[gcj] Question 3 runtime error

2019-04-07 Thread Ronan Burke
Hey, I noticed lots of people were getting runtime errors in question 3 for the proper submission (not the sample input) as that seemed to be the main Q&A in the sidebar. I was using C# and I encountered the same problem. I'm kind of clueless as to what caused it as there is no stack trace when

[gcj] Re: Doubt regarding logic for 2nd problem of CodeJAM 2019

2019-04-07 Thread Ronan Burke
My solution for this one was to just do the opposite of the route the other person took. If you did something other than, I imagine things could get quite messy and it would be easy to make a mistake. Their route: "SSEESE" then I would do "EESSES" -- You received this message because you are s

[gcj] Re: C# crucial assemblies not supported?

2019-04-07 Thread Ronan Burke
I found the exact same problem. Tried to use BigInts (I'm pretty sure you had to and I've had to in previous years with the old upload system) and got the error. Gave up straight away though as I have no patience for the system the past two years. Its great that 20 something languages are "supp

[gcj] Re: Optimal Solution of You Can Go Your Own Way seems to time out in C#

2019-04-09 Thread Ronan Burke
I had a basically identical solution to you for the first two test cases. I made one change to my solution in an attempt to make it more efficient for the hidden test case. I switched from concatenating strings to using a StringBuilder (I was concerned about memory too). Can't spot anything el