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#535

A post was merged into an existing topic: How do i learn to program? HELP ME PLEASE :slight_smile:

#537

can you explain what you did here

#538

can someone explain what i did wrong here
while true; do
target= 9
fire= 0
for (( i=0; i<8; i++ )); do
# mountainH: represents the height of one mountain.
read - mountainH
if({$mountainH < $target}; echo ā€œ$mountainHā€); then
$mountainH= $i
$i= $fire
done
done
echo ā€œ$fireā€

#539

Only one echo, not more.

#540

First time user to the site. Itā€™s annoying that I was failing for have extra console.logs. I use them to iterate and test resultsā€¦ and spent 15 minutes completely puzzled as to why my code wasnā€™t working.

I love the site and the concept behind it, but sometimes there is a just a lot of information displayed at once.

#541

For javascript, use
console.error()
to display debug messages for yourself.

console.log() is for solution output.

#542

Hi, I am actually trying to solve it with JS code.

But while debugging my code i found that the mountain height value changed as it continue to itterate.

Here are the initial height of the mountain and the last itteration before error message.

INITIAL
Height of mountain 0 : 0
Height of mountain 1 : 6
Height of mountain 2 : 7
Height of mountain 3 : 5
Height of mountain 4 : 0
Height of mountain 5 : 8
Height of mountain 6 : 1
Height of mountain 7 : 0

LAST ITTERATE BEFORE ERROR

Height of mountain 0 : 0
Height of mountain 1 : 2
Height of mountain 2 : 4
Height of mountain 3 : 3
Height of mountain 4 : 0
Height of mountain 5 : 0
Height of mountain 6 : 0
Height of mountain 7 : 0

I am completely at lost is it a bug or did i miss something ?
This happened while trying middle mountain 3 shot test.

thanks for reply
Isfaen

#543

In each loop your code is supposed to read the latest heights of the mountains, as they change after every round. In other words, you may ignore previous roundsā€™ heights.

#544

Can someone help me please. Here is the code wrote

    Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);

    int imax= 0 ;

    int max=0;

    // game loop

    while (true) {

         max = 0;

        for (int i = 0; i < 8; i++) {

            int mountainH = in.nextInt(); // represents the height of one mountain, from 9 to 0.

    if(mountainH > max){

         max = mountainH;

         imax = i;                

    } // represents the height of one mountain.

        }

        System.out.println("0");

        System.out.println("1");

        System.out.println("2");

        System.out.println("3");

        System.out.println("4");

        System.out.println("5");

        System.out.println("6");

        System.out.println("7");

        System.out.println("8"); // The index of the mountain to fire on.

    }

}

}

#545

Print the index of the highest mountain, not all the indices.

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#546

Iā€™m lost. Why does this not work?

import sys
import math

# game loop
highestMountain = 0
mountainIndex = 0
while True:
    for index in range(8):
        mountain_h = int(input())
        if mountain_h > highestMountain: 
            highestMountain = mountain_h
            mountainIndex = index
    print(mountainIndex)
#547

In IDE itā€™s working like I have been conceiving, but in puzzle my python code return strange results. Why?

import sys
import math

allmounts = []
mount_max = []

while True:
__allmounts.clear()
__mount_max.clear()
__for i in range(7):
____mount_h = input()
____allmounts.append(mount_h)
____mount_max.append(mount_h)
____mount_max.sort(reverse=True)
__print(allmounts.index(mount_max[0]))

#548

There are 8 mountains, not 7.
By the way, you may format your code properly in the forum by using the </> button in the formatting toolbar.

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#549

Your code does not reset highestMountain after the first round, so it is always comparing heights with the old value of highestMountain (which is wrong for subsequent rounds).

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#550

I keep having the same error, but i feel that i have kind of the right solution , little bit frustrating :
ā€œTimeout: your program did not write to the standard output in due time.ā€

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#551

Make sure you output the answer every time after you have read the inputs for that round, followed by a newline if needed in the language of your choice. And note that the number of rounds is greater than 1.

#552

This was fun to do, and it was enjoyable to see the graphical representation of the finished product! Thank you for this creative coding opportunity!

#555

I donā€™t know what to do I try putting more than one number in the index but then the spaceship wont move so I put 0 and it crashes on mountain one. is there something Iā€™m doing wrong or is there a bug?

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#556

Did you read the hints? They may help you understand. You can find them by clicking the HINTS button to the left of the puzzle statement.

#557

yes but it doesnā€™t say anything about it.