"two space-separated integers" = "There are 2 integers.  They are separated
by a space"

"N space-separated strings" = "There are N strings.  They are each
separated by a space"

It really would be unkind of the problem setters to throw abritrary
weirdness into the input file.

Paul Smith

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On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 3:01 PM, Stanislav Zholnin <
[email protected]> wrote:

> понедельник, 28 апреля 2014 г., 8:33:20 UTC-5 пользователь TheGeetT
> написал:
> > Hi,
> >
> >
> > Input description of Charging Chaos program in Round1 A, it says
> >
> >
> > The first line contains two space-separated integers N and L. The second
> line contains N space-separated strings of length L, representing the
> initial electric flow from the outlets. The third line also
> contains N space-separated strings of length L, representing the electric
> flow required by Shota's devices.
> >
> >
> >
> > My question is, here it says first line contains two space separated
> integer and second and third lines contains N space separated String. But
> in sample input and real input file values are separated by only one space.
> Why it is so?
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Geet
> >
> >
>
> I think it is impossible to totally get rid of ambiguity in human
> language. So I don't feel that there is any problem with such description.
> Especially because you see example inputs and can figure it out. The way it
> should be read is N string, not N spaces.
>
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