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Created by @abdelmathin,validated by @IGOX008,@a7aQC,@DeanTheMachine and @Delicious31415.
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Nice one!
Description is a bit cryptic when it comes to an exception for REPEAT instruction (an example would definitely help)
I also did not get it at first read, but there ARE examples: you can always look at the IDE test cases’ input & expected output…
i think the sentence: " The REPEAT instruction applies only to consecutive identical operations." it’s not correct… due to, the exception rule says exactly the contrary… i notice the REPEAT is NOT over consecutive operations. like in Test 7 with “+3” argument and Test 9 with " - 9" argument.
my recommendation is to change the line: " The REPEAT instruction applies only to consecutive identical operations." to " The REPEAT instruction applies only to identical operations."
and to remove the exception rule
Thanks guys! Do you agree with what @ManuelJ said? I think the exception statement might be causing the confusion. If most of you agree, I’ll change it.
My suggested revisions are:
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Replace “repeated operations” with “identical operations” in paragraph 2.
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Delete “The REPEAT instruction applies only to consecutive identical operations.”
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Delete the entire exception paragraph.
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Add “A positive number that appears at the beginning of an expression is treated as an addition of that number. Likewise, a negative number is treated as a subtraction.”
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Add “Identical operations must be compressed using the {{REPEAT}} instruction, even if they do not appear consecutively in the original expression”.
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Add “{{+}} [[X]] and {{-}} [[X]] cannot be compressed together (i.e. netted off each other) even if [[X]] has the same value.”
4 people approved, and even so, there are many corrections need to be done to description - sad