ok now i'm clear. if i'm the only one who's confused in it, i must study
english harder T_T.

thanks for your help, Hawston :)


On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 4:32 PM, Hawston LLH <[email protected]> wrote:

> nothing to do with the sequence of the two rules because they are saying
> totally different things, the tie mean tie among the neighbors (case of
> multiple choices, but it does not say how the choice is derived in this
> statement), and obviously nothing to do with current cell having same
> altitude as its neighbor. Or simply, the rule is just to determine priority
> among the neighbor, it does not define how the conflict will arise or simply
> how is the flow, either "high to low" or "high to equal or lower".
>
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 3:11 PM, jz <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> thanks everybody. i'm still not 100% clear though, but maybe the former
>> rule comes prior to the latter one?
>>
>> ● For each cell, if none of its 4 neighboring cells has a lower altitude
>> than the current cell's, then the water does not flow, and the current cell
>> is called a *sink*.
>> ● In case of a tie, water will choose the first direction with the lowest
>> altitude from this list: North, West, East, South.
>>
>> that rule (colored in red) made me think that 6 in first row is 'lower'
>> than 6 in second row.
>>
>> so what i drew in mind was this
>>
>> → a ←
>> → ↑ ←
>>
>> well, maybe i've been confused. :)
>>
>> again, thanks everybody.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 2:22 PM, Hawston LLH <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> i think it depend on the definition of "flow", either from (high) to
>>> (low) or from (high) to (equal or lower).
>>> based on the definition given in the question "For each cell, if none of
>>> its 4 neighboring cells has a lower altitude than the current cell's, then
>>> the water does not flow, and the current cell is called a *sink*.", the
>>> 1st one (from high to low) is correct.
>>>
>>> So, it doesn't matter what the reality is in real life, it all matters
>>> what the question really say.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 12:51 PM, tog <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Well I think that since 6 is a sink you can not move to the other one
>>>> ...
>>>> You cannot move to a place being at the same height (of your current
>>>> position) - no slope ;)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 8:25 AM, jz<[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> > hey folks, good job with gcj.
>>>> >
>>>> > i couldn't understand something in prob B 'watersheds'.
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > in following case in sample input,
>>>> > [2 3]
>>>> > 7 6 7
>>>> > 7 6 7
>>>> >
>>>> > now upper 6 and downer 6 has same altitude.
>>>> >
>>>> > So what i thought was i should follow "NORTH WEST EAST SOUTH" rule,
>>>> >
>>>> > so upper 6 must be the sink, and the basin map should be
>>>> >
>>>> > a a a
>>>> > a a a
>>>> >
>>>> > not
>>>> > a a a
>>>> > b b b
>>>> >
>>>> > i don't understand why BOTH 6s are sinks. 'flows' follow 'tie
>>>> > situations' but 'sinks' don't?
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > >
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> PGP KeyID: 1024D/69B00854  subkeys.pgp.net
>>>>
>>>> http://cheztog.blogspot.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> >
>

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