[gcj] round 2: Wormhole in one, dont know what went wrong...

So, I posted this code (a bit messy because its after a few fixes) to round 2, and I got WA. according to the analysis, my idea is right, but I still got WA. Can anyone spot why, or should I try and ask for a second look from the codejam team? I tried many local tests and I couldn't find

[gcj] Failed Wormhole in one and not sure why

Posted here is the code I've written for wormhole in one. It worked on every test I ran on it, and it follows the logic of the analysis, and it still doesnt work. Can anyone spot the mistake? I would love to know what it was, so I could fix it the next time, because I can't seem to find any

[gcj] Re: New here

On Friday, January 20, 2017 at 7:51:17 AM UTC-8, dolon@gmail.com wrote: > On Sunday, January 15, 2017 at 7:46:48 PM UTC+5:30, Amit Kumar wrote: > > Hi Everyone, > > I'm new here. And I don't know what to do. I want to participate in Code > > Jam Competitions. So what

[gcj] New here

Hi Everyone, I'm new here. And I don't know what to do. I want to participate in Code Jam Competitions. So what should I do? I know C programming. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Code Jam" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop

Re: [gcj] Suggestion About Analysis

+1 On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 12:02 AM, Nathan Azaria wrote: > Is it possible to put the contest analysis overview somewhere else, or > just don't post them if the analysis is not available yet? > > Personally, I find it a bit misleading that the link to the analysis page >

[gcj] Re: Swithing from python to c++ for competitive programming. Any tips?

Thanks for the help guys. In regarding to staying in python as it's good enough for GCJ, I wan't to learn cpp for two reasons: First is competing in competitive programming, not just GCJ, and as I understand other competitions are more strict about programming languages. Second is learning cpp

[gcj] Re: Swithing from python to c++ for competitive programming. Any tips?

: In order to use cpp I need to compile and run the data sets, in which environment and how contestants do it fast? Using an ide and creating a new project for each solution sounds like a time waster. Thenx in advance, Amit. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

[gcj] Swithing from python to c++ for competitive programming. Any tips?

: In order to use cpp I need to compile and run the data sets, in which environment and how contestants do it fast? Using an ide and creating a new project for each solution sounds like a time waster. Thenx in advance, Amit. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

[gcj] Re: Cookie Clicker alpha problem or mistake (?)

I did a simple trick and my submission was correct. If that helps you, here is the link: http://amitthakur.org/programming/attempt-google-code-jam-qualification-round/490/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Google Code Jam group. To unsubscribe from

Re: [gcj] Can I post about the Qualification Round Problems now on my blog?

Thank you! On Sun, Apr 13, 2014 at 12:26 PM, Igor Naverniouk abedn...@gmail.comwrote: Yes, feel free to discuss problems and solutions on your blog after the round is over. On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 11:12 PM, Amit Thakur he...@amitthakur.orgwrote: Qualification round is over. Can I write

Re: [gcj] Re: Doubt regarding the submission process

that to check your board output(you would be required to tweak the code somewhat though). Regards, Amit Saharana, IIT Delhi. On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 12:38 AM, Leandro Coutinho lescoutinh...@gmail.comwrote: which tool did you use to compare the outputs? http://www.diffnow.com/ On Sun, Apr 13, 2014

[gcj] Qualification Round 2014 - Confirmation

Hi, I am a first timer here and hence the question. My score reads 25 points on the Scoreboard. Is that a good enough confirmation that I have made it to Round 1 or do I need to wait for a communication from the Code Jam Team? Thanks and regards, ASJ -- You received this message because you

Re: [gcj] Qualification Round 2012: Problem A. Speaking in Tongues

On Sunday, April 6, 2014 5:52:21 PM UTC+5:30, Amit Thakur wrote: On Sunday, April 6, 2014 5:05:49 PM UTC+5:30, abizern wrote: Your output is not quite as expected. On 6 Apr 2014, at 12:12, Amit Thakur he...@amitthakur.org wrote: Hello! I attempted Qualification Round

Interested in joining chromium group.

of the groups ? I will be very thank ful to you for the valuable help. Cheers, Amit. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Project Hosting on Google Code group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to google-code-hosting

[gcj] Re: Approach to Killer Word

- http://chrk.atwebpages.com/index.php?title=The_Killer_Word - I will write a more detailed explanation if I get time in the next few weeks On Friday, March 29, 2013 12:08:25 AM UTC, amit wrote: https://code.google.com/codejam/contest/1145485/dashboard#s=p1a=1 I was trying codejam 2011 questions

[gcj] Approach to Killer Word

https://code.google.com/codejam/contest/1145485/dashboard#s=p1a=1 I was trying codejam 2011 questions. I got stuck at Round 1A question Killer Word. I checked out a solution in C attached with the post. I just want to know how one approached to that solution? -- You received this message

Re: [gcj] problem with output

No, You should write Case #N: IMPOSSIBLE (Where N is your case number.) On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 5:50 PM, mandeep mandeep...@gmail.com wrote: If it is impossible to make a profit given the market trends, you should output IMPOSSIBLE. On 22 January 2013 17:36, Satyajit Bhadange

Re: [gcj] Re: Round 1B 2012 amateur analysis (while we wait for the real one)

analysis with the eye of amateur (I thought in this manner for Problem 1) Thanks Amit Jain On Sun, May 6, 2012 at 8:45 AM, tutufan tutu...@gmail.com wrote: I'm thinking that Yui Yu Ho had the key observation on this above. Using those numbers, I think you can liken this to a Birthday Paradox

Re: [gcj] Unexpected Disqualification

Dude, I got the reason for disqualification. Somebody with user name selfcompiler stole my code from ideone and hence made me eligible for disqualification. Real misfortune. Well, my username is samdarshi21. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Google

[gcj] Unexpected Disqualification

reasons or any similar incident. -- Amit Samdarshi Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Gwalior. Contact- 9770126368 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Google Code Jam group. To post to this group, send email to google-code

Re: [gcj] modular arithmetic

Thanks Renato for the information. Can you please provide some input on how to improve on big size data processing ? Any pointer for it is most welcome Thanks -Amit Jain On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 5:50 PM, Renato Parente parent...@gmail.com wrote: a/b % mod = a* (b^-1) % mod Since mod = 10^9

Re: Transfer ownership of 'macfuse' project to other developer

time-frame. Amit On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 11:20 AM, Chris DiBona cdib...@google.com wrote: cc'ing Amit who would like to comment on this. Chris On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 11:19 AM, Chris DiBona cdib...@google.com wrote: Actually in this case, I'd prefer the project forks into a new project

Re: [gcj] T-shirt designs for Code Jam 2011.

Sorry for going off-topic. I want to know when a code-jam participant becomes eligible for getting a code-jam t-shirt? -Regards *Amit Agarwal http:///www.amitagrwal.com* On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 12:41 PM, Sarma Tangirala tvssarma.ome...@gmail.com wrote: Haha! How about an awesome quote from

Internal Server Error -svn commit project: nemadiy

: Your commit message was left in a temporary file: Many thanks, Amit -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Project Hosting on Google Code group. To post to this group, send email to google-code-host...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send

Re: [gcj] Why code submission is essectial?

They need to check that output was generated form your program. Also two programs shouldn't be same. -Regards Amit Agarwal blog.amitagrwal.com On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 5:02 PM, Nat Pavasant nat3...@gmail.com wrote: Because then Google can check if our program comply with the rule. - Nat

Re: [gcj] Re: Onsite finals

went to watch one video and ended up watching all the related videos. Oh man...again I am full of energy!!! -Regards Amit Agarwal www.amitagrwal.com On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 3:09 PM, AdrianKuegel akue...@googlemail.comwrote: Every finalist has to sign a NDA. But you can get some impression

Re: [gcj] Onsite finals

I guess it must have been awesome when getting hospitality from *The Google* . -Regards Amit Agarwal www.amitagrwal.com On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 1:20 PM, prayags pray...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, This is for those who were brilliant enough to qualify for onsite finals in the past. I would

[gcj] Request to add blog address

Can I have a small request to all the members if they can include their blog address in their signatures. It would help all in increasing their knowledge! -Regards Amit Agarwal blog.amitagrwal.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups google-codejam

Re: [gcj] Advise for Programming Competitions

you can check topcoder, imagine cup, code jam practice, codechef. You can find lots of problems to practice on there. -Regards Amit Agarwal www.amitagrwal.com On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 9:22 AM, Dinesh Weerapurage xydin...@gmail.comwrote: Hello, This is the first time time I ever

Re: [gcj] Regarding Round 1 Submissions

You have one chance, lasting eight minutes, to solve the large input/output set. You may resubmit during this time. If you run out of time, you cannot download another large input file. -Regards Amit Agarwal www.amitagrwal.com On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 6:19 PM, Bharath Raghavendran rbharat

Re: [gcj] Help in learning

For C you can go for combination of two books. 1) Understanding pointers in C by Yashwant Kanetkar 2) The C Programming Language, second edition, by Brian *Kernighan* and Dennis *Ritchie *-Regards Amit Agarwal www.amitagrwal.com On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 11:10 PM, Soumyorup Dey soumyorup

[gcj] T-Shirt

I was just wondering that do I get the t-shirt if I qualified. :P -Regards Amit Agarwal www.amitagrwal.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups google-codejam group. To post to this group, send email to google-c...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from

Re: [gcj] T-Shirt

So the ones who have missed previous contests don't even deserve a t-shirt? LOL...thats cruel man! -Regards Amit Agarwal www.amitagrwal.com On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 5:31 PM, chen liu mitchell.l...@gmail.com wrote: it's a good idea! On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 7:59 PM, Qasim Zeeshan newbillga

[gcj] Qualification started?

Has the qualification round started? I see Compete in 19:25:34 hours written on the button. Is it time left in starting or ending of Qualification round. -Regards Amit Agarwal -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups google-codejam group. To post

Re: [gcj] Re: help! I am a newbie....

programming. Let me think and get back. -Regards Amit Agarwal http://www.amitagrwal.com On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 6:10 PM, Ankur Sinha sanjay.an...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, 2010-05-04 at 05:33 -0700, bipul21 wrote: Whats the best way to find all the permutations of a string? google

Re: [gcj] off topic.

Not sure but seems like Jacob is guiding in a bit correct direction. I don't find myself very passionate to learn something when I am reading a book. But yes, it makes me passionate to learn the stuff when I actually need to apply it. -Regards Amit Agarwal Contact: 09765348182 www.amitagrwal.com

Re: [gcj] off topic.

yeah, navathe is pretty good for Database ans SQL. For UNIX, you can check The Design of the Unix Operating System by Maurice J. Bach. Its the best book I have ever read on Operating systems specially Unix. -Regards Amit Agarwal Contact: 09765348182 www.amitagrwal.com On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 8

Re: [gcj] Re: CV Submittion For Position Of Software Engg./Developer/Testing It is Potential CV

OP? -Regards Amit Agarwal Contact: 09765348182 www.amitagrwal.com On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 11:40 PM, Lev Neiman green.entheo...@gmail.comwrote: In the CV the OP posts MSWord, Excel and Powerpoint as one of his skills. - Lev. On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 12:48 PM, CodeMaster yours.sneha1

Re: [gcj] CV Submittion For Position Of Software Engg./Developer/Testing It is Potential CV

keep enhancing your self. -Regards Amit Agarwal Contact: 09765348182 www.amitagrwal.com On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 6:45 PM, Matteo Landi landima...@gmail.com wrote: This mailing list is about gcj problems, not about how to work for google! On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 3:07 PM, shashank sharma

Re: [gcj] send me problems for practice

lets keep hitting 'reply-all' for this thread. Problems will be beneficial for all. -Regards Amit Agarwal Contact: 09765348182 www.amitagrwal.com On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 10:37 PM, Ayah Shbaitah engineerbz...@gmail.com wrote: hi i have a plroblem in c program ( data structures) can u help

[gcj] any body using javascript

to decide which one to adapt. Any suggestions will be helpful. -Regards Amit Agarwal Contact: 09765348182 www.amitagrwal.com On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 9:44 PM, micke mukesh.wy...@gmail.com wrote: pls send me practice paper for qualification round-in java mail me at : mukesh.wy...@gmail.com -- You

Re: [gcj] Google!

Yes, Google comes to IITs to hire freshers. On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 12:53 AM, Jaspreet Kaur jaspreetkaur6...@gmail.comwrote: Just wanted to know if google hires fresh graduates, who have no professional experience in software developement. -- You received this message because you are

Re: [gcj] Re: 2010 -- What do you think?

hello sir Semester exam of indian universities held in may so plz try to change the dates... preferable dates will be after may... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups google-codejam group. To post to this group, send email to

[gcj] Re: Dynamic Programming

plz help in dp On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 3:29 PM, Octav octavian.vo...@gmail.com wrote: My apologies, just noticed it was about topcode and not codejam. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

[gcj] Re: Multibase Happiness

can any one prove that Decimal number 3 when represented in binary is happy no? On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 3:11 PM, Mahendra Kariya mahendrakar...@gmail.comwrote: @Antoine: can u tell me ur user name on codejam. I would like to see your code. Regards, Mahendra Kariya

[gcj] Re: Multibase Happiness

the killing. On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 3:55 PM, amit jain aj201...@gmail.com wrote: can any one prove that Decimal number 3 when represented in binary is happy no? On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 3:11 PM, Mahendra Kariya mahendrakar...@gmail.com wrote: @Antoine: can u tell me ur user name on codejam

[gcj] Re: Subrounds: you have been assigned to all of them

can i solve each question in any language like 1st in C++ 2nd in Java 3rd in any xyz Language --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups google-codejam group. To post to this group, send email to

[gcj] Re: Dynamic Programming

u know we have not enough time during competition and sol of dp looks like they will take 1 complete day.. now a days i m spending my whole day to solve a single dp problem like we had in qualification round. and i read out both clrs and as well as topcoder link so plz suggest me useful trick to

[gcj] Re: Dynamic Programming

it ! :p If you are in doubt, you can simply memoize (even if its not needed). May be someone who can solve advanced DP in less time, can explain better. - Anil Kishore On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 1:41 PM, amit jain aj201...@gmail.com wrote: okk how do you think optimal substructure step

[gcj] Re: Dynamic Programming

thanx buddy On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 2:11 PM, Mayank Jaiswal msjais...@gmail.com wrote: Hi amit, I'll try to help you. Recall the definition of dynamic programming. *Dynamic programming is a method of solving complex problems by breaking them down into simpler steps. * So, when

[gcj] Re: Subrounds: you have been assigned to all of them

can i change my programming language now? On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 9:20 AM, Bartholomew Furrow fur...@gmail.com wrote: We've decided to allow all contestants to compete in all subrounds of Round 1 -- unless they qualified for Round 2 in an earlier subround. Good luck to everyone in Round 1!

[gcj] Re: Fwd: Competency levels

same feeling On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 9:59 PM, romanr goo...@romanr.info wrote: Satyajit Malugu wrote: Can you guys share the techniques or the mind set for solving the problems fastly? Some of things I observed so far. 1. Don't try new languages or techniques. actually is