CCC '07 J2 - I Speak TXTMSG

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Points: 3
Time limit: 2.0s
Memory limit: 256M
Problem type
Canadian Computing Competition: 2007 Stage 1, Junior #2

Text messaging using a cell phone is popular among teenagers. The messages can appear peculiar because short forms and symbols are used to abbreviate messages and hence reduce typing.

For example, LOL means "laughing out loud" and :-) is called an emoticon which looks like a happy face (on its side) and it indicates chuckling. This is all quite a mystery to some adults.

Write a program that will continually input a short form and output the translation for an adult using the following translation table:

Short Form Translation
CU see you
:-) I'm happy
:-( I'm unhappy
;-) wink
:-P stick out my tongue
(~.~) sleepy
TA totally awesome
CCC Canadian Computing Competition
CUZ because
TY thank-you
YW you're welcome
TTYL talk to you later

Input Specification

The user will enter text to be translated one line at a time. When the short form TTYL is entered, the program ends. Users may enter text that is found in the translation table, or they may enter other words. All entered text will be symbols or uppercase letters. There will be no spaces and no quotation marks.

Output Specification

The program will output text immediately after each line of input. If the input is one of the phrases in the translation table, the output will be the translation; if the input does not appear in the table, the output will be the original word. The translation of the last short form entered TTYL should be output.

Sample Input

CCC
:-)
SQL
TTYL

Sample Output

Canadian Computing Competition
I'm happy
SQL
talk to you later

CCC problem statements in large part from the PEG OJ

Comments


  • 1
    maxcruickshanks  commented on Dec. 17, 2022, 11:33 p.m.

    Since the original data were weak (and malformed), the data were updated, and all submissions were rejudged.


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    QooModa  commented on May 10, 2022, 4:06 p.m.

    Please, help!

    I checked for typos, I inputted all possible keys within the dictionary, and strings not within the dictionary, and all seems fine. But when I submit, I get a WA error. Seems like my "CCC" is rendering "Canadian Computing Competitio", with no "n" in the end, if that is the error.

    Anyone has any idea?

    TY!


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      Tommy_Shan  commented on May 12, 2022, 8:59 p.m.

      You made a typo on line 7, it should be "awesome" instead of "awsome".


    • -1
      uselessleaf  commented on May 11, 2022, 7:09 p.m. ← edited

      Join the DMOJ Discord to receive help.


  • -15
    唐天SaMa  commented on Nov. 26, 2020, 8:39 p.m.

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    • 6
      Kirito  commented on Nov. 26, 2020, 9:46 p.m.

      Reread the input specification.

      The user will enter text to be translated one line at a time. When the short form TTYL is entered, the program ends. Users may enter text that is found in the translation table, or they may enter other words. All entered text will be symbols or upper case letters. There will be no spaces and no quotation marks.


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    Badmode  commented on Nov. 25, 2020, 1:18 p.m. ← edit 4

    Here are the translations for each TXTMSG, in Python dictionary:

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    txt_diction = {'CU': 'see you', ':-)': "I'm happy", ':-(': "I'm unhappy", ';-)': 'wink', ':-p': 'stick out my tongue', '(~.~)': 'sleepy', 'TA': 'totally awesome', 'CCC': 'Canadian Computing Competition', 'CUZ': 'because', 'TY': 'thank-you', "YW": "you're welcome", 'TTYL': 'talk to you later'}


  • -3
    Kesomahi  commented on Aug. 15, 2020, 10:15 a.m.

    How would I make the code now that the user has typed "TTYL"?


    • 2
      Summation  commented on May 25, 2021, 2:31 p.m.

      Your program has to keep getting the user's input until they enter "TTYL" at which point you need to stop getting input. Keep in mind, TTYL is a part of what you need to be translating, so make sure to include it when you're translating the words. Hope that helps.


  • -1
    Joethenerd  commented on April 3, 2020, 4:24 p.m.

    How many inputs are we supposed to get?


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      sushi  commented on April 3, 2020, 4:34 p.m.

      Your program should keep receiving input until the input is TTYL, which after your program should terminate.


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    m4m3sh1b4  commented on Oct. 24, 2017, 6:17 p.m. ← edited

    I always get a No such element Error, and I don't know why!

    My code works on Netbeans but consistently gets errors here! I don't understand what's going on. :'(


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      Roynaruto  commented on Oct. 26, 2017, 2:05 p.m.

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        JJ_G4M3R  commented on Dec. 10, 2017, 6:40 p.m.

        Why does mine give the same error?


        • 0
          Roynaruto  commented on Dec. 10, 2017, 6:49 p.m.

          Calling scanner inside your while loop.


          • 0
            JJ_G4M3R  commented on Dec. 10, 2017, 6:52 p.m.

            thanks