how is it a spiral even in the instructions?

normally sudoku has a smaller 3*3 box that has to have all 9 digits as well .. does that box apply in this question as well ?

the scoring in the 10th frame is very confusing
you get an extra 3rd shot only if you have a strike or a spare in the first 2 shots of the 10th frame right ?

i had a similar issue , but i realised that you're probably encountering an error in a loop, the code runs smoothly the first time but it could have an issue while running the loop again

are we supposed to preserve the tab spaces in the beginning of the string or not ?
how to deal with the spaces ?
some solutions need the spaces removed, some don't.
what's the rule for spaces ?

when i am running the same code, it shows variable number of successful tests. sometimes its 56 successful, sometimes 52. why is that happening?

my solution works for the test but wheni attempt it , it shows the message that my solution timed out.
it does mean that my solution is correct ...? so what do i do ?

test.assert_equals(duplicate_count("abcdeaa"), 3)

this is the test statement. i copied the statement from the kata .
it does mean i am right though . right ?

so according to that the test "abcdeaa" should return 1 ( and not 3 as mentioned in the test right)

for the test "abcdeaa" shouldn't the value to be returned be 1 ( 'a' getting repeated 3 times)
one of the basic test mentions answer 3 instead of 1