Completely misunderstanding the requirements? Yeah that’s a dev alright.
QA prodigy
Words.sort() Words.map(word => word.sort())Baby steps in functional programmings
fox
Programmer? IDK. Looks kind of antigrammar to me.
A clear indication of bad requirements.
Honestly the question as asked is unambiguous: “write words in alphabetical order” cannot mean anything else than apple, fox, log, pond, pumpkin, river. If what was provided here were the expected answer, the wording should be “write each of the following words with its letters sorted by alphabetical order”.
Could be understood as “take these words, and write them out in alphabetical order”. It’s not specifically stated whether letters inside those words should also be sorted or not.
We take it for granted that we have so much experience communicating, we can infer the meaning without full instruction, but children are still acquiring this knowledge and sometimes take things literally with hilarious results.
Of course, not blaming children for misunderstanding this; but if this were a software requirement, an adult software developer should be able to understand it correctly.
I like it. He didn’t meet the assignment but he proved his knowledge. Now to see if they mark on knowledge learnt or subjugation.
They did fail to demonstrate knowledge of lexicographical order, which this exercise seems to be aiming for with the inclusion of pond and pumpkin, so I think it’s a bit cynical to consider failing the student on this a means of opression or subjugation.
Let me put it this way then. I wonder if they will give him credit for his knowledge because he proved he knows what “alphabetical order” is. Will he lose any credit because he didn’t follow, or misunderstood, the question? Will he be marked on what he knows or how he understands the query?
It’s elementary school. They’d probably just explain it and have them try again.
The child did not prove that they know what alphabetical order is, they proved that they know the alphabet.
This does not showcase intellect, it showcases a lack of critical thinking.
list.toSorted()vslist.map(word => word.toSorted())(note that you can’t actually do string.toSorted() in js you have to convert into a list and back)
.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._.._._Secret morse code?Forty is the only number when spelled out that is in alphabetical order
British spelling fixes this bug!
it’s spelled ‘forty’ in british english too
Its spelt however you can convince people to read it tbh.
Fhourthi innit?
Oh yeah? Well what about i
What about you?
No what about μ
- alphabet
- come
- in
- order
- the
- they
FTFY:
5. the
6. theThe alphabet provided ends with X. However, you apparently remove duplicates so maybe just cross out the last row?
Still an error unfortunately. Should be:
- the
- bart
- the
We really should stick with the orginal German verision.
- Die
- Bart
- Die
No one who alphabetizes in German could get a failing grade
First prize!
Now, a Goldener Irrgärtner question: where does ẞ go in the alphabet?
At the end after ä ö and ü
So this is in alphabetical order?
Stopp
stottern
stoßen
Styl
ständig
stören
symbolisch
südlich
Sütterlinschrift
süß
Zyklus
Ärger
One important skill for school is to look at the entire question so that you can understand what the teacher is asking for, even if they don’t format the question exactly right.
In this case, your answer would not fit into the 6 spaces provided for the answer.
So you have to ask yourself what they meant by “Write the following words”. Since “the” is the same word repeated twice, once you’ve written “the” after 5, then I could argue that “the” has already been written.
Therefore, if there are only six blanks for the answer, looking at the entire question, I argue that the answer I provided is most likely correct.
You’ll satisfy the teacher as often as possible and get good grades. I want to feel right as often as possible, which means I’ll disrupt the class often and get called out during the parents-teachers meeting.
Correct. It’s obviously supposed to be an ordered set, and that’s why there are 6 slots for 6 unique words.
I like how fox stays the same.
I like how pond is backwards.
Eirrv is such a better word for river that I’m retconning the English language
Feels like some new age Sindarin. I’m here for it tbh.
i wonder how many words are like that
If you’re on this sub, this is a good programming exercise for you if you’re interested. I’m sure there are plenty of large lists of words in English, that should provide all the data needed.
I wish there were a free database of words to answer that question. :(
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The question is poorly worded. It asks for words in the order they come in the alphabet. Words aren’t in the alphabet. Letters are in the alphabet, so they reordered the letters.
That’s not being pedantic, it’s just wrong. Do you not call the order of words in a dictionary “alphabetical order”?
Of course, but this is a 6? year old. Read the question as a child would.
Put the following words in alphabetical order
All fine, but if they don’t know the word “alphabetical” the clarification is…
(The order they come in the alphabet)
Confusing. “They” refers to the words and alphabet contains letters. If it had been “dictionary” and not “alphabet” then that would be clear.
No I call them witchcraft
Is that what was wrong here?
I like this kid.
With more than three repetitions of the same algorithm the kid should’ve been automating the process.
