From 0535155a86053d2d894753ad4edb6718a472c092 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ANDREYDEN <andrey_den@ukr.net>
Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2019 15:48:35 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] my solution

---
 .cache/v/cache/lastfailed     |  1 +
 python_solution.py            | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
 tests/test_python_solution.py |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .cache/v/cache/lastfailed

diff --git a/.cache/v/cache/lastfailed b/.cache/v/cache/lastfailed
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9e26dfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.cache/v/cache/lastfailed
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/python_solution.py b/python_solution.py
index 2c14cc2..e56f8e1 100644
--- a/python_solution.py
+++ b/python_solution.py
@@ -1,12 +1,36 @@
-
+def convert(string: str):
+    # check for bools
+    if string == 'true':
+        return True
+    if string == 'false':
+        return False
+    
+    # check for ints and strings
+    try:
+        number = int(string)
+        if str(number) == string:
+            return number
+        else:
+            return string
+    except (TypeError, ValueError) as e:
+        return string
+    
 def refine_parameters(data: dict):
-    '''Refine the parameters of a dictionary
-
-    Returns:
-        Return a dictionary of cleaned input
-    '''
+    
     clean_dict = {}
 
-    # Write your code here.
+    for key, val in data.items():
+        # if we encounter a dictionary - refine that
+        if type(val) == dict:
+            clean_dict[key] = refine_parameters(val)
+            continue
+
+        # if we encounter a list - convert each element
+        if type(val) == list:
+            clean_dict[key] = list(map(convert, val))
+            continue
+
+        # if we encounter anything else - convert that
+        clean_dict[key] = convert(val)
 
     return clean_dict
diff --git a/tests/test_python_solution.py b/tests/test_python_solution.py
index 37f1753..38c7be0 100644
--- a/tests/test_python_solution.py
+++ b/tests/test_python_solution.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import json
-from python_solution import refine_parameters
+from ..python_solution import refine_parameters
 
 
 def test_refine_parameters():