Checking the order

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Hierarchy is a dictator's first tool for maintaining order and military control. We'll think about a dictatorship later. For now, let's make a list of 10 words. Let's use the keyboard to enter them. Our task is to check whether the list is ordered by increasing string length. If not, we'll display the index of the first element that violates this order.

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Jon Ander Ochoa Ruiz

Level 8 , Greensboro, United States

3 April 2022, 11:46

Hi I don´t know what´s the problem. The last task is wrong and I don´t know why? Can someone explain me or give me a tip please. Thank so much

John Squirrels Website Admin at CodeGym

4 April 2022, 08:20

Please refer to the Help section.

Andrew Evans

Level 17 , San Jose, Canada

2 February 2022, 03:36

Try an i+1 when you print. Task is extremely precise

Anonymous #10781095

Level 0 , Roxas

2 August 2021, 15:12

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Davidh Dionicio

Level 17 , Lima, Peru

24 January 2021, 06:07

A hint, it tells you if the list is in this order according to their increasing length, so if the list has an order of length from least to greatest nothing happens;

hi
Hello
watelok
onetwothree
// nothing is done here because they are already ordered.

but if one of them does not have that order of length less to greater, I mean like:

hi
Hello
hg
watelok
onetwothree
// here the line "he" did not fulfill that order because its length is less than the previous one.

Then you have to show the index or number of the position that violated that rule, that is:

Michael

Level 10 , Dresden, Germany

22 October 2020, 19:59

Very confusing description of the task!

Switch/Cypher

Level 25 , Bexleyheath, United Kingdom

12 September 2020, 18:46

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andy 6473

Level 9 , Bangalore, India

14 July 2020, 06:45

This is how they are asking you to compare 0 with 1 1 with 2 2 with 3 and so on hope this helps

andy 6473

Level 9 , Bangalore, India

14 July 2020, 06:39

roman explain how the output should occur

Roman

Level 41

14 July 2020, 06:45

For input:

grandfather
grandmother
father
mother
son
daughter
cat
dog
program
car

output is 2 because:

grandfather -> in order (index 0)
grandmother -> in order (index 1)
father -> not in order (index 2)
mother
son
daughter
cat
dog
program
car

Jamie Pyette

Level 9 , Sault Ste. Marie, Canada

17 July 2020, 04:40

Hah, respectfully, this still doesnt make sense IMO. In what way is this not ordered

Jamie Pyette

Level 9 , Sault Ste. Marie, Canada

17 July 2020, 04:45

Nevermind, I get it now. But probably the most confusing description of a task thus far.

Roman

Level 41

17 July 2020, 06:14

2. Determine whether the list is ordered by increasing string length.

Jamie Pyette

Level 9 , Sault Ste. Marie, Canada

18 July 2020, 16:35

Determine whether the list is ordered by (the act of) increasing string length....thats how I read it, totally my fault. Determine whether the list is ordered in a pattern of the strings having increasing lengths...maybe thats too wordy.....anyway, I got er' figured so its all good.

Michael

Level 10 , Dresden, Germany

22 October 2020, 20:03

I read it like"ordered by increasing the length of the string" instead of "ordered by increasing string length"

OBINNA

Level 16 , Texas, United States

16 May 2021, 01:16

I think the output should be 1. because 'grandmother' is not in order. The task said the next input should be in order by increased string length. so 'grandmother' length is the same as 'grandfather' length...so that fails. the index of the string 'grandmother' is 1.

Roman

Level 41

17 May 2021, 05:11

Ok) Try to sort these strings by increased string length

grandfather
grandmother
father
mother
son
daughter
cat
dog
program
car

and show the result)

andy 6473

Level 9 , Bangalore, India

10 July 2020, 16:44

can some one write the output type expected . it is very very confusing

Nickolas Johnson

Level 8 , St. Louis, United States of America

30 March 2020, 13:36

I wrote two different sets of code that both worked and yet only one passed the test. :-/