> > 25 hours of paranoia regarding the probability I submitted the wrong > large output for all three problems have lead me to think about this > idea: > > The first line on all input files would be hash calculated from the > rest of the file. The output must begin with a line that had this hash > as well. If this hash is wrong, codejam will ignore your output > submission and ask you to do it again. >
Two thoughts. First, Carlos's: you can look at your own submissions and verify that they're the things you meant to submit (and I *believe* you can do that during the 8-minute period). Second: We actually have a surprising (it surprised me) amount of checking that you've uploaded a valid submission. The following are reasons why we might reject your submission (and tell you about it). Don't take these as a guarantee -- we might change them or have implemented them wrong -- but I hope you can take some comfort in them. - Your output file doesn't start with "Case #1: " - Your output file doesn't have the right number of instances of "Case #X:" - Your source file starts with "Case #1: " - Your source file's filename looks like an input file's name Also: - Your output file is empty - Your output file is too big - Your output file contains non-ascii characters - Your output file contains ascii characters 0-5 or 14-30 inclusive We also have some random checks that you didn't send us a binary instead of your source code, though they aren't terribly reliable. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "google-codejam" group. To post to this group, send email to google-code@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-code+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-code?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
