Problem 42323. With apologies to William Blake

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Jean-Marie Sainthillier on 22 Aug 2015

Always difficult with James.

goc3 on 18 Aug 2021

James is the master of deceptively difficult Cody problems.

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Solution 673635

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Jan Orwat on 22 May 2015

This one fails when only last digit is incorrect. James, could you add some cases to eliminate it, please? 2, 819 or 889 should be enough.

James on 22 May 2015

Done, and you're correct: it failed 88887. Nice catch.

Jan Orwat on 22 May 2015

Thanks!

Solution 673220

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James on 21 May 2015

"% this code is stupid enough to make me want to throw something to my computer." - We've *all* written code like that, bainhome. No worries.

bainhome on 22 May 2015

suddenly,madness just came up from nowhere.lol

Solution 672946

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James on 22 May 2015

Whoa. That is some serious regexprep-fu you have there, LY Cao.

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