OP solved it, closing

OP solved it, closing

OP solved it, closing

sorry, but your code is wrong, regardless of what happens offsite. the test example I gave is easy to follow. the kata tests are not flawed

So, to be clear what you mean to say is: if you use the test example I showed you on your machine, your code returns 7, but the exact same code returns -1 on Codewars?

What you really need to do is take the input from a failed test and put that in your machine, for example (you can easily see this is a correct test):

test.assert_equals(wheres_wally("Walley Wally, Wally- Wally: Wally+ Wally:"), 7)

...from there you have a means to debug.

In the future, only post as an issue is you can prove a problem with the kata, otherwise post as a question.

Compare words (groups of words) separated by a comma. Also, when comparing, you must take the case of letters into account, even though the description says otherwise. The lexicographic sorting is also unnecessary if the letters match.

Well, that's what you thought it was, read it again after you got what to do, propose a better wording. Or maybe some examples in the description would clarify it better?

Not a kata suggestion

What you get is:

Testing:
Alexis:Wahl;John:Bell;Victoria:Schwarz;Abba:Dorny;Grace:Meta;Ann:Arno;Madison:STAN;Alex:Cornwell;Lewis:Kern;Megan:Stan;Alex:Korn
(['ARNO', 'ANN'], ['BELL', 'JOHN'], ['CORNWELL', 'ALEX'], ['DORNY', 'ABBA'], ['KERN', 'LEWIS'], ['KORN', 'ALEX'], ['META', 'GRACE'], ['SCHWARZ', 'VICTORIA'], ['STAN', 'MADISON'], ['STAN', 'MEGAN'], ['WAHL', 'ALEXIS'])
ACTUAL =
None
EXPECT =
(ARNO, ANN)(BELL, JOHN)(CORNWELL, ALEX)(DORNY, ABBA)(KERN, LEWIS)(KORN, ALEX)(META, GRACE)(SCHWARZ, VICTORIA)(STAN, MADISON)(STAN, MEGAN)(WAHL, ALEXIS)
False
None should equal '(ARNO, ANN)(BELL, JOHN)(CORNWELL, ALEX)(DORNY, ABBA)(KERN, LEWIS)(KORN, ALEX)(META, GRACE)(SCHWARZ, VICTORIA)(STAN, MADISON)(STAN, MEGAN)(WAHL, ALEXIS)'

not a kata suggestion

Thank you!

No, a and b are two separate elements in the array, you can't use a single element which has both like you wrote.

                V                          V          
Log [1, -4, -5, 3, -2, 11, 23, -76, 6, -7, 2] 2 3 True should equal False
              V  V
Log [1, 4, 5, 3, 2, 7, 6, 23, 76, 11, 0] 2 3 Test Passed 

You should not overlap the prefix and suffix.

There's an overlap here:

aaaa
aaa   prefix
 aaa  suffix
 ^^ overlap

This kata is really easy. If you spend a lot of time on it it's just you're probably just missing the point and it doesn´t worth it. A good choice in those cases is just to move on to other katas. You may come back to it later and maybe you will solve it in a snap then.