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Subject: [PATCH] [Sync Iteration] python/inventory-management/2

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+"""Functions to keep track and alter inventory."""
+
+
+def create_inventory(items):
+    """Create a dict that tracks the amount (count) of each element on the `items` list.
+
+    :param items: list - list of items to create an inventory from.
+    :return: dict - the inventory dictionary.
+    """
+
+    inventory = {}
+    for item in items:
+        inventory[item] = inventory.get(item, 0) + 1
+    return inventory
+
+
+def add_items(inventory, items):
+    """Add or increment items in inventory using elements from the items `list`.
+
+    :param inventory: dict - dictionary of existing inventory.
+    :param items: list - list of items to update the inventory with.
+    :return: dict - the inventory updated with the new items.
+    """
+
+    for item in items:
+        inventory[item] = inventory.get(item, 0) + 1
+    return inventory
+
+
+def decrement_items(inventory, items):
+    """Decrement items in inventory using elements from the `items` list.
+
+    :param inventory: dict - inventory dictionary.
+    :param items: list - list of items to decrement from the inventory.
+    :return: dict - updated inventory with items decremented.
+    """
+
+    for item in items:
+        if inventory.get(item, 0) == 0:
+            continue
+        else: inventory[item] = inventory.get(item, 0) - 1
+    return inventory
+
+
+def remove_item(inventory, item):
+    """Remove item from inventory if it matches `item` string.
+
+    :param inventory: dict - inventory dictionary.
+    :param item: str - item to remove from the inventory.
+    :return: dict - updated inventory with item removed. Current inventory if item does not match.
+    """
+
+    if item in inventory:
+        inventory.pop(item)
+    return inventory
+
+
+def list_inventory(inventory):
+    """Create a list containing only available (item_name, item_count > 0) pairs in inventory.
+
+    :param inventory: dict - an inventory dictionary.
+    :return: list of tuples - list of key, value pairs from the inventory dictionary.
+    """
+
+    inv_list = []
+    for item, amount in inventory.items():
+        if inventory.get(item) == 0:
+            continue
+        tuple = (item, amount)
+        inv_list.append(tuple)
+    return inv_list
+