old_contents: """
  http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Price_fraction
  
  A friend of mine runs a pharmacy.
  He has a specialised function in his Dispensary application which
  receives a decimal value of currency and replaces it to a standard value.
  This value is regulated by a government department.
  
  Task: Given a floating point value between 0.00 and 1.00,
  rescale according to the following table:
  
  >=  0.00  <  0.06  :=  0.10
  >=  0.06  <  0.11  :=  0.18
  >=  0.11  <  0.16  :=  0.26
  >=  0.16  <  0.21  :=  0.32
  >=  0.21  <  0.26  :=  0.38
  >=  0.26  <  0.31  :=  0.44
  >=  0.31  <  0.36  :=  0.50
  >=  0.36  <  0.41  :=  0.54
  >=  0.41  <  0.46  :=  0.58
  >=  0.46  <  0.51  :=  0.62
  >=  0.51  <  0.56  :=  0.66
  >=  0.56  <  0.61  :=  0.70
  >=  0.61  <  0.66  :=  0.74
  >=  0.66  <  0.71  :=  0.78
  >=  0.71  <  0.76  :=  0.82
  >=  0.76  <  0.81  :=  0.86
  >=  0.81  <  0.86  :=  0.90
  >=  0.86  <  0.91  :=  0.94
  >=  0.91  <  0.96  :=  0.98
  >=  0.96  <  1.01  :=  1.00
  """
  
  
  class PriceRescaler(object):
      def __init__(self, table):
          self.upperBoundPriceTuples = self.transform(table)
  
      def transform(self, table):
          pairs = []
          for line in table.splitlines():
              interval, result = line.split(":=")
              upperBound = interval.split('<')[1]
              pairs.append((float(upperBound), float(result)))
          return pairs
  
      def rescale(self, price):
          assert 0 <= price <= 1, "rescales only between 0 and 1"
          for upperBound, result in self.upperBoundPriceTuples:
              if price < upperBound:
                  return result
  
  
  if __name__ == '__main__':
      table = __doc__.split("following table:")[-1].strip()
      pt = PriceRescaler(table)
      for n in range(101):
          price = n / 100.0
          print("%.2f -> %.2f" % (price, pt.rescale(price)))
  
new_contents: """
  http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Price_fraction
  
  A friend of mine runs a pharmacy.
  He has a specialised function in his Dispensary application which
  receives a decimal value of currency and replaces it to a standard value.
  This value is regulated by a government department.
  
  Task: Given a floating point value between 0.00 and 1.00,
  rescale according to the following table:
  
  >=  0.00  <  0.06  :=  0.10
  >=  0.06  <  0.11  :=  0.18
  >=  0.11  <  0.16  :=  0.26
  >=  0.16  <  0.21  :=  0.32
  >=  0.21  <  0.26  :=  0.38
  >=  0.26  <  0.31  :=  0.44
  >=  0.31  <  0.36  :=  0.50
  >=  0.36  <  0.41  :=  0.54
  >=  0.41  <  0.46  :=  0.58
  >=  0.46  <  0.51  :=  0.62
  >=  0.51  <  0.56  :=  0.66
  >=  0.56  <  0.61  :=  0.70
  >=  0.61  <  0.66  :=  0.74
  >=  0.66  <  0.71  :=  0.78
  >=  0.71  <  0.76  :=  0.82
  >=  0.76  <  0.81  :=  0.86
  >=  0.81  <  0.86  :=  0.90
  >=  0.86  <  0.91  :=  0.94
  >=  0.91  <  0.96  :=  0.98
  >=  0.96  <  1.01  :=  1.00
  """
  
  
  class PriceRescaler(object):
      def __init__(self, table):
          self.upperBoundPriceTuples = self.transform(table)
  
      def transform(self, table):
          pairs = []
          for line in table.splitlines():
              interval, result = line.split(":=")
              upperBound = interval.split('<')[1]
              pairs.append((float(upperBound), float(result)))
          return pairs
  
      def rescale(self, price):
          assert 0 <= price <= 1, "rescales only between 0 and 1"
          for upperBound, result in self.upperBoundPriceTuples:
              if price < upperBound:
                  return result
  
  
  if __name__ == '__main__':
      pt = PriceRescaler(__doc__.split("following table:")[-1].strip())
      for n in range(101):
          price = n / 100.0
          print("%.2f -> %.2f" % (price, pt.rescale(price)))
  
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