Make a kata where your task is to write a function that draws you this

Unbelievable lol

@benjaminzwhite could you please explain why the expected output for >--< is 1 in one test and 2 in another? Per your logic it will be 2 steps and I'm stuck on this for days because the tests are inconsistent!

Can someone PLEASE explain this? Am I tripping or the tests are incorrect? Please see attachement: https://i.imgur.com/A3W5SON.png

What is ">--<" supposed to return? In one test it's 1 and in another is 2?!?

I've been on this question on and off for three days! 😭

I'll be honest, I did not expect this to pass because it's MOST definitely not a fool-proof. Even something as simple as "forums.apple.com" will return "forums" instead of "apple". The test needs to expand WAY far for real world application.

This madlad even imported string just to rub it in your face

You really manually made that hashmap... lol

You can always count on someone to come up with a one-liner lol

When you want to just waste your space complexity

You wouldn't need .strip() to fulfill this question but it's best to have it in case if they include a ' ' in the beginning or end of the list.