Not Chess

Allosentient
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Not Chess

Post by Allosentient »

Is this solvable? I am finding it mathematically impossible to find a variable x that satisfies the equation x & 111100 == 011101. I could have done something wrong since I am using C# instead of javascript but wanted to make sure this was solvable before spending any more time on it.
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Post by adum »

i'm not sure what your equation refers to (and does seem unsolvable), but this problem is definitely solvable and has been solved by multiple people.

good luck,
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Post by Allosentient »

It was a problem with the NaN function, I interpreted it as checking to see if the character is a number from 0-9 (doh)
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Post by lukas »

I done it complete without any programming...

the only thing you must du is to try each char by char as long
as the right letters are printed....

I done it within 30min by hand
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1 and l

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And don't mix 1 and l up ... Took me ages to find this mistake
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Post by aurora »

i think writing a script for this takes longer, than doing it by hand. the first few characters are just guessing but after this, google may be your friend ;-) (again)
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Re: Not Chess

Post by sarang »

[quote="Allosentient"]Is this solvable? I am finding it mathematically impossible to find a variable x that satisfies the equation x & 111100 == 011101. I could have done something wrong since I am using C# instead of javascript but wanted to make sure this was solvable before spending any more time on it.[/quote]
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Post by karma-fusebox »

i'm surprised none of you smart guys recognizes what the function actually does...
it's ridiculous writing [more than] a line of script or even picking up a pen. :D
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Post by cutter »

to know the function didn't help me at all
i think thr function behave strange for "unnormal" input like space, comma etc
but maybe i'm trying to type in the wrong word
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Post by Admiral Beotch »

karma-fusebox wrote:i'm surprised none of you smart guys recognizes what the function actually does...
it's ridiculous writing [more than] a line of script or even picking up a pen. :D
Agree 100%

Supar eazy if you've been exposed to the output from wrong answers before...

'^.*=+$' for the win
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Post by Guderian »

i reversed the algortihm in c++ and found the solution. but the output is wrong in 2 letters. instead of <'> it prints %27 and instead of space it prints %20. Then i realized that this is a web script so it uses url encoding, so i replaced these 2 characters with the appropriate ones and it was over :D.
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Post by froest2012 »

why does ((enc2 & 15) << 4) works ,but (enc2 << 4) not??
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Post by rain1024 »

I used python for this challenge.
After done at all, I think I can solve it by hand :lol
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Post by fragman »

use the source, luke...
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Post by knoerxi »

The encoding is "obviously" -- it is standard -- it can returned with a free accessable OnlineTool==

done in 3 Minutes
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