Ah, to be a wizard! The ability to cast spells to clean your room, create gas for your car... or just make it fly. In the Harry Potter books, each student at Hogwarts is sorted into one of the four different houses. This is accomplished with an ancient hat called the Sorting Hat. You might belong in Gryffindor Where dwell the brave at heart, Their daring, nerve, and chivalry Set Gryffindors apart Or yet in wise old Ravenclaw, if youve a ready mind, Where those of wit and learning, Will always find their kind; You might belong in Huffleputf, Where they are just and loyal, Those patient Huffiepuffs are truecnning foiks use any means Or perhaps in Slytherin You'l make your real friends, And unafraid of toil; To achieve their ends. Sorting Hat's Algorithm Even though the Sorting Hat is revered, its job is not that hard. In fact, the Sorting Hat really doesn't do that much work. It simply senses the answers to a few questions and then puts the student into the correct house (hopefully). The logic is as follows: Sorting Hat False True Seeks Power? Selfish ? False True False True Hufflepuff Ravenclaw Gryffindorr Ah, to be a wizard! The ability to cast spells to clean your room, create gas for your car... or just make it fly. In the Harry Potter books, each student at Hogwarts is sorted into one of the four different houses. This is accomplished with an ancient hat called the Sorting Hat. You might belong in Gryffindor Where dwell the brave at heart, Their daring, nerve, and chivalry Set Gryffindors apart Or yet in wise old Ravenclaw, if youve a ready mind, Where those of wit and learning, Will always find their kind; You might belong in Huffleputf, Where they are just and loyal, Those patient Huffiepuffs are truecnning foiks use any means Or perhaps in Slytherin You'l make your real friends, And unafraid of toil; To achieve their ends. Sorting Hat's Algorithm Even though the Sorting Hat is revered, its job is not that hard. In fact, the Sorting Hat really doesn't do that much work. It simply senses the answers to a few questions and then puts the student into the correct house (hopefully). The logic is as follows: Sorting Hat False True Seeks Power? Selfish ? False True False True Hufflepuff Ravenclaw Gryffindorr