[Community puzzle] Jack Silver: The Casino Part 1

Puzzles
#1

Is there something I don’t understand about this puzzle? I did the math by hand and got the same answer for the first test as my program, which was 15563. But the answer should be 1153.

[I removed the code]

#2

No full code please, just explain your algorithm instead. :slight_smile:
There is nothing wrong, I solved it.

#3

You were adding too much money! Here’s how this works:

You have $4, so you will bet $1.

If you bet on ODD and lose, you have $3.
If you bet on ODD and win, you have $5.
If you bet on EVEN and lose, you have $3.
If you bet on EVEN and win, you have $5.
If you bet on PLAIN and lose, you have $3.
If you bet on PLAIN and win, you have $39.

Your code does not return 3, 5, 3, 5, 3, 39 for the above scenarios. It returns 3, 6, 3, 6, 3, 40. Take another look.

  • danBhentschel
#4

Long time, but may be useful for new users. You got that result because you are adding the bet result to your full money instead of 3/4 of your money (since 1/4 was your bet).

#6

Hello, i can’t pass the last test (0 is not even). But it is known that 0 is EVEN. Do i need to do things not based on real logic and math and consider it not EVEN here ?

#7

As it is stated in the puzzle description :

  • The target’s calls, CALL, can be one of the three possibilities:
    – EVEN - He bets on an EVEN (non-zero) number
    – ODD - He bets on an ODD number
    – PLAIN - He bets on a specific number: NUMBER

Here the bets are similar to the roulette, 0 is a losing bet for EVEN and ODD bets :

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#8

Hi there,

I am validating all tests in the IDE, but when I submit I don’t validate test #7 which is not shown in the IDE.
Can anyone advise please? I’m stuck at 75% validation.

Thanks,
Ed

#9

Hey,
You probably missed what hemhel posted just above.
On this problem, the value 0 should not be considered as EVEN… but not as ODD neither.

Hope it helps

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#10

Well I found one strange thing,it is not a bug but it may cause some problems.
I try to check if it is “PLAIN” like this
Console.ReadLine().Split(’ ‘).Count() == 3 and in final test I get only 50%
After I changed it to
Console.ReadLine().Split(’ ')[1].Equals(“PLAIN”)
I get 100%
So probably there is too much unnecessary spaces in some test cases.

#11

Hello,

I don’t understand I passed all tests but not the last 2 validators (python 3)
I don’t understand why : 0 well treated etc…
Does anyone encountered this kind of bug ?