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On Nov 29, 9:54*am, superpollo <superpo...@tznvy.pbz> wrote:
> greetings!
>
> if you are familiar with sites likewww.spoj.pl(for instance), you will
> notice that the emphasis is on the efficiency and correctness of the
> algorithm, given a certain input format for granted. example:
>
> ==========
> 1. Life, the Universe, and Everything
> Problem code: TEST
>
> Your program is to use the brute-force approach in order to find the
> Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything. More precisely... rewrite
> small numbers from input to output. Stop processing input after reading
> in the number 42. All numbers at input are integers of one or two digits.
>
> Example
>
> Input:
> 1
> 2
> 88
> 42
> 99
>
> Output:
> 1
> 2
> 88
> ==========
>
> as you can see, the input file format is given for granted.
>
> since lot of discussion here on clc are debated around the issue of
> "always be careful of user input" (for issues such as the buffer
> overflow attack), it looks like it is a prefeerd topic here, so i would
> like to know you opinion about the teaching value of such contest, which
> seem to ignore good programming habits (at least some of them).
>
> best regards

Okay, it took me an entire minute to come up with a solution to this
problem.