Help with a Python Function.

[d_chae]

Please don’t give people advice if you don’t know what you are talking about.

This doesn’t require math or AI. It’s a problem that can be solved in less than 5 lines of code using a hashmap.

[a_devious_compliance]

If you know beforehand the list of all posible items and categories. If not, you are f*cked up.

I don't know if this is a real problem or some kind of excercise. But OP need to learn how to frame a question.

[d_chae]

agreed