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Diffstat (limited to 'prolog/problems/lists_advanced/shiftleft_2')
-rw-r--r-- | prolog/problems/lists_advanced/shiftleft_2/en.py | 58 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | prolog/problems/lists_advanced/shiftleft_2/sl.py | 2 |
2 files changed, 58 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/prolog/problems/lists_advanced/shiftleft_2/en.py b/prolog/problems/lists_advanced/shiftleft_2/en.py index 6adbc12..9905cac 100644 --- a/prolog/problems/lists_advanced/shiftleft_2/en.py +++ b/prolog/problems/lists_advanced/shiftleft_2/en.py @@ -8,4 +8,60 @@ description = '''\ X = [2,3,4,5,1]. </pre>''' -hint = {} +plan = ['''\ +<p>I take the first element of a list, let's call it <code>H</code>, and add it <em>at the end</em> of +the list's remainder (let's call the remainder <code>T</code>). As simple as that! You probably still +remember how we took the last element of the list? Adding an element is the same operation as taking it, +just from the opposite view ;)</p> +''', '''\ +<p>A list of length one is represented as a pattern <code>[X]</code>. This might come in handy, as well +as the predicate <code>conc/3</code>.</p> +''', '''\ +<p>If the given list <code>L</code> is composed of head <code>H</code> and tail <code>T</code>, and if +we add <code>H</code> at <em>the end</em> of <code>T</code>, then we get list <code>L</code> +shifted left.</p> +'''] + +hint = { + 'eq_instead_of_equ': '''\ +<p>The operator <code>==</code> is "stricter" than operator <code>=</code> in the sense that +for the latter it is enough to be able to make the two operands equal (unification). Perhaps by using <code>=</code> +you can make the predicate <code>shiftleft/2</code> more general (e.g. able to work with output arguments becoming inputs).</p> +<p>Of course, you can also solve the exercise without explicit use of either of these two operators, just +remember that unification is implicitly performed with the predicate's arguments (head of clause).</p> +''', + + 'eq_instead_of_equ_markup': '''\ +<p>Perhaps the operator for unification (=) would be better?</p> +''', + + 'predicate_always_false': '''\ +<p>It seems your predicate is <emph>always</emph> "false". Did you give it the correct name, +or is it perhaps misspelled?</p> +<p>If the name is correct, check whether something else is misspelled, perhaps there is a full stop instead of +a comma or vice versa, or maybe you typed a variable name in lowercase?</p> +<p>It is, of course, also possible that your conditions are too restrictive, or even impossible to satisfy +(as would be, for example, the condition that <code>N</code> is equal to <code>N + 1</code>, +or something similarly impossible).</p> +''', + + 'timeout': '''\ +<p>Is there an infinite recursion at work here? How will it ever stop?</p> +<p>Or perhaps is there a missing, faulty, or simply incompatible (with the general recursive case) base case?</p> +''', + + 'conc_arg_not_list': '''\ +<p>All three arguments of predicate <code>conc/3</code> are <em>lists</em>. +Are you sure you used it properly?</p> +''', + + 'arbitrary_result': '''\ +<p>Did you connect (use) all the variables? It seems as if you're returning an arbitrary result +(a variable without an assigned value). It's usually not a good idea to ignore the warning about +"singleton variables".</p> +''', + + 'tail_must_be_list': '''\ +<p>The list's tail is always another <em>list</em> and never an element!</p> +''', +} diff --git a/prolog/problems/lists_advanced/shiftleft_2/sl.py b/prolog/problems/lists_advanced/shiftleft_2/sl.py index aa83672..aa116ee 100644 --- a/prolog/problems/lists_advanced/shiftleft_2/sl.py +++ b/prolog/problems/lists_advanced/shiftleft_2/sl.py @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ hint = { 'eq_instead_of_equ': '''\ <p>Operator <code>==</code> je strožji od operatorja <code>=</code> v smislu, da je za slednjega dovolj, da elementa lahko naredi enaka (unifikacija). Morda z uporabo <code>=</code> narediš predikat -<code>memb/2</code> delujoč tudi v kakšni drugi smeri.</p> +<code>shiftleft/2</code> delujoč tudi v kakšni drugi smeri.</p> <p>Seveda pa lahko nalogo rešiš brez obeh omenjenih operatorjev, spomni se, da lahko unifikacijo narediš implicitno že kar v argumentih predikata (glavi stavka).</p> ''', |