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The puzzle statement said the values should be sorted by “lexicographical order”. I’m in doubt.
Using lexicographical order, this array [-10, -9, -5, 5, 9, 10]
will be sorted into [-10, -5, -9, 10, 5, 9]
It looks like the puzzle is NOT asking for this kind of order.
What is wanted is sorting by integer values in asccending order.
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Agreed. Additionally, the initial example does not help clarify this - as the examples solution can be arrived at by either numerical or lexicographic techniques. This compounds the confusion, particularly for beginners.
It’s a decent puzzle, but shouldn’t have been accepted in its current form. It needs rewording : (
I think that someone (with high enough access to edit accepted puzzles) should edit this to rephrase the problem statement.
Edited. Thank you for reporting.