[gcj] Re: Very minor piece of suggestion to GCJ Team..

2011-05-31 Thread Sam Scott
On Round 1A first problem, for the large set, I spelled the word Possible with a lower case p in cases where the number was large. Didn't notice it when I checked the output. This cost me the qualifier. :-) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

[gcj] Re: Very minor piece of suggestion to GCJ Team..

2011-05-30 Thread vettukal
Its true that making GCJ tester code that will accommodate all differences and satisfy all participants is impossible to make. But evaluating English words(NO,IMPOSSIBLE,RED etc) which are in output in a case insensitive manner is not that difficult to implement. It may reduce number of wrong

Re: [gcj] Re: Very minor piece of suggestion to GCJ Team..

2011-05-28 Thread Paul Smith
Yes, that is the point - the original poster asked if there was a difference between Case #1:NO and Case #1: NO. The answer is that there is and that the site tells you this if you do it wrong - you won't ever make this mistake on a large input because you will have uploaded a correct small input

[gcj] Re: Very minor piece of suggestion to GCJ Team..

2011-05-27 Thread Vexorian
For results with decimals it is easy enough to see the sample outputs that the format uses . and there is always a note about acceptable relative/absolute error (From which you can conclude not only that 0.5 is the same as 0.50 but also that 0.5 is the same as 0.501). On May 24, 1:52 am,

[gcj] Re: Very minor piece of suggestion to GCJ Team..

2011-05-27 Thread Vexorian
Forgot to mention, try uploading a file that says Case #1:NO in the practice room. The site will reject the solution saying that the file must start with Case #1: On May 27, 8:16 pm, Vexorian vexor...@gmail.com wrote: For results with decimals it is easy enough to see the sample outputs that

Re: [gcj] Re: Very minor piece of suggestion to GCJ Team..

2011-05-27 Thread Julien Dubois
The answer is in your problem: there must be a space after Case #1: A correct output is Case #1: NO 2011/5/28 Vexorian vexor...@gmail.com Forgot to mention, try uploading a file that says Case #1:NO in the practice room. The site will reject the solution saying that the file must start with