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

Unbelievable lol

You were indeed tripping

Hi @buudee625, please see my reply to this comment below your raised issue:

https://www.codewars.com/kata/6368426ec94f16a1e7e137fc/discuss#6391da82641a2e000eb617bb

Hi @buudee625 - I'm looking at the Python tests, both in the full test suite and the preloaded Sample Tests: the example that you are asking about appears to me as:

    #...
    ('----<----->----', -1),
    ('>-----<-->--<-----', 2), # <- this is the one you are asking about
    ('>>-----<<', 3),
    #...

In your screenshot, the value for the test has been modified from 2 to 1. As this is not what is currently in the kata tests, are you sure that you didn't modify it yourself while coding your solution?

Try this: copy your code locally (it will be deleted when you press Reset), then press "Reset" below the kata to reset the values of the test suite. Now look to see what the kata test settings are - you should see:

('>-----<-->--<-----', 2)

Please let me know if this does/doesn't work so I can close the Issue or look into it further.

@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.