diff --git a/exercises/practice/luhn/.docs/instructions.md b/exercises/practice/luhn/.docs/instructions.md index df2e304a39..7702c6bbb5 100644 --- a/exercises/practice/luhn/.docs/instructions.md +++ b/exercises/practice/luhn/.docs/instructions.md @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ If the sum is evenly divisible by 10, the original number is valid. ### Invalid Canadian SIN -The number to be checked is `066 123 468`. +The number to be checked is `066 123 478`. We start at the end of the number and double every second digit, beginning with the second digit from the right and moving left. diff --git a/exercises/practice/say/.docs/instructions.md b/exercises/practice/say/.docs/instructions.md index ad3d347782..3251c519ac 100644 --- a/exercises/practice/say/.docs/instructions.md +++ b/exercises/practice/say/.docs/instructions.md @@ -1,48 +1,12 @@ # Instructions -Given a number from 0 to 999,999,999,999, spell out that number in English. +Given a number, your task is to express it in English words exactly as your friend should say it out loud. +Yaʻqūb expects to use numbers from 0 up to 999,999,999,999. -## Step 1 +Examples: -Handle the basic case of 0 through 99. - -If the input to the program is `22`, then the output should be `'twenty-two'`. - -Your program should complain loudly if given a number outside the blessed range. - -Some good test cases for this program are: - -- 0 -- 14 -- 50 -- 98 -- -1 -- 100 - -### Extension - -If you're on a Mac, shell out to Mac OS X's `say` program to talk out loud. -If you're on Linux or Windows, eSpeakNG may be available with the command `espeak`. - -## Step 2 - -Implement breaking a number up into chunks of thousands. - -So `1234567890` should yield a list like 1, 234, 567, and 890, while the far simpler `1000` should yield just 1 and 0. - -## Step 3 - -Now handle inserting the appropriate scale word between those chunks. - -So `1234567890` should yield `'1 billion 234 million 567 thousand 890'` - -The program must also report any values that are out of range. -It's fine to stop at "trillion". - -## Step 4 - -Put it all together to get nothing but plain English. - -`12345` should give `twelve thousand three hundred forty-five`. - -The program must also report any values that are out of range. +- 0 → zero +- 1 → one +- 12 → twelve +- 123 → one hundred twenty-three +- 1,234 → one thousand two hundred thirty-four diff --git a/exercises/practice/say/.docs/introduction.md b/exercises/practice/say/.docs/introduction.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..abd22851ef --- /dev/null +++ b/exercises/practice/say/.docs/introduction.md @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ +# Introduction + +Your friend Yaʻqūb works the counter at the busiest deli in town, slicing, weighing, and wrapping orders for a never-ending line of hungry customers. +To keep things moving, each customer takes a numbered ticket when they arrive. + +When it’s time to call the next person, Yaʻqūb reads their number out loud, always in full English words to make sure everyone hears it clearly. diff --git a/exercises/practice/triangle/.docs/instructions.md b/exercises/practice/triangle/.docs/instructions.md index ac39008726..755cb8d19d 100644 --- a/exercises/practice/triangle/.docs/instructions.md +++ b/exercises/practice/triangle/.docs/instructions.md @@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ A _scalene_ triangle has all sides of different lengths. For a shape to be a triangle at all, all sides have to be of length > 0, and the sum of the lengths of any two sides must be greater than or equal to the length of the third side. +~~~~exercism/note +We opted to not include tests for degenerate triangles (triangles that violate these rules) to keep things simpler. +You may handle those situations if you wish to do so, or safely ignore them. +~~~~ + In equations: Let `a`, `b`, and `c` be sides of the triangle.