Temperatures puzzle discussion

Puzzles
1023

3 is the number of temperatures. Similarly, for the test without temperatures, 0 is the number of temperatures. That number should not be included in the comparison. Please read the Input section of the statement for what the inputs consist of.

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1024

Thanks for informations

1025

Hello, could someone please check my solution, because I don’t understand why the tests don’t work with my solution. While when I test myself with the test values, everything works.

function abs(nb) {
    if(nb == 0) return 0;
    if(nb > 0) return nb;
    if(nb < 0) return -nb;
}

if ( n ==  0) {

    console.log(n);

} else {

    for(let i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++) {

        if(i == 0){
            min = inputs[i];
            continue;
        }

        if(inputs[i] == min) {
            continue;
        }
        
        if(abs(inputs[i]) < abs(min)) {
            min = inputs[i];
            continue;
        }
        
        if(abs(inputs[i]) == abs(min)) {
            min = abs(inputs[i]);
            continue;
        }
        
    }
    console.log(min);
}
1026

This line is wrong:

min = abs(inputs[i]);

Think about a case where you have the same negative number twice in a row.

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1027

humm unless I am mistaken, this line handles this specific case :thinking:

if(inputs[i] == min) {
            continue;
}
1028

Oh sorry, I missed that line.

I suspect that the issue is actually that you’re not comparing numbers, you’re comparing strings.

In the default code, there’s a line:
const t = parseInt(inputs[i]);

But it seems that your code isn’t making use of t, and instead uses inputs[i] directly, and they’re still strings. A good fix is to use t instead of inputs[i] during the comparisons. Or, a quick fix to that line is:

if(+abs(inputs[i]) < +abs(min))
1030

Nvm i just realised last number is amount of numbers

1031

hii imtrying this code in c bot some erros showing..can give the solution

1032

Hello, what is your problem exactly ?

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1033

Give the solution you damn cat! :rage:

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1034

sorry, here is the solution. It was not nice from me to hold it from you, i apologize :confused:

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1035

Hi!
I work with java. I used arrays, for loop and if statements in my code.
I pass all the tests except I don’t know how to check if no temperature is provided.
Any help?
Thanks

1036

The first input is the number of temperatures. If it is zero, then no temperature is provided. (In case you miss it, a description of the inputs is included in the statement.)

1037

Thanks a lot!

1038

Bonjour. Je suis totalement dĂ©butant en code, et je n’arrive pas Ă  rĂ©soudre ce problĂšme. Je pensais utliser la recherche dichotomique pour le rĂ©soudre aprĂšs avoir triĂ© la liste mais je suis perdu entre tous les programmes que je trouve sur le net. Je travaille sur Python. Pouvez vous m’aider ? Merci

1039

C’est le puzzle oĂč il faut trouver la tempĂ©rature la plus proche de 0 ?
Poste ton script en privĂ©, on pourra t’aider.

1041

so i’m using Rust: i get the smallest temp with using an if and comparing the read values against each other. For that i transform all temperature to a positive using the .abs() method. The problem i have now is that i am stuck and dont know how to display the coresponding negative number to my positive values

1042

How about using an additional variable to store the corresponding negative number?

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1043

No need to use an array to solve this puzzle. It can be solved just comparing every input to the last result in the for-loop.

1046

i need help it asks for a one then a negative five