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Coding Games and Programming Challenges to Code Better

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Created by @Lisa-Has-Ideas,validated by @Arglanir,@cedricdd and @Biglover.
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Good puzzle!

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One of the few GOOD GEMS here, unfortunately, hard to imagine this one being classified as EASY, considering the fact that this one requires the following additional requirements: (took 1.5hrs to get em all right…)

  • Pattern observation using the 2 given short string
  • Explicit handling of no wrap-around for letters
  • Only display the 31x31 upper-left section of the grid if oversized

Whilst this one with much less variation → Coding Games and Programming Challenges to Code Better is ranked as MEDIUM.

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Worth mentioning in constraints that each of the 2 pattern string will always start with an UPPERCASE letter, followed by a non-negative integer / positive integer (not sure if such cases are valid 0A 1B)

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I am fucked.

I pass all the normal tests, but fail validators 11, 16 and 24.

I don’t know where to start debugging, anyone has idea about what’s special in these validators?

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Validator 11: Also “topLeft clockwise”, the same as Test 11. “F3” and “I” become something else but still very close. 7 and 6 become a 2-digit and a 3-digit integer respectively.

Validator 16: Still “clockwise”, the same as Test 16, but not “topRight” this time. 11 becomes a bigger 2-digit integer, 30 becomes a 1-digit integer, and 70 becomes a smaller 2-digit integer.

Validator 24: Still “topLeft”, the same as Test 24, but not “counter-clockwise” this time. 201 becomes a smaller 3-digit integer, 1000 becomes a 2-digit integer, and 989 becomes a much smaller 3-digit integer.

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Nice puzzle ! but definitly not an easy one.

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I’m failing Validator 20. Passed every test and other validator.

Any idea what this validator has that the others don’t?

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Try something like:

Custom Case 
35 topRight counter-clockwise N150 L135

Expecting:

NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
N                              
N LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLNNNNNNNNNNNN
N L                            
N L LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
N L L                          
N L L JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ
N L J J                       J
N L J J HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH J
N L J J H                   H J
N L J J H FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF H J
N L J J H F               F H J
N L J J H F FFFFFFFFFFFFF F H J
N L J J H F F           F F H J
N L J J H F F DDDDDDDDD F F H J
N L J J H F F D       D F F H J
N L J J H F F D DDDDD D F F H J
N L J J H F F D D   D D F F H J
N L J J H F F D DDD D D F F H J
N L J J H F F D     D D F H H J
N L J J H F F DDDDDDD D F H H J
N L J J H F F         D F H H J
N L J J H F FFFFDDDDDDD F H H J
N L J J H F             F H H J
N L J J H FFFFFFFFFFFFFFF H H J
N L J J H                 H H J
N L J J HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH H J
N L J J                     H J
N L J JHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH J
N L J                         J
N L JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJ

Failing that, you can PM me your code and I’ll take a look :slight_smile:

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Thanks! I actually pass your test case, but thinking about its properties sent me looking in the right place to find my error.

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