On May 30, 6:27 pm, Matthew Moss <matthew.m... / gmail.com> wrote:
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> Apologies for the latequiz... been rather busy today. Here's another simple
> one, but practical. I didn't get specific about input
> formats/parameters/etc, I leave that to you this week.
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> ## Price Ranges
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> _Quiz description by James Edward Gray II_
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> You have a list of price ranges from different vendors like:
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>     Company A:  $1,000 - $3,000
>     Company B:  $6,000 - $10,000
>     Company C:  $500 - $2,500
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> Given such a list and the desired price range a shopper wishes to pay,
> return the companies the shopper should examine. For example, if the
> shopper's price range was:
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>     Low:   $2,500
>     High:  $5,000
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> the companies returned would be:
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>     Company A
>     Company C
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> The shopper should also be allowed to provide just a low or just a high
> value instead of both, should they prefer to do so.

You weren't looking for a user interface, were you? ;)

http://pastie.textmate.org/207034

Chris