Already fixed, it seems. Python's initial solution currently uses st as the parameter name.

Hi! Really helpfull, thank you!

Another piece of information which was missing (or I could not deduce it from the kata details): the "Dot" letter has an influence on the notch. As a matter of fact, the dot letter leads to an offset between the notch and the visible position in the window.

If notch is "Q" and dot letter is "A", then the notch causes rotation when "Q" is diplayed in the window.
If notch is "Q" and dot letter is "Z", then the notch causes rotation when "P" is diplayed in the window, because Z has an offset of 25 towards A (0 position) => Q + offset of 25 gives "P".
If notch is "Q" and dot letter is "M", then the notch causes rotation when "C" is diplayed in the window, because N has an offset of 12 towards A (0 position) => Q + offset of 12 gives "C"

I was skeptical too, but I was explicitly told to work and parse the input that way.

Mate was taking the piss out of you lol, nobody would parse 23.1p as 23 quid.

Thank you for the illustration. It made things much clearer.

no longer a problem

Curse these random tests I am so close to passing >:(

7 years later...

I'm updating the description to be a bit less vague... at least I'm trying: https://github.com/codewars/codewars.com/issues/2545

Reraised as issue

Fixed

Could you add random tests? You could have a look at JS for a reference.

Fixed, but needs random tests.

Approved, but needs to be fixed.

Clearly... An iterative solution works for js in half a second while it times out in Python...