traversal path is found."""
+    test_range = [("AUD", "USD"), ("CAD", "AUD"), ("CAD", "USD"),
+                  ("USD", "JPY"), ("CAD", "JPY"), ("AUD", "EUR")]
+    graph = converter.build_graph(test_range)
+    shortest_path = converter.find_path(graph, ("AUD", "USD"), ("CAD", "AUD"),
+                                        "AUD", "CAD")
+    assert len(shortest_path) == 3
+
+    shortest_path = converter.find_path(graph, ("AUD", "USD"), ("CAD", "JPY"),
+                                        "AUD", "JPY")
+    assert len(shortest_path) == 3
+
+    shortest_path = converter.find_path(graph, ("CAD", "JPY"), ("AUD", "EUR"),
+                                        "CAD", "EUR")
+    assert len(shortest_path) == 4
+
+
+def test_complex_currency_conversion():
+    """Tests the entire complex currency conversion system.  These values
+    were alos verified by looking up current exchange rates online."""
+    assert converter.convert(rates, 1, "GBP", "JPY") == 179.9145915
+    assert converter.convert(rates, 1, "JPY", "AUD") == 0.010306749408914235
+    assert converter.convert(rates, 1, "EUR", "CAD") == 1.3958773904000001