From: "Simon Kröger" <SimonKroeger@...>
Date: 2005-09-02T01:00:18+09:00
Subject: Re: [SOLUTION] Word Chains (#44)

David Tran wrote:
> It feels really bad when you see your solution fail on [SUMMARY] Word Chains 
> (#44).

Yep!

> Especially I claim my programs will at least find the solution.
> I did do unit test my solutions before post them.
> 
> No matter what, when they fail, I would like to know what happend.
> 
> And I found the reason for it.
> 
> In fact, I am in Windows Box not Unix Box, 

dito

> so I do not have the words (dictionary file),
> and I am using this link:
> http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/153706
> to get the 12dicts-4.0.zip for dictionary.

Hmmm!

> All words on the zip file are lower case. (except acronym).
> And my programs work find for these dictionaries.

Yes.

> Now, I just go check the Sun solaris unix box about words file,
> they are mixed upper and lower case words.

Ohoh...

> That is the reason why my program fail.
> Simply add downcase method to force all words in lower case and my programs 
> will pass the test again.

grrrr... thanks for figuring it out, anyway.

cheers

Simon