2009-2010 Question #3

[PropagandaPanda]

Hello.

I had submitted an solution for this question, and recieved a score of 1/5, though I'm not sure where the mistake was.

I used Python, and the link to my solution is here:
http://dwite.org/uploads/5e8HewEV4h/783/85/0/answer3.py
My team name is PropagandaPanda on DWITE as well.

I just checked, and the result produced appears to be the same as the answer. The only possible explanations I can come up with are that the judge was using a different version of Python (I just checked with 2.5.1), or if the input file had a proceeding/trailing space somewhere.

I would appreciate clarification on this.

Thanks.

[Insectoid]

Would it be a problem with trailing spaces?

ie 'blah blah blah____' instead of 'blah blah blah'

[PropagandaPanda]

Yes, I think trailing spaces are the issue.

I had split the data by line breaks, rather than by any white space. I'll take note of that for next time.

Thanks.

[Tony]

Oh right, since the judge runs on a Windows VM (because a bunch of people use Turing, and some use VB), newlines are \r\n

The judging environment has been, and is described at http://dwite.org/judge