Contest 39 results

[Ryan]

And the winner is... nobody!

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dante_shamest:
  test 1:  failed.
  test 2:  failed.
  test 3:  failed.
  test 4:  failed.
  test 5:  failed.
  test 6:  failed.

exomo:
  test 1:  runtime error.
  test 2:  runtime error.
  test 3:  runtime error.
  test 4:  runtime error.
  test 5:  runtime error.
  test 6:  runtime error.

syn:
  test 1:  ran forever.
  test 2:  ran forever.
  test 3:  ran forever.
  test 4:  ran forever.
  test 5:  ran forever.
  test 6:  ran forever.

Corsix:
  test 1:  failed.
  test 2:  failed.
  test 3:  failed.
  test 4:  failed.
  test 5:  failed.
  test 6:  failed.

schloob:
  test 1:  failed.
  test 2:  failed.
  test 3:  failed.
  test 4:  failed.
  test 5:  failed.
  test 6:  failed.

Gator:
  test 1:  failed.
  test 2:  failed.
  test 3:  failed.
  test 4:  failed.
  test 5:  failed.
  test 6:  failed.


And the token count...

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dante_shamest.cpp 470
exomo.cpp 401
syn.cpp 666
Corsix.cpp 284
schloob.cpp 605
Gator.cpp 614

Most of those that failed got the right answers but the output wrong (ie, missed a period on the end). Sorry to do that to you, but rules are rules.

Download the tests or the entries or the advanced entries here.

[Ryan]

On the bright side, all the "for fun" entries passed.

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alvaro.cpp 184
Bladesniper.cpp 212
Dudi_HaTotah.cpp 217
togra.cpp 187
damyan.cpp 176
beer_hunter.cpp 288

[Ryan]

A final note: thanks a ton, everyone, for participating! This has been the most popular contest I've run by a long shot, and I appreciate all the interest. I really enjoy the interaction, so thanks for making me feel good!

The next contest should be coming soon. I'm debating whether it's time for another like this, now that we're all accustomed to this new format (stdin/stdout and all that jazz), or maybe a more advanced one. Stay tuned!

[Gator]

Most of those that failed got the right answers but the output wrong (ie, missed a period on the end). Sorry to do that to you, but rules are rules.

It is a shame that I forgot the period. But I did enjoy making the program. Thank you Ryan. I am looking forward to the next beginners contest.

[Alvaro]

Thanks for holding the contest, Ryan!

I am very impressed by damyan's code, and by the fact that togra's is pretty much identical to mine.

I personally liked the contest about the physical simulation better than this one, but I like the idea of having the program be stdin/stdout based, and this was approachable by a lot more people.

The absolute coolest thing to do would be a contest were two bots would play against each other in some simplified video-game. In the same style as the one with the physics simulation, the organizer would provide a OpenGL-based referee program and perhaps a sample bot. We would submit out bots and they would play a tournament. If the video-game is good enough, we can probably get people from www.gamedev.net interested. Please, post what you think about this.

[TheKidder]

I like that idea, alvaro, just so I could watch the competition
I might enter, if it was simple enough. (and I'm not feeling lazy )

[t i l e x]

So there would be tournament of bots... kinda sound like unreal ( Unreal Tournament... lol that "joke" sucked ) It sounds like funny, I'd participate in this one, but only if there is different levels of programmers, I wouldn't want my bot to fight Alvaro's

[TheKidder]

I can see the mangled C++ code smoking faintly...

[Guest]

std/stdout and all that jazz

I am still not clear on what std/stdout means maybe you could explain this more or you said you might add it the faq's?

[MXP]

The absolute coolest thing to do would be a contest were two bots would play against each other in some simplified video-game. In the same style as the one with the physics simulation, the organizer would provide a OpenGL-based referee program and perhaps a sample bot. We would submit out bots and they would play a tournament. If the video-game is good enough, we can probably get people from www.gamedev.net interested. Please, post what you think about this.

I'm not sure how much you visit Gamedev but were you there about a year ago when Gamedev Arena was going on? If I had had time to participate in that contest I would have!

[Ryan]

std/stdout and all that jazz

I am still not clear on what std/stdout means maybe you could explain this more or you said you might add it the faq's?

That was a bit of a typo -- I meant stdin/stdout. What I mean by that is that the input is redirected from a file to the standard in stream of the program -- which means you can read it as if it were console input, typed in by a user. Standard input is usually read using one of the C input functions like scanf, or std::cin in C++. Redirection from the command line, in both *nix and Windows, looks like this:

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myprogram < input.txt

Similarly, by stdout I mean the standard output stream, or what is written to the console by text-based programs. Usually C programs use printf to write to standard out while C++ programs use std::cout. Redirection from standard output to a file (ie, saving the output of a program to a file) looks like this:

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myprogram > output.txt

Does that help? If so, I could add it to the FAQ (which will be more prominent in the new site, I'm sure).

[Guest]

Yes, that explains it for me. Thank you Ryan for taking the time to explain that for me. It is crystal clear for me now. When I said faq's I was thinking the contest faq's if you meant to put it their I think that would be a good place.

[leas5040]

Very nice job everyone. Togra's entry was stunningly similar to Alvaro's. I want to thank Togra for commenting his code, as well. This makes it easier for us noobs to understand

[Dante Shamest]

Great job, Ryan.

Well, even though I did incredibly badly, I did learn alot from this contest. Can't wait for the next one.

[Corsix]

I am guessing my program failed because it had "void main()" not "int main()". Becuase when i test it i get perfect results - grr...