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8 changes: 8 additions & 0 deletions config.json
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"prerequisites": [],
"difficulty": 2
},
{
"slug": "pangram",
"name": "Pangram",
"uuid": "f11e9d34-d454-42a8-bd2f-d1a8b6000975",
"practices": [],
"prerequisites": [],
"difficulty": 2
},
{
"slug": "raindrops",
"name": "Raindrops",
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8 changes: 8 additions & 0 deletions exercises/practice/pangram/.docs/instructions.md
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# Instructions

Your task is to figure out if a sentence is a pangram.

A pangram is a sentence using every letter of the alphabet at least once.
It is case insensitive, so it doesn't matter if a letter is lower-case (e.g. `k`) or upper-case (e.g. `K`).

For this exercise, a sentence is a pangram if it contains each of the 26 letters in the English alphabet.
16 changes: 16 additions & 0 deletions exercises/practice/pangram/.docs/introduction.md
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# Introduction

You work for a company that sells fonts through their website.
They'd like to show a different sentence each time someone views a font on their website.
To give a comprehensive sense of the font, the random sentences should use **all** the letters in the English alphabet.

They're running a competition to get suggestions for sentences that they can use.
You're in charge of checking the submissions to see if they are valid.

~~~~exercism/note
Pangram comes from Greek, παν γράμμα, pan gramma, which means "every letter".

The best known English pangram is:

> The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
~~~~
19 changes: 19 additions & 0 deletions exercises/practice/pangram/.meta/config.json
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{
"authors": [
"jimmytty"
],
"files": {
"solution": [
"pangram.sql"
],
"test": [
"pangram_test.sql"
],
"example": [
".meta/example.sql"
]
},
"blurb": "Determine if a sentence is a pangram.",
"source": "Wikipedia",
"source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pangram"
}
29 changes: 29 additions & 0 deletions exercises/practice/pangram/.meta/example.sql
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UPDATE pangram
SET result = (
INSTR(LOWER(sentence), 'a')
AND INSTR(LOWER(sentence), 'b')
AND INSTR(LOWER(sentence), 'c')
AND INSTR(LOWER(sentence), 'd')
AND INSTR(LOWER(sentence), 'e')
AND INSTR(LOWER(sentence), 'f')
AND INSTR(LOWER(sentence), 'g')
AND INSTR(LOWER(sentence), 'h')
AND INSTR(LOWER(sentence), 'i')
AND INSTR(LOWER(sentence), 'j')
AND INSTR(LOWER(sentence), 'k')
AND INSTR(LOWER(sentence), 'l')
AND INSTR(LOWER(sentence), 'm')
AND INSTR(LOWER(sentence), 'n')
AND INSTR(LOWER(sentence), 'o')
AND INSTR(LOWER(sentence), 'p')
AND INSTR(LOWER(sentence), 'q')
AND INSTR(LOWER(sentence), 'r')
AND INSTR(LOWER(sentence), 's')
AND INSTR(LOWER(sentence), 't')
AND INSTR(LOWER(sentence), 'u')
AND INSTR(LOWER(sentence), 'v')
AND INSTR(LOWER(sentence), 'w')
AND INSTR(LOWER(sentence), 'x')
AND INSTR(LOWER(sentence), 'y')
AND INSTR(LOWER(sentence), 'z')
);
45 changes: 45 additions & 0 deletions exercises/practice/pangram/.meta/tests.toml
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# This is an auto-generated file.
#
# Regenerating this file via `configlet sync` will:
# - Recreate every `description` key/value pair
# - Recreate every `reimplements` key/value pair, where they exist in problem-specifications
# - Remove any `include = true` key/value pair (an omitted `include` key implies inclusion)
# - Preserve any other key/value pair
#
# As user-added comments (using the # character) will be removed when this file
# is regenerated, comments can be added via a `comment` key.

[64f61791-508e-4f5c-83ab-05de042b0149]
description = "empty sentence"

[74858f80-4a4d-478b-8a5e-c6477e4e4e84]
description = "perfect lower case"

[61288860-35ca-4abe-ba08-f5df76ecbdcd]
description = "only lower case"

[6564267d-8ac5-4d29-baf2-e7d2e304a743]
description = "missing the letter 'x'"

[c79af1be-d715-4cdb-a5f2-b2fa3e7e0de0]
description = "missing the letter 'h'"

[d835ec38-bc8f-48e4-9e36-eb232427b1df]
description = "with underscores"

[8cc1e080-a178-4494-b4b3-06982c9be2a8]
description = "with numbers"

[bed96b1c-ff95-45b8-9731-fdbdcb6ede9a]
description = "missing letters replaced by numbers"

[938bd5d8-ade5-40e2-a2d9-55a338a01030]
description = "mixed case and punctuation"

[2577bf54-83c8-402d-a64b-a2c0f7bb213a]
description = "case insensitive"
include = false

[7138e389-83e4-4c6e-8413-1e40a0076951]
description = "a-m and A-M are 26 different characters but not a pangram"
reimplements = "2577bf54-83c8-402d-a64b-a2c0f7bb213a"
10 changes: 10 additions & 0 deletions exercises/practice/pangram/create_fixture.sql
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DROP TABLE IF EXISTS pangram;
CREATE TABLE pangram (
sentence TEXT NOT NULL,
result BOOLEAN
);

.mode csv
.import ./data.csv pangram

UPDATE pangram SET result = NULL;
28 changes: 28 additions & 0 deletions exercises/practice/pangram/create_test_table.sql
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DROP TABLE IF EXISTS tests;
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS tests (
-- uuid and description are taken from the test.toml file
uuid TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
description TEXT NOT NULL,
-- The following section is needed by the online test-runner
status TEXT DEFAULT 'fail',
message TEXT,
output TEXT,
test_code TEXT,
task_id INTEGER DEFAULT NULL,
-- Here are columns for the actual tests
sentence TEXT NOT NULL,
expected BOOLEAN NOT NULL
);

INSERT INTO tests (uuid, description, sentence, expected)
VALUES
('64f61791-508e-4f5c-83ab-05de042b0149', 'empty sentence', '', false),
('74858f80-4a4d-478b-8a5e-c6477e4e4e84', 'perfect lower case', 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz', true),
('61288860-35ca-4abe-ba08-f5df76ecbdcd', 'only lower case', 'the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog', true),
('6564267d-8ac5-4d29-baf2-e7d2e304a743', 'missing the letter ''x''', 'a quick movement of the enemy will jeopardize five gunboats', false),
('c79af1be-d715-4cdb-a5f2-b2fa3e7e0de0', 'missing the letter ''h''', 'five boxing wizards jump quickly at it', false),
('d835ec38-bc8f-48e4-9e36-eb232427b1df', 'with underscores', 'the_quick_brown_fox_jumps_over_the_lazy_dog', true),
('8cc1e080-a178-4494-b4b3-06982c9be2a8', 'with numbers', 'the 1 quick brown fox jumps over the 2 lazy dogs', true),
('bed96b1c-ff95-45b8-9731-fdbdcb6ede9a', 'missing letters replaced by numbers', '7h3 qu1ck brown fox jumps ov3r 7h3 lazy dog', false),
('938bd5d8-ade5-40e2-a2d9-55a338a01030', 'mixed case and punctuation', '"Five quacking Zephyrs jolt my wax bed."', true),
('7138e389-83e4-4c6e-8413-1e40a0076951', 'a-m and A-M are 26 different characters but not a pangram', 'abcdefghijklm ABCDEFGHIJKLM', false);
10 changes: 10 additions & 0 deletions exercises/practice/pangram/data.csv
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"",""
"abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz",""
"the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog",""
"a quick movement of the enemy will jeopardize five gunboats",""
"five boxing wizards jump quickly at it",""
"the_quick_brown_fox_jumps_over_the_lazy_dog",""
"the 1 quick brown fox jumps over the 2 lazy dogs",""
"7h3 qu1ck brown fox jumps ov3r 7h3 lazy dog",""
"""Five quacking Zephyrs jolt my wax bed.""",""
"abcdefghijklm ABCDEFGHIJKLM",""
2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions exercises/practice/pangram/pangram.sql
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-- Schema: CREATE TABLE pangram (sentence TEXT NOT NULL, result BOOLEAN);
-- Task: update pangram table and set result based on sentence.
40 changes: 40 additions & 0 deletions exercises/practice/pangram/pangram_test.sql
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-- Create database:
.read ./create_fixture.sql

-- Read user student solution and save any output as markdown in user_output.md:
.mode markdown
.output user_output.md
.read ./pangram.sql
.output

-- Create a clean testing environment:
.read ./create_test_table.sql

-- Comparison of user input and the tests updates the status for each test:
UPDATE tests
SET status = 'pass'
FROM (SELECT sentence, result FROM pangram) AS actual
WHERE (actual.sentence, actual.result) = (tests.sentence, tests.expected);

-- Update message for failed tests to give helpful information:
UPDATE tests
SET message = (
'Result for "'
|| actual.sentence
|| '"'
|| ' is <' || COALESCE(actual.result, 'NULL')
|| '> but should be <' || tests.expected || '>'
)
FROM (SELECT sentence, result FROM pangram) AS actual
WHERE actual.sentence = tests.sentence AND tests.status = 'fail';

-- Save results to ./output.json (needed by the online test-runner)
.mode json
.once './output.json'
SELECT description, status, message, output, test_code, task_id
FROM tests;

-- Display test results in readable form for the student:
.mode table
SELECT description, status, message
FROM tests;