clarification on problem 3

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clarification on problem 3

Opened this issue 8 years ago · 5 comments

I don't understand exactly how we are supposed to calculate the output. I tried looking at the example but couldn't follow. Could you maybe walk through the example?

Answer 1 · 2017-07-03T02:14:30.000Z

This is a pretty broad question. I'll be able to help more if you as a more specific question. How far have you gotten? Can you pinpoint and describe where you're getting stuck?

Answer 2 · 2017-07-03T02:27:03.000Z

The example you gave on the ExcisionApp shows an answer of 53. How did we get this number ?

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Answer 3 · 2017-07-03T02:54:27.000Z

You just need to filter the lines that need to be filtered, then sum up the indices of the remaining lines.

Giving you an exact, step-by-step solution kind of defeats the point of the question. Try writing some code based on your current understanding of the problem. Then post the code and we can see which part of the prompt you're having trouble with.

Answer 4 · 2017-07-03T14:52:22.000Z

Sorry, I was unclear. I was not asking for step-by-step help or any form of code. Either way, I figured it out.

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Answer 5 · 2017-07-03T14:56:00.000Z

Great! Glad you got it!