The Descent - Puzzle discussion

[tomelie]

Hi, the start of the program in Scala is already the solution. It really gets too easy

[TwoSteps]

We provide the default code to read the inputs in every puzzle and for every language. The Scala default code doesn’t solve the puzzle

[tomelie]

Hi, sorry for the inconvenience, I found my error, I tested Condingame Sync and it gave me the solution when I reset.
Have a good day.

[TwoSteps]

no worries

[Sapjo]

Hello,

I’m trying to use C# to solve the puzzle. If I don’t touch the code at the begining, the ship doesn’t move and end up exploding. When I try other langage, the ship move and is destroyed when it meet a mountain. Did you ever had this kind of bug?

[hemhel]

Default code outputs a hardcoded answer each turn, to allow you to better understand the desired output format. It will not solve the problem, you have to use the inputs to provide the correct output.

[peves]

I found with Decent when i tried coding loops it just spat errors back at me. I don’t know if it’s just that I am rusty at c++ or if that’s just the way it handles loops. I was only able to get a for loop to work properly with it. aside from that it wouldn’t let me use repeat, and it wouldn’t let me use number sorting with an array, so I found myself in frustration just running the same cout command 8 times over, which I know isn’t what it is looking for.

[java_coffee_cup]

Having a for-loop to work is good enough to solve it.

“repeat” is not a keyword in c++. No surprise it causes errors.
c++ does not know how to sort an array unless you included suitable library in header (or write a sort function by yourself) to help it to sort.

[TiantianPython]

I’m a newcomer. So, would you mind telling me why we must use English to communicate ? Other languages are prohibited here?

[java_coffee_cup]

It is off-topic so make it brief.

• English is the most common international language.
• The owner/management of CG, I guess, may want this platform be international-oriented rather than a single nation oriented.
  so comes this policy.

Besides English, you can communicate in C, C++, python, java, javascript…dozens of options to choose. But you know, all programming languages are having keywords based on English.

Extra notes: you can join Discord to chat, where there are channels in fr and ru

[viktorro]

Help me please! With input: 9,8,7,3,6,5,2,4.
My code:

int main()
{
while (1) {
int maxI = 0;// Index of max value
int maxV = 0;//max value
auto isMaxValue = [&maxV](int inValue) {return inValue > maxV; };

    for (int i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
        int mountainH; // represents the height of one mountain.
        cin >> mountainH; cin.ignore();
        cout<< i<<endl;
         if (isMaxValue(mountainH))
        {
            maxV = mountainH;
            maxI = i;
        }
    }

cerr<< "Index of max value: "<< maxI <<endl;

    cout << maxI << endl; // The index of the mountain to fire on.

}

}

On step 3/5 (Input:0,0,0,3,6,5,2,4) it fires on the mountain 3, in spite of value of maxI is 4. Thank you!

[hemhel]

You should use cout only once per turn, otherwise you are out of synch with the game’s referee.

[Darkraven135]

im new to coding what is the best way to learn all of this

[anon72424297]

Hello @Darkraven135 !
If you are a complete beginner, even the simplest puzzles of the site may be a little hard. The best would be to learn at least the bases (Variables, conditions, loops…) and then start trying the puzzles.
What language do you want to learn ? (If you know)

[Darkraven135]

im up for any language

[anon72424297]

To made it simple, you have two possibilities:

• High-level languages : They offer an abstraction level which allow you to bypass some difficulties like the memory management, or the variable typing for example.
• Low-level languages: They let you manage all of the stuff.
  You will probably get faster satisfying results with a high-level one, but a low-level language will give you a better understanding of a lot of notions.

The choice depend of what you want to do with your future coding skills ! And of your preference of course. ^^
Here some suggestions:

• C (Low-level): Probably the best language to start with, if you want to understand “how it work inside”, but not the simplest one.
• C++(Low-level): Based on C, it offers a lot of practical tools, and is “Object Oriented”, in contrary to C.
• Python3(High-level): Perfect if you want to start fast. This language allow you to do complex things easily, and has tools for everything. On the other hand, this is not the good choice if you want a real comprehension of what you do.
  Others could probably give you a different list, but this one is a good start.

[Darkraven135]

Thank you and i will get started on it

[santiago.circo.e]

The list of mountains is inside the for loop. Each iteration gives you a variable MountainH where will be current mountain Height And given that the for loops iterates 8 times, you will get each time a diferent value for the variable. You should find a way of using or saving these values.

[SleepySon]

Where is the array of mountain heights stored?

[anon72424297]

Nowhere, it’s up to you to store the inputs.