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diff --git a/challenge-011/duncan-c-white/README b/challenge-011/duncan-c-white/README index fb3a863c80..3ff28fa716 100644 --- a/challenge-011/duncan-c-white/README +++ b/challenge-011/duncan-c-white/README @@ -1,14 +1,24 @@ -Challenge 1: "Create a script which takes a list of numbers from -command line and print the same in the compact form. For example, if -you pass 1,2,3,4,9,10,14,15,16 then it should print the compact form -like 1-4,9,10,14-16.." +Challenge 1: "Write a script that computes the equal point in the Fahrenheit and Celsius scales, knowing that the freezing point of water is 32 °F and 0 °C, and that the boiling point of water is 212 °F and 100 Â," -Quite simple and dull problem. But ok, let's have a go. +My notes: Isn't that just Maths? solve F = 9/5C + 32 for F==C? -Challenge 2: "Create a script to calculate Ramanujan's constant with at -least 32 digits of precision." +C = 9/5C + 32 => 4/5C = -32 => C = 5/4 x -32 = 5 x -8 = -40 -Never heard of this constant, seems to be e^(pi*sqrt(163)), which is -"very nearly an integer", I don't particularly care about abtruse mathematical -formulae. But ok, Perl's built in module biggrat will let you do this anyway, -specifying accuracy 32; see ch-2.sh for the oneliner. +But if I have to "compute" something that I should obviously "solve by +algebra", could I do some sort of "where do two lines intersect" solver? +Let's have a go. + + +Challenge 2: "Write a script to create an Indentity Matrix for the given +size. For example, if the size is 4, then create Identity Matrix 4x4." + +My notes: + +Surely that's incredibly straight forward. The identity matrix has 1s +on the leading diagonal and 0s everywhere else. But should we create +it in memory as a 2-D array and print that out, or just print out the +identity matrix? Let's choose the latter as it's simpler and more direct, +even though the former approach would be more useful in real life, as +presumably this is going to be one operation in a more general Matrix +class/module [really, these questions need to be BETTER SPECIFIED to +clarify this sort of thing] |
