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4.0 KiB
Svelte
126 lines
4.0 KiB
Svelte
<script lang="ts">
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import SvelteMarkdown from 'svelte-markdown';
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const about = `
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### About
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CodeQuest is a programming contest that was designed and created as a CAS
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project. The project was primarily created by [Hamza
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Ali](https://github.com/hhhapz), Smriti Srinivasan, Iona Campbell and Aaliyah
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Aman. The development of this website and the design of the puzzles was done
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by Hamza Ali.
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**CodeQuest** is designed to be a programming competition that is approachable
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by all programmers. The puzzles are designed to be able to be solved using
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any programming language you like, and can use any method you wish. The first
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two problems designed for this competition were able to be solved without any
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programming at all, just using excel spreadsheets and WolframAlpha.
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This contest was heavily inspired by the [Advent of
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Code](https://adventofcode.com), a competition I have been participating in
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yearly since 2017. I hope to be able to continue the ethos and the passion for
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programming that the advent of code gave me through this competition.
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If you have any questions, feel free to reach out at hello@<this website's
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domain>.
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### How Do I Begin?
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If you are looking at the calendar, and can see that the current time is after
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the 29th of April 2022, that most likely means that the official competition is
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already over, and you will not be able to participate for prizes.
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However, if you register an account, you should still be able to see all of the
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puzzles as well as try to solve them. Each puzzle is split into 2 different
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parts, the first part is generally a simpler version of the second.
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Once you solve a puzzle, you simply need to submit the final answer. Your code
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nor the method you took to get the answer are checked, however each user gets a
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unique input and the answer they will obtain is specific to them.
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### General Tips and Advice
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#### I'm stuck - what do I do?
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Each puzzle will come with at least one example. Does your answer for the
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example input match? Make sure you fully understand what the puzzle is asking.
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One common mistake is that while copying the input, some of it is left over.
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Double check you have the full input.
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Try building your own examples and solving them, see if your program does as
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you expected. If you're still having difficulties, try solving a different
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problem and circling back.
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If you still have difficulties and the contest is finished, try asking a friend
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for assistance, see if they can help you understand what's going on.
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#### I'm programming in Java, how do I read the user input in my program?
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Unlike in other programming languages, where you have strings with new lines in
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them, Java makes that a little bit more difficult to do.
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For example, in Python you can do:
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\`\`\`py
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input = """this is
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a multi line
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string literal"""
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\`\`\`
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and in JavaScript, you can do:
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\`\`\`
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const input = \`this is
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a multi line
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string literal\`
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\`\`\`
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In Java you have two options:
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1. Keep reading from your Scanner until you reach an empty line.
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2. Read input from a file
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(These solutions will work in other languages too!).
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Here is an example for the first option:
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\`\`\`
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Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
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/* either */
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String input = "";
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while(true) {
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String line = sc.nextLine(); // Get the next line of user input.
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if (line.equals("") { // If the line is empty, we have read everything.
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break; // Jump out of the while loop.
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}
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input += line + "\n"; // If not, add the input line to the input string.
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}
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\`\`\`
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or
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\`\`\`
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Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
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ArrayList<String> input = new ArrayList<>();
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while(true) {
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String line = sc.nextLine(); // Get the next line of user input.
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if (line.equals("") { // If the line is empty, we have read everything.
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break; // Jump out of the while loop.
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}
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input.add(line); // If not, add the line to the input array list.
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}
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\`\`\`
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`;
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</script>
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<svelte:head>
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<title>CodeQuest</title>
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</svelte:head>
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<main class="min-h-screen">
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<section class="mx-auto py-[7vw] prose prose-lg">
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<SvelteMarkdown source={about} />
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</section>
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</main>
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