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Programming Contest #1 (Chapter 'Ramayan')
By vok8, history, 5 years ago, In English

Hello Coders,

Greetings from algo_UNLOCK, the CodeChef Campus Chapter of Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University!

We are glad to invite you to our 2nd Programming (DSA) Contest, Programming Contest #1 (Chapter 'Ramayan'). You will be given 7 problems, and 3 hrs. to solve them! The contest will start on Monday, May 18, 2020 at 21:00 IST.

  • Rank-list Type: ACM (10 minutes penalty, for each wrong submission)

  • The Contest will be unrated.

The Rank-list will freeze one hour before the contest ends!

  • Problem Setters: vok8, Pallove

  • Prizes: "250 Laddus" each, will be awarded to the Top 3 users, in the Rank-list. (Only, if the total participants in the contest >80)

We thank the CodeChef Team for their help in setting up the contest!

We hope, you all will enjoy solving the problems!

We will post the editorials for all the problems, after the contest!

Happy Coding!

Stay Safe!

Good Luck!

UPD-1: Congratulations to the Contest Winners!

  1. uwi
  2. Rahul
  3. nishant403

UPD-2: Everyone can find the Editorial for all the Problems, here.

UPD-3: Please share your valuable Feedback, about the Contest. (Link)

UPD-4: "250 Laddus" (each) have been credited to the CodeChef Account of the Winners (Top-3).

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is it rated?

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Will you be posting the editorial after the contest? Asking because some unrated contests don't have editorials on Codechef.

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    Yes, we will post the editorials of all the problems, after the contest!

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what are exactly laddus? i never understand this word. 250 ladus?

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    Well, You can consider them just like points.you can use those points to buy goodies on CodeChef.

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    They are basically points, which can be used to buy goodies on CodeChef.

    More info. on "CodeChef Laddus" can be found here: https://www.codechef.com/laddu

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Looking forward to it bro. What is the expected difficulty?

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    Yeah! The questions are of varying difficulty ("Easy" — "Hard"). So, overall, you can expect the contest difficulty to be "Moderate".

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    2100* rating of cf

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Looking forward to this contest with such an amazing name — " Chapter 'Ramayan' ". Seems fun.

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It was really a nice contest for me, thanks for the good problem set. I hope you will continue this series of contests.

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When will the editorials get published?

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    They will posted in the next 1/2 Hr. Sorry, for the delay!

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