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Invitation to CodeChef Starters 160(Rated upto 5 stars) — 13th November
By Dominater069, 6 weeks ago, In English

We invite you to participate in CodeChef’s Starters 160, this Wednesday, 13th November, rated upto 5 stars (i.e. for users with rating < 2200)

Time: 8:00 PM — 10:00 PM IST

Joining us on the problem setting panel are:

Written editorials will be available for all on discuss.codechef.com. Pro users can find the editorials directly on the problem pages after the contest. The video editorials of the problems will be available only to Pro users.

Also, if you have some original and engaging problem ideas, and you’re interested in them being used in CodeChef's contests, you can share them here. Hope to see you participating.

The number of problems in each division is as follows :

  • Division 1 : 4 problems + 1 subtask
  • Division 2 : 5 problems + 1 subtask
  • Division 3 : 6 problems + 1 subtask
  • Division 4 : 7 problems + 1 subtask

Good Luck!

UPD 1 : The contest has been postponed for 30minutes and will now start at 8:30 PM IST due to a technical error. We apologize for any conveniences.

UPD 2 : The top $$$5$$$ standings are here. Congratulations to the winners!

  1. Egor
  2. wwwwodddd
  3. potato167
  4. liympanda
  5. flytime
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Once again MATHCHEF / MATHFORCES

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the contest is delayed by 30minutes

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You guys always reject every single problem idea I propose without any feedback.

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    These guys also reject every submission I make

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    Its most likely a scam. I dont think they are interested in actually paying people.

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      a lot of people, both international and indians, have been involved in codechef setting before. Please do not make such wild accusations.

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    For me they accepted the problem last december.

    Some back and forth communication and aren't replying now.

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let me guess another round that is just a bunch of puzzles ?

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how exactly is second character in S an 'a'? lol.

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Codechef never disappoints in disappointing

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GuesStarters

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I gave div 2, the question A felt a bit harder than B and even C!

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I really liked the problems, more power to you guys!

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Div 3 B was a good question. I had this approach pruning the unnecessary 'b's out after 'a' to match it with regex b*(a(b*))* and then equating them, but took long time in implementing it.

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    It's actually easier than that. Just make sure that the total number of a's and the number of initial b's are equal.

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    Just make sure the number of a's in both are equal and if so then the first occurrence of a should be same, as we can't add more b else before that.

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