6 kyu
Scooby Doo Puzzle
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This is genuinely the best kata on the website and it's sad that there aren't 100 more versions.
Don't understand at all what I need to do in this kata. How to use clues?
CoffeeScript translation
If you're stuck here, consider resolving this one first.
https://www.codewars.com/kata/52a224d9e6d7a078200007b2
Despite the common unlikeness, the entry point is pretty much the same.
Wow! Thanks! Didn't understand how to approach this one so solved the one you recommended first and now the solution for this one is clear to me :)
I'm stuck at the create a 'Disguise' hint. I'm pretty sure I am overthinking this, but I'm not quite sure on what to do.
If anyone knows of any articles or documentations that would help me, I would be very greatful.
I'm dying over here ðŸ˜!!!
Yeah same. It just doesnt tell anything what to do. xD
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Link to vending machine kata in "Kata series" section is broken.
Kindly update
Thank you for letting me know....link updated
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Definitely a fun one. I can see why some people might be frustrated by it. Also, villains is spelled incorrectly in the Python version. Not sure if it's an accident or something about the Scooby Doo universe I'm forgetting.
Where is 5 come from?
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Thank you for your comment. You're right, this kata for me was always creating something different to all the other katas on this site. I know it has frustrated a few people but I personally like the challenge of solving the clues to complete the kata. :-)
The clue makes absolutely no sense to me and it's somehow impossible to give a more standard clue. I don't understand why. Really disappointed. It's a shame because your other katas were great.
Sorry to hear you're disappointed with this kata. It was designed to be a puzzle where an answer leads to the next. As its a puzzle I can't really give too much detail away so not to spoil it.
I've noticed that other letters are -5 from original ones, but wanted to emphasize that tests aren't strong enough to check it :(
You should consider to add this check!
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This is still not fixed.
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The first clue is do do with the
string classand something to do withhouse:-)Your kata made me read Javascript String documentation very carefully! What a waste of time ;P Thanks for your kata! It was fun ;)
The example code in Python has real villain names with spaces and capital letters in them, but the decryption process only results in a lowercase answer without spaces. Do you really intend that we build a fuzzy matching algorithm to find the properly capitalized and spaced answer in the villains array? Because then, the full test cases don't make use of that at all, with "villains" consisting of just lowercase letters without any spaces. My solution ultimately didn't even make use of the supplied villains array, in fact, which left me worried for a bit that I was missing something. It's unfortunate, but this one still feels like an unsolved mystery to me.
Hi @bouchert. Originally I used the same villains for the final tests as the example test villains. However, some solutions just simply mapped the answers and didn’t really solve the clues and puzzle, therefore I found it necessary to create random letter villains. The array passed into the function is there simply for you to cross reference your output. I’m sorry you weren’t 100% happy with this kata.
Hello Adrian!! Now I am doing your Kata! And I love it! but.. I need another clue...sorry! Could you please help me? I can't work out how to get the villains. Another clue...would be great!! thanks a lot!!!!
Hi @rebecacalvoquintero, the only clue without giving too much away is
Clue 1: The first clue is in a 'house' on 'String Class' Avenue.:-)Also, not sure if you've notice, i've updated an issue on your kata :-)
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Hi,
Very interesting kata ! (even if the beginning is a bit hard to catch). It seems that I made something wrong, considering I had to find a way to guess the good guy at the last step, instead of finding a perfect match... But it made the challenge interesting.
Your description is too much vague about the third step (for a 6 kyu, I think) : at first, I thought it was
even indexes of the letter in the string.And I don't get what I did wrong, but that's not really a problem... ;)
Thanks for the tip about
shift(str,5)(I didn't know that tool) and thanks for this kata !! :)EDIT: Errrrr... Actually, it seems that it WAS the parity of the letter in the string that I had to use... In fact... So, my mistake... ;-o (EDIT² : I'm too tired, I still don't get it, actually... ;) )
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Ahhhh, thank you :-)
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Oh right, thanks, I see it now, totally skipped over that part previously :p Will be re-attempting this Kata soon :D
Nice one :-) don't forget to rank it please so that it passes out of beta :-)
Thanks for the hints; just solved it, greenlit and ranked as requested :D
I think, I'm not very stupid, mb a little bit. But not get it at all... Even with opened solutions
The kata is designed for you to solve the clues before completing the solution :-)
my advice to others is to do not try to decode until you find the clue1 text