Re: [code jam] Re: Archived submissions before 2018

Hi James, I'm sorry you are disappointed, but I'm glad you think Code Jam is perfect in every other way. However, Code Jam can actually be better in lots of other ways too. We didn't say this was impossible, we said infeasible, by which we mean "the benefit/cost ratio on it is significantly worse

Re: [code jam] Re: Archived submissions before 2018

Hi Andrés, Just to clarify, as I can't tell whether there was a confusion: the new platform does have access to solutions too. Just click on anyone's name on the scoreboard. Moreover, we are publishing every attempt someone makes, not just the last one. The original request was just about submissi

Re: [code jam] possible reasons for WA

Hi, WA is short for Wrong Answer. The explanation for that and other verdicts you may receive can be found in the submitting section of our FAQ . When practicing, you can download the test data for any problem (starting in 2021) at

Re: [code jam] strange Perl output?

Hi, We always install the latest stable version of the compilers and interpreters of the OS that we have. We'll make sure to advance the version enough to get past this bug when we next update the image. Thanks for reporting this. Best, Pablo On Fri, Apr 30, 2021 at 10:10 AM porker2008 wrote:

Re: [code jam] Code Jam Round 1B is happening soon!

On Mon, Apr 26, 2021 at 6:27 AM Louis Yang wrote: > Are we allowed to talk about the solution to the contest after the round > finished? > > Yes, after the round is over, you can talk all you want. You can also see all the submitted codes by clicking on a person's nickname in the scoreboard. Bes

Re: [code jam] Code Jam Qualification Round 2021 "Reversort Engineering" analysis mistake

Thanks for reporting. This has been fixed. Best, Pablo On Sun, Apr 25, 2021 at 8:28 AM Kel kun wrote: > It is said on the Test Set 1 analysis of Reversort Engineering : > > « the answer is any permutation that has a cost less than or equal to C ». > > However the statement requires the cost to

Re: [code jam] Qualification Round 2021 - Reversort Engineering

Thanks for reporting. This has been fixed. Best, Pablo On Sun, Apr 25, 2021 at 8:29 AM Kel kun wrote: > Something's missing, I can feel it > > " The first iteration costs between 1 and N, so we should choose a > cost x for it such that C−x, fits in the possible range for a permutation > of size

Re: [code jam] Re: Code Jam Qualification Round 2021 - "Reversort Engineering" has complexity O(N) instead of O(N^2)

Hi, It is explicitly *not* our policy to require the smallest complexity solution for every problem. In many cases, the main idea or ideas of the problem get you to some solution, and then additional technical steps can make that smaller. Sometimes those technical steps are not interesting relativ

Re: [code jam] Samples: passed, runtime error

Hi Nic, What you are looking at probably means that your test passed the samples but got a runtime error when running on real data on Test Set 1. For non-interactive problems, your code is ran against the samples, then the Test Set 1 data, then Test Set 2, data, etc. We never return two different

Re: [code jam] Solutions/Submissions of other participants

Hi, If you click on any nickname, it will show the submissions for that contestant. Best, Pablo On Tue, Apr 6, 2021 at 1:16 PM sparsh dalmia wrote: > Where can I find the solutions or submissions of other participants? > During the qualifications round, hovering over other's points on the > le

Re: [gcj] Parenting Partnering Returns Question

Hi, There was a typo in the analysis. That > should have been a <. This was fixed on Monday. Best, Pablo On Mon, Apr 6, 2020 at 6:02 PM Dhruva Sagar wrote: > The analysis is out, and I am quoting this from the analysis : > > An activity with start time s1 and end time t1 overlaps with another

Re: [gcj] Where are visible test cases??

Visible means that the verdict is visible during the contest (as opposed to only at the end), not that the tests themselves are visible to you. To make that less ambiguous we are calling them "Visible Verdict" and "Hidden Verdict" starting this year. Notice that the difference doesn't matter during

Re: [gcj] Re: Registration is open! New scoring rules

On Tue, Mar 10, 2020 at 11:19 AM Bartholomew Furrow wrote: > I think the major difference between the previous rule and the new rule is >> In the previous rule, the hidden test for a submission will be run only >> when that submission is the LAST submission and it passed all the visible >> test.

Re: [gcj] CTLE, TLE --&-- Practice Mode

Hi Ilhor, It doesn't look like the account you used to post this has any submissions for that problem in our system. If you are using a different account and want us to look into it, please contact us privately at code...@google.com with your account details. That being said, our system is differ

Re: [gcj] Can't get my old code to pass anymore

Hi, The platform where submissions are ran does change, and that impacts runtimes. We usually measure the time limits for problems several times, with one last time happening not long before the round and with no platform changes happening between the measurement and the round. We don't have a goo

Re: [gcj] Re: Python Runtime Error

https://codingcompetitions.withgoogle.com/codejam/faq#platform has all the information about what your code will run on. Best, Pablo On Thu, Jun 20, 2019 at 6:28 AM efraim tagsip wrote: > > I'm using the latest python version 3.7.3 32 bit in my local computer. What > version of python should we

Re: [gcj] Re: Python Runtime Error

Make sure you are testing the same version locally that we have, and also, that you are not trying to import libraries that we don't have installed. Any of that could cause runtime errors, among a lot of other things of course. On Wed, Jun 19, 2019, 06:24 efraim tagsip wrote: > On Monday, April

Re: [gcj] Re-using publicly available (e.g. Stack Overflow posts) code

Hi, It's ok to use any pre-written code as long as it's provable (proVable, not just proBable) that it was written before the contest started (otherwise it counts as collaboration) and you have the legal right to use it. We can't provide advise over stackoverflow's terms and conditions, but I woul

Re: [gcj] Re: Interactive problem standard error

Hi, Thanks for this report (and to a few others who reported related issues with interactive_runer.py privately). The interactive_runner does not run the same code as the judging that happens on our backend. It's not even a stripped down version of it, and it's not even using the same programming

Re: [gcj] Help with local testing on interactive problems - Windows 7, Python 3

Hi, Thanks for the feedback, we'll consider adding more features to the interactive runner in the future. In the meantime, you are welcome to modify the interactive runner and/or the local testing tool's code to better suit your needs. Best, Pablo On Tue, May 7, 2019 at 10:09 AM wrote: > On We

Re: [gcj] Outdated Python3 version

Hi, For most languages we use the package available for the latest Debian release. Unfortunately, the latest Debian release is pretty old. A new release is expected this year, and when we update to that, I assume many languages will get an updated version (hard to tell before the release which exa

Re: [gcj] Running interactive problems with JAVA

You should replace "./mybinary" with the command for running your solution. If your solution is java, the proper line is probably something like: "python interactive_runner.py python testing_tool.py 0 -- java Solution" Although that depends on your local java installation and your preferences for

Re: [gcj] Help with local testing on interactive problems - Windows 7, Python 3

Hi, Return code 0 usually means "normal termination". From the testing tool it means "no problem found". If you got the problem accepted it was likely correct, so the output you are showing is to be expected. If you want to experiment ahead of the next round, I suggest you modify your code to intr

Re: [gcj] Chromium-browser

Hi Doron, What does "doing nothing" mean? It doesn't toggle when you click it? Or it does toggle but nothing else changes with it? If you don't mind, could you send screenshots of what you are seeing to code...@google.com? Thanks for reporting, Pablo On Fri, Apr 26, 2019 at 3:26 PM Doron Veltze

Re: [gcj] Visual Basic(Mono)

Hi, The "pending judgement" has nothing to do with the language or its syntax. I see those submissions properly judged on our side, so it's a display or refresh issue. Does the same happen if you log off and back on or try a different browser or incognito window? It's possible that the authorizati

Re: [gcj] Visual Basic(Mono)

Hi Alex, The submissions I'm seeing from you have all been judged, so you should see an actual verdict instead of pending judgement. Usually you would see "pending judgement" for some time right after submission, but then it should change to the real verdict. The time it takes to be judged may var

Re: [gcj] Scraping the website

Please do note the use restrictions of contest material, including both others' solutions, scoreboards and the problems themselves, explained in section 8 of the terms . On Tue, Apr 16, 2019 at 9:36 AM Igor Naverniouk wrote: > Yes,

Re: [gcj] New Code Jam interface: a step back in usability

Hi, Thanks for the feedback. This has been reported before and we are working on it. It disturbs me too :), and I suspect it may disturb non-programmers as well. Best, Pablo On Tue, Apr 16, 2019 at 8:21 AM Yul S wrote: > There is a small bug in paging of result scores. It disturbs me as a > pr

Re: [gcj] Is D language not supported?

e some scheme > dialect, preferably Racket. > > Best, > Mukesh > > > > On Sun, 14 Apr 2019 at 10:06 am, 'Pablo Heiber' via Google Code Jam < > google-code@googlegroups.com> wrote: > >> Hi Kohei, >> >> We are working on supporting D. It has

Re: [gcj] Whats the date of Round 1 B?

Hi, The correct date is April 28 and any information on https://codejam.withgoogle.com/2018/ may be erroneous or outdated, so I don't recommend using it. Best, Pablo On Sun, Apr 14, 2019 at 3:04 PM Bakai Ádám wrote: > Hello! > 1. https://codingcompetitions.withgoogle.com/codejam/schedule This

Re: [gcj] New scoring system makes scoreboard less exciting to watch

Hi fushar, We got similar feedback a few times both internally and externally. We are working on making it better, but we couldn't find a great solution. Disallowing resubmitting the hidden tests is pretty harsh, and now that we can avoid it, I wouldn't want to do it. Moreover, having the submissi

Re: [gcj] Is D language not supported?

Hi Kohei, We are working on supporting D. It has some unexpected singularities regarding syscall use compared to the other languages we support, so it needs some extra work. We will announce it on this list if it becomes available. Best, Pablo On Sat, Apr 13, 2019 at 2:54 PM Kohei Morita wrote:

Re: [gcj] Please increase stack size for native code

Hi Narut, Thanks for the feedback, we'll take it under consideration. Please re-check the FAQ before your next rounds to stay up to date with changes in language or platform configuration. Best, Pablo On Sat, Apr 13, 2019 at 2:54 PM Narut wrote: > According to the FAQ in the "Coding" section,

[gcj] language flags update

Hi Everyone, We have updated the way we compile and/or run code in several languages to address some of the feedback from the Qualification Round and our own findings. Please check out the updated version of the "For each supported language, what version, libraries, and compilation and execution l

Re: [gcj] Re: C# crucial assemblies not supported?

Hi, We are changing some compilation/execution flags based on feedback from the previous rounds. Please make sure to re-check the FAQs shortly before rounds to be up to date with new changes. We apologize for the short notice, but the short time in between the first few rounds doesn't leave us th

Re: [gcj] Is it possible to get Wrong Answer instead of Runtime Error for the interactive problem?

Hi, Instead of raising an exception, I recommend you finish normally upon receiving the WA indication from the judge. That should avoid both TLE and RTE and show you WA. The system has no way of distinguishing the reason of an abnormal termination of the users' execution and will report any abnorm

Re: [gcj] New Code Jam interface: a step back in usability

On Wed, Apr 10, 2019 at 11:51 AM F S wrote: > On Monday, April 8, 2019 at 7:45:40 PM UTC+2, Pablo Heiber wrote: > > * Downloading solutions just gives a binary blob, that lack the proper > content type to have a good extension and/or open in an editor (at least on > OSX). > > > > > > > > > > > >

Re: [gcj] Re: programming language selection

On Wed, Apr 10, 2019 at 11:51 AM David Wahler wrote: > On Tuesday, April 9, 2019 at 10:07:57 AM UTC-5, Manoj Ransing wrote: > > I am not sure was this the case earlier? Earlier at least qualification > rounds were not language dependent. > > There are multiple solutions of problems requiring big

Re: [gcj] Codejam Q3 Cryptopangrams error

> I won't comment on the general awfulness and obfuscation of the system > (for instance, using "Case #1:ABCD..." is ok in test runs, but you have to > insert a space in attempts ("Case #1: ABCD..."), with no meaningful error > message. > There is no such thing as "ok in test runs". When doing a t

Re: [gcj] Wrong email used

PS: If, after checking your settings, you believe the emails are going to the wrong place, please contact us privately at code...@google.com, as debugging this may require us to ask about some personal information, specifically, your email addresses. On Tue, Apr 9, 2019 at 10:03 AM Pablo Heiber w

Re: [gcj] Wrong email used

Hi Jan, A single Google account can be associated with multiple email addresses. We use the primary email of the account to send all of our emails. You can check your account settings at https://myaccount.google.com/. Best, Pablo On Mon, Apr 8, 2019 at 1:47 PM Jan Stepanek wrote: > Hi, > > Why

Re: [gcj] Re: Test set skipped

> > However I still think that RE is not descriptive at all, they could have > traversed the actual error message to the problem console. Instead of > generic errors. > > We actually can't do that. The user's code can output whatever it wants to standard error. If we were to report that back to you

Re: [gcj] Round 1 Qualification

Hi Eshwar, You shouldn't have gotten an alert saying you are not qualified, you should have got a neutral one saying that the round ended. Results for the QR are not finazlied, once they are, the alert should update (and, if you have 41 points, it should say you qualified for R1). If the alert you

Re: [gcj] New Code Jam interface: a step back in usability

> > * Downloading solutions just gives a binary blob, that lack the proper > content type to have a good extension and/or open in an editor (at least on > OSX). > > Hi, What do you mean by binary? It downloads as a .txt file to me. If it did something different to you, please let us know at code..

Re: [gcj] relative or absolute error

Hi, Check "How does Code Jam handle real numbers?" under "Competing" in the FAQ . Best, Pablo On Mon, Apr 8, 2019 at 9:09 AM Samuel Jawahar wrote: > > Hello,what is the measning of "Answers with a relative or absolute error of at most 10-6

Re: [gcj] Boost Library for c++

Hi Luke, Thanks for contacting us. It is on our list of language/version/library improvements. I can't really say when we are getting to it, though, as we receive a lot of feedback after each round, and we have to prioritize heavily what to work on given the short time in between rounds. Best, Pa

Re: [gcj] New Code Jam interface: a step back in usability

On Sun, Apr 7, 2019 at 6:27 AM Martín Fixman wrote: > Is there any chance we might be able to filter by country or within my > friends list for the next round of the Google CodeJam? To be honest, it's > by far the thing I miss the most from the previous competitions and Google > CodeJam doesn't s

Re: [gcj] Compilation time and Time Limit Exceeded

Hi, The work to solve the problem is done by both the compilation and running of the code, hence you have to pay for both. When setting the time limits, we take that into account. It would be unfair to interpreted languages to not include compilation time in the cost, as interpreted languages are

Re: [gcj] Test Set Skipped

Hi, That means that your attempt got Wrong Answer in the first Test Set. Once your attempt gets Wrong Answer in Test Set 1, every subsequent Test Set is just skipped. The "Test Set skipped" that you see refers to Test Set 2. Please refer to the "Scoring" section of the FAQ for a more thorough expl

Re: [gcj] Re: Round 1 Registration

Hi, There is no need for extra registration for R1, everyone with 30 or more points, regardless of penalty, will qualify for it. The current Qualification Round results, whoever, are pending finalization (we check that nothing went wrong, basically). After they are, the alert for qualifiers should

Re: [gcj] Can I post my Solved code to get feedback about what went wrong?

Hi, You are welcome to do with your code whatever you want after the round is over, including posting it in this mailing list for help. As you probably saw, many others did. Best, Pablo On Sun, Apr 7, 2019 at 6:27 AM ACTECH wrote: > I had participated in codejam 2019, > I solved 3 problems , H

Re: [gcj] Re: Errors in Code Jam FAQ

On Fri, Apr 5, 2019 at 10:53 AM eatmore wrote: > There were no response from Code Jam admins, but the errors are now fixed. > > We make plans on how to communicate updates, since emails coming "officially" from the Code Jam team or someone in it tend to gather specific attention from some users.

Re: [gcj] New Code Jam interface: a step back in usability

Hi, We don't monitor any specific non-Google forum for Code Jam feedback because we can't possibly monitor every one, and picking some over others doesn't seem fair, since we haven't performed a real evaluation of every other competitive programming platform out there. I am aware of some Google e

Re: [gcj] Timing

On Thu, Apr 4, 2019 at 9:43 AM Luke Pebody wrote: > Wait it's this weekend?! > > Yep. I'm excited too! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Code Jam" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to googl

Re: [gcj] Sample Failed: WA

Hi Dimitry, This is not due to the feature not working, but a configuration issue with that specific problem. I've reached out to the Kick Start team to track down the reason for the issue. Rest assured that scores were unaffected by the issue, though. They'll be able to provide more details when

Re: [gcj] Sample Failed: WA

; > On Sun, Mar 24, 2019 at 1:45 PM Bartholomew Furrow > wrote: > >> That's an awesome change! I wanted to do that for years! >> >> On Sun., Mar. 24, 2019, 11:36 'Pablo Heiber' via Google Code Jam, < >> google-code@googlegroups.com> wrote: >

Re: [gcj] Sample Failed: WA

It means that your submission got a Wrong Answer on the sample input (the one in the statement). Submissions that fail the sample input are not considering for penalty purposes. On Sun, Mar 24, 2019 at 1:59 AM Дмитрий Кузьминов wrote: > What does "Sample Failed: WA" verdict mean? > > -- > You re

Re: [gcj] Re: New Code Jam interface: a step back in usability

On Thu, Mar 21, 2019 at 5:40 AM Harshad wrote: > Hi, > I didn't quite get you. And I did not open them in different tabs. I just > remember that changes were not getting reflected in test code, when I > changed the main code and vice-versa. I had also contacted the google team > regarding the sam

Re: [gcj] BUG: Test submission are giving TLE, Attempt are marking solution as success QR 2018 - Go!Gophers!

This is entirely possible. The Time Limit for test submissions it's 10 seconds. The way to use it is to submit something small that runs under 10 seconds and then extrapolate. Since the feature did not exist in 2018, the statements are not reflecting the time limit difference between test and real

Re: [gcj] New Code Jam interface: a step back in usability

Hi, > I favor the idea to make a better competition platform. I'm concerned a > little that major changes are made without any public announcement and > discussion; I'd like Code Jam team to publish information about new and > upcoming changes, so that it would be possible to learn about them bef

Re: [gcj] Re: New Code Jam interface: a step back in usability

On Tue, Mar 19, 2019 at 7:55 AM Harshad wrote: > Hi, > I really don't like that the "test code" and "submit code" have two > different text editors, so each time I change something in the first tab, > say test code, I need to manually make the same change in the other tab as > well. > It's not s

Re: [gcj] New Code Jam interface: a step back in usability

On Mon, Mar 18, 2019 at 11:17 AM Dmitry Kuzminov wrote: > I would also add that the vertical scroller doesn't work with keyboard for > the problem description part of the screen. At least that happens in Chrome > on my machine. > Thanks for reporting, we were unaware of this. I've added this to

Re: [gcj] Numpy module in codejam

Hi, numpy is currently not supported. The coding section of the FAQs ( https://codingcompetitions.withgoogle.com/kickstart/faq) describe all supported languages. Any language addition, version change or library addition will be updated there. If you are going to submit code that is not of your own

Re: [gcj] All attemps results in CE?

Hi David, Thanks for reporting this problem. Your submissions could not be judged due to a temporary problem with our judging machines we are currently investigating, but seems to be resolved now. Due to a bug (that has been fixed thanks to your report), those were incorrectly marked CE instead of

Re: [gcj] New Code Jam interface: a step back in usability

tl;dr: Thanks for the feedback. We are actually trying to address most of the points raised. If you are interested in the story of how things got to be as they currently are or why we are not addressing the rest of the points, read below. It's long. Hi eatmore, Thanks for the long and referenced

Re: [gcj] Re: code jam women platform input WA test case skipped

Hi Guessing, We can't really help you if you don't provide specifics. It is not clear when you say "I get compile errors but when submitting everything is fine" what do you mean. Can you please state specifically one problem you tried submitting and which inconsistencies you found across those sub

Re: [gcj] Runtime error

Which problem of which contest are you trying? If you can post a link to the page you are using to submit, even better, I'll look up your attempts. Just in case, make sure you are submitting choosing the right language. If you choose the wrong language is likely that you'll get a compile error (fo

Re: [gcj] Runtime error

Hi, As I've answered before on this mailing list, there are multiple reasons why a submission could fail. If you think you are getting the wrong result due to a system problem, we'll investigate it, but we've done that lots of times, and it was a user error every time. Moreover, if we find that it

Re: [gcj] Re: code jam women platform input WA test case skipped

Ok, we are working to get a simpler way than copy/pasting to put samples onto the run-test input box, but for now, copy/pasting should work well. Regarding checking correctness, we are working on doing that only when running the sample input in the statement. Checking in general would be too much h

Re: [gcj] Re: code jam women platform input WA test case skipped

Hi, What do you mean "you are not able to test your code". You should be, you are just not expected to be able to do it on real data, you have to provide your own data, and results may depend on data, of course. Regarding visibility, you can see our FAQ, but the definition of visibility only regar

Re: [gcj] Re: code jam women platform input WA test case skipped

Hi, Notice that the inputs for test runs and real submissions are different, so it's not unlikely to obtain different results. Additionally, the time limit might be different (test runs have a 10 second time limit at present, while real runs depend on the problem), which can also lead to different

Re: [gcj] Likelihood of more supported languages for 2019

> > Reading between the lines, should we infer that you're not ready to commit > to new languages for 2019, but not quite ready to rule it out either? > Yes, that's a reasonable reading :). Best, Pablo -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Code Ja

Re: [gcj] Likelihood of more supported languages for 2019

Hi Rob, We strive to follow the order of popularity of languages in Code Jam 2017, with the addition of popular requests for both languages and additional libraries to languages we already have, different versions, etc. We may skip some due to technical or legal (licencing) issues. Rust and Scala

Re: [gcj] Re: Bathroom Stalls - Time limit exceeded

Part of the confusion is that the problem appeared in the 2017 qualification round and in the 2018 practice round, and you can try to practice in both of them. I would expect your code to reasonably solve the 2017 qualification round version. For the 2018 practice round, it's possible that the com

Re: [gcj] Can a registered candidate join in any round if he/she has not joined in the previous rounds?

Hi, Kickstart doesn't have an advancement structure. Any registrant can participate in all rounds regardless of presence or performance in previous rounds. The information about advancement you may have seen must be for Code Jam, which is a tournament that does have an advancement structure. Even

Re: [gcj] participation in codejam

The terms and conditions and rules of the contest are adjusted yearly to reflect changes in technology, prizes, laws and regulations, and many others, so you should check them before registering each year. You can read the most recent ones here https://codejam.withgoogle.com/codejam/terms. Best,

Re: [gcj] participation in codejam

Yes, you can use the same Google account to participate multiple times. Best, Pablo On Tue, Jul 24, 2018, 23:40 Sriram wrote: > If so, can we use the same email id? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google Code Jam" group. > To unsubscribe fro

Re: [gcj] participation in codejam

Yes, you can participate every year if you want, as long as you meet the eligibility criteria each year. There's no eligibility criteria that limits number of participations. Best, Pablo On Tue, Jul 24, 2018 at 9:09 AM Sriram wrote: > can a single person participate in codejam for more than one

Re: [gcj] How to ask questions during the final round?

Hi, Thanks for your attention to detail. We are evaluating different options and will let finalist know before the finals. Best, Pablo On Mon, Jun 11, 2018 at 2:08 PM eatmore wrote: > Hi! One of the features the new Code Jam platform is missing is the > ability to ask questions during rounds.

Re: [gcj] Re: Has anyone solved Question 3 from round 1C in python?

> > 2) I think several of us here are eager either to see one (or more) of > said solutions. Hopefully in the near future we will be able to see our > fellow competitors submissions on the new platform :). > > You can see those right now (the feature has been out for a while, although it wasn't av

Re: [gcj] Scoring for partially failed problems

> I think that it would make a lot of sense to run the hidden test > for the last submission that passed visible tests. And in the > example above it would be "Attempt 5". > > I mean, if the last submission happens to be broken and even > fails visible tests, then re-submitting some variant that at

Re: [gcj] Re: Has anyone solved Question 3 from round 1C in python?

Hi everyone, I won't comment on specific solutions, but I just want to let you all know that our policy as to what is possible to pass remains the same: for most problems, especially in earlier rounds, we aim to make sure they can be passed with most languages. In this particular case, we do have

Re: [gcj] Why does my code fail Test Set 1 of 1B Rounding Error?

Hi, For what is worth, I can confirm that the choice of language does not impact which test cases you get, nor in which order, nor anything else about the test files. That being said, we make no guarantee regarding the test cases being constant in practice mode: you could get different test cases

[gcj] Round 1B is over!

*Hi everyone,Round 1B has officially ended. Thank you to everyone who participated!We'll send out official advancement emails at least one day before Round 1C on Saturday, May 5th, and you can view the Round 1B analysis now under Past Contests ! If yo

[gcj] Code Jam Round 1B is about to begin!

*Hi Everyone,Round 1B is about to begin! We have temporarily put messages in this group on hold during the round and will resume as normal after 18:30 UTC on Sunday, April 29th. Practice has also been disabled and will be re-enabled shortly after the round is

Re: [gcj] Please make input/output test case data available

ant non-native English speakers are at a disadvantage, that's definitely true. I'd suggest try not to assume the absolute worst about what I say and maybe the exchange will be more efficient. I'm not such a bad guy if you get to know me. Best, Pablo > On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 7:1

Re: [gcj] Please make input/output test case data available

ll natural languages, I'm just saying > that you should not provide the arguments like that. > > Thank you, > Dmitry > > On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 6:28 PM, 'Pablo Heiber' via Google Code Jam < > google-code@googlegroups.com> wrote: > >> Hi Dimtry and eatm

Re: [gcj] Please make input/output test case data available

; things that don't. That's ok with me that you have introduce new rules: the > problem is that you don't hear your users. > > On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 4:38 PM, 'Pablo Heiber' via Google Code Jam < > google-code@googlegroups.com> wrote: > >>

Re: [gcj] Please make input/output test case data available

Hi, Practicing in a different way than how you compete is bound to cause you trouble. If you resort to seeing the input data when you don't know why something is not working well, you are going to be unprepared when that happens in a contest. Also, some people spend a lot more time using our site

Re: [gcj] Please make input/output test case data available

Hi Alex, We've been asked this several times, and our policy is not to reveal test data. If you are interested about the reasoning, you can refer to old threads in this group that discuss the topic, like this one. Best, Pablo

Re: [gcj] practice mode + downgrading other contestants' code is live on our site!

Hi, This is not possible. The reason why it's just an extension of our policy of not showing our input data. Even telling just the number of passed test cases is revealing stuff about the input data and encouraging working around specific issues on specific cases instead of debugging to a flawless

Re: [gcj] Sort problems on Google Code Jam based on difficulty/easiness.

> Your model will also learn that if Gennady solves a problem that's not a very useful signal about the problem's difficulty. :) This is actually not true. Someone solving a problem is not a useful signal if they either solve none, solve all of them or are extremely inconsistent in what they solve

Re: [gcj] Runtime Error in C++. Solved.

fusion faster if they get a > compilation error. I unwisely tried to use numpy at the tail end of the > qual round, and was confused about why I got a runtime error until someone > asked about it on this list. > > - Any extra details, like anything that might go in the FAQ. &g

[gcj] Round 1A status emails are out

Hi, Emails about your status on Round 1A went out a few minutes ago. Sorry about the delay, it should be faster for the next rounds. Best, Pablo -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Code Jam" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receivi

Re: [gcj] Runtime Error in C++. Solved.

Hi Anil, That's a fair point about giving the extra information. We don't add that level of detail to the terms and conditions, but I've added a formal definition of Runtime Error to our FAQ . Hope this helps the next time. Best,

Re: [gcj] practice mode + downgrading other contestants' code is live on our site!

Hi, Thanks everyone for your feedback. We wanted to get the functionality out as soon as possible so you can start using it. We'll continue to redesign our user experience through the year, and your input is most welcome to guide us! Best, Pablo On Sun, Apr 22, 2018 at 6:52 AM Mayank Gupta wrot

Re: [gcj] Runtime Error in C++. Solved.

Hi, The way to check if a binary finished successfully is simply to check if the exit code is 0. Notice that for C/C++ in particular there is a constant EXIT_SUCCESS defined as 0, and an EXIT_FAILURE defined to 1. Our system (or any system, for that matter) has no way to determine *why* your progr

Re: [gcj] Email of qualification

Hi, They haven't gone out yet, we are still doing cheating detection. You can expect them to go out early next week. Best, Pablo On Sat, Apr 21, 2018, 12:40 Bhushan wrote: > Has anyone received email stating that he is qualified for CodeJam round 2? > > -- > You received this message because y

[gcj] Re: practice mode + downgrading other contestants' code is live on our site!

Hi again, With all the excitement of the new features, I wrote downgrading instead of downloading. Just to be extra clear, you can now download code from other contestants. Downgrading code from others is not encouraged. Thanks for understanding, Pablo -- You received this message because you a

[gcj] practice mode + downgrading other contestants' code is live on our site!

Hi, Thanks everyone for your patience. Practice mode is now accessible from the contest page of all our 2018 past rounds . Keep in mind that practice will be disabled some time before each new round starts and re-enabled shortly after it has finished

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