>>> sender: "James Edward Gray II" date: "Sat, Jun 24, 2006 at 04:11:16AM +0900" <<<EOQ > On Jun 23, 2006, at 1:29 PM, Alexandru E. Ungur wrote: > > >>>>sender: "James Edward Gray II" date: "Sat, Jun 24, 2006 at > >>>>02:42:50AM +0900" <<<EOQ > >>[..] > >>The quiz example reflects what the specification meant to me. Now > >>you'll need to decide what it means to you. ;) > >I didn't know that, that's why I was trying so hard to understand > >exactly what *you* meant, so that I could give a valid solution :) > > To me it meant: > > 1. Find the longest number in the result set. > 2. Center all numbers in a field that size. > 3. Find the length of the last line. > 4. Center all lines at that length. Yes, but you can never center a 2 bytes long string on 3 bytes unfortunately, and that's what bugged me... However, I found a solution that will finally allow me to sleep well at night :)) > >Now, if I can decide what it means to me, that's fine by me :) > > I promise, I wont come and take your keyboard away, no matter what > you decide. ;) You couldn't anyway, the cat sits on it and bites everyone who comes close to it... Somehow I thought she'd go for the mouse when I bough her... I was wrong :)) Have a pleasant evening everyone, Alex