December Code Hunt Challenge

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12/17/2014

The year's almost over, but we have one more Code Hunt challenge for you in 2014: the December Code Hunt Challenge! Pit your coding skills against our coding puzzles, in a competition to win a prize of $1000!

The competition for the top spot in the November Code Hunt Challenge was fierce. Congratulations to Vincent Hsiao from the United States, our November Code Hunt winner!

Is there still time for you to participate and compete for the prize money? Of course! Just click here to register for Code Hunt. You can find the competition on your Dashboard; the link on your Dashboard will become active on December 20 at 00:01 GMT.

So how does Code Hunt work?

Your goal is to modify a piece of code to produce the right results. Here’s what it looks like:

On the left, you can see the code.

On the right are the inputs and outputs.

Change the code, and click the ‘Capture Code’ button, and you’ll see how the outputs change. Ones that appear in red are incorrect, and you’ll need to change the code until they match up. But you’re being graded on efficiency, too; complete the challenge in fewer lines of code, and you’ll get a better score.

Want to try this out yourself? Code Hunt has plenty of puzzles for you to practice on! Head over to the Code Hunt site to warm up for the main event. You can write your code in C# or Java, whichever is more comfortable for you.

And don’t forget to set a reminder for December 20 at 00:00 GMT, so you can get started on the Imagine Cup Code Hunt Challenge as early as possible!

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Anonymous
December 17, 2014
Could you, please, list all the finalists (with highest number of points) ?
Anonymous
December 21, 2014
Now contest is over. Can I get the full ranklist ? Thanks
Anonymous
December 21, 2014
As the contest was completed can i get,answers to the questions.
- Anonymous
  December 22, 2014
  Which question's answer do you need ?
  - Anonymous
    December 22, 2014
    The comment has been removed
Anonymous
December 21, 2014
Yes can we please get the full rank list. We also want to know what rank we got :D
Anonymous
December 22, 2014
Please list the finalists! Thanks!
Anonymous
December 22, 2014
Please tell us the list of participants with their ranks!!!
Anonymous
December 22, 2014
Yeah, but they didn't actually end the contest - you can still send your anwsers if you're still logged in. Something's broken.
Anonymous
December 22, 2014
What time did you make Max. My time is 6:05 GMT
- Anonymous
  December 22, 2014
  Did you solve all problems??
  - Anonymous
    December 22, 2014
    Yes, I did.
    - Anonymous
      December 22, 2014
      with 3 lines all??
      - Anonymous
        December 23, 2014
        Yes
        
        Anonymous
        December 23, 2014
        How you solve this problem?? "ABCD987" True "QQQQ111" True "YYYY099" True
        
        Anonymous
        December 23, 2014
        regex
        
        Anonymous
        December 23, 2014
        What about the last one (bit pattern)?I could not figure out the algorithm behind changing the bits, the only one I failed with.
        
        Anonymous
        December 29, 2014
        clear bits 8-15, 24-31move bits 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7 -> 2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16move bits 16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23, -> 3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17
Anonymous
December 22, 2014
Why anyone do not give any information or reply ? Why you do not publish the result ?
Anonymous
December 22, 2014
Any news???
Anonymous
December 27, 2014
did anyone got lexical error in a program in 3rd sector, i guess, in December challenge ?

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