Hello, World! (Hard)

Points: 0

Time limit: 1.0s

Memory limit: 64M

Author:

Problem type

Kirito found the problem Hello, World! to be very nice. So nice, he asks you to solve it not once, nor twice, but thrice.

He also tells you that this problem is totally legit as evidenced by the many comments below that praise the problem for how legit it is and its hextremely professional judging output.

It's not like this is a joke problem meant to demonstrate an obscure judge feature or something...

Input Specification

There is no input.

Output Specification

Hello, World!, 3 times, on three different lines.

Comments

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JinchengLuo2007 commented on Jan. 28, 2024, 9:54 p.m.

DMOJ likes me!

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304106 commented on Nov. 7, 2023, 8:07 p.m.

AC jumpscare holy shit

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linkylinky commented on May 25, 2022, 10:23 p.m.

This is the best problem I never saw.

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MrBloc01 commented on Aug. 21, 2021, 1:50 a.m. ← edit 2 →

guess what, this problem is actually solvable, given the number of AC cases

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ayay9 commented on June 15, 2021, 12:13 a.m. ← edit 2 →

This problem is solvable with the provided information through the description right? I'm just making sure there is no inside joke/knowledge required

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Nils_Emmenegger commented on June 15, 2021, 3:30 a.m.

You might want to check this out.

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Dmoj_User commented on Feb. 28, 2021, 10:02 p.m.

Small hint: this question is not solvable using text.

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lHarryl372 commented on Sept. 2, 2020, 10:32 p.m.

dam this question sic

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DsaidyB commented on July 29, 2020, 4:31 a.m. ← edit 14 →
please help, this is my code in python 3, I am not finding the hidden deceit in the problem, it does what the output says its supposed to do.

for x in range(0, 3): print("Hello, World! Hello, World! Hello, World!")

btw the question is worth only 3 points so it should not be very advanced code, just some sneaky detail that can have a double meaning or some crap.

I am very frustrated with this. And according to the comments, a large number of other people also agree with me, please clear some doubt.

DMOJ is a great website, but things like this can really make it annoying.

Please don't be cocky and down-vote my comment. Clarification is needed. I think that spending a lot of time on trying to figure a out an only 3 point question just because of some trick, doesn't seem worth it. I have tried manipulating the output for about 45 minutes and still WA.

Honestly, I don't expect a goddamn answer or any help for that matter! I'll just stop attempting this problem.
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wleung_bvg commented on July 29, 2020, 5:02 a.m.

This problem was created as a joke and should be treated similarly to April Fools' Day problems. The solution usually involves interpreting some tricky phrasing of the problem statement and/or getting into the mind of the problem setter.

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DsaidyB commented on July 29, 2020, 5:21 a.m. ← edited →

since you solved it, can you help in any way?

P.S. It's ok if you don't want to.

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wleung_bvg commented on July 29, 2020, 2:55 p.m. ← edited →

You generally should not expect to receive help on these types of problems, though it appears the problem setter added some hints to the checker which might be of some assistance? Personally, I haven't figured out the meaning of the hints though.

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DsaidyB commented on July 29, 2020, 3:23 p.m. ← edit 5 →
The hints are actually useless and one of them literally just said baka. Also, why has the question been lowered to 1 point only along with some extra text not giving any new important info? I tried a multi-line string, but still WA.

string = """Hello, World! Hello, World! Hello, World! Hello, World! Hello, World! Hello, World! Hello, World! Hello, World! Hello, World!""" print(string)
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Kirito commented on July 29, 2020, 9:18 p.m.
If solving the problem doesn't seem worth it to you...then don't do it? No one's forcing you to solve this.

The checker's outputs are actually directly correlated to how close you are to the correct solution. Figuring out this correlation is left as an exercise to the reader.

Problem was lowered to 1 point as there were requests to have the April fool's type problems changed to 1 point.

The extra text does provide an extra hint. Hints are not solutions. The main reason behind adding it was to drive home the fact that this is not a standard problem, and unless you enjoy solving riddles, this problem will likely be very frustrating.

Please do not post spoilers/solutions in the comments.

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Kirito commented on June 10, 2020, 5:09 a.m.

Grader has been updated to provide hints.

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JohnstonLiu commented on Feb. 7, 2020, 6:48 p.m.

I need to learn how to read.

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harry7557558 commented on Jan. 30, 2020, 7:09 p.m. ← edited →

I tried to create three printing threads and got CE.

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RonldLiu commented on Jan. 27, 2020, 1:19 a.m.

i believe this is a troll question

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Kirito commented on Jan. 27, 2020, 3:01 p.m.

There are a non-zero number of AC solutions, thus it is a solvable problem.

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chessdongdong commented on Feb. 8, 2020, 3:12 p.m. ← edited →

Kirito This is a bad problem, posting this problem wastes the time of beginners just learning to code. Making a problem like this wastes a lot of their time. I recommend the answer to be posted outwards for this question that is a play on words. If you think this is not a good suggestion the majority of people, dislike. If this comment gets way too many dislikes, I will quit this problems and recommend others to do so too.

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Kirito commented on Feb. 8, 2020, 7:17 p.m.

Regarding your first point, it should be exceedingly obvious from the comments that are now posted that this is not a standard problem. Anyone looking for easy standard tasks can check out the scores of CCC, COCI, DMOPC, TLE, and other miscellaneous problems posted.

As for posting the solution, there is no point in posting the answer to a riddle. DMOJ has other esoteric problems if you wish to solve those, and many more standard problems for beginners to attempt, as mentioned above.

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geese commented on Feb. 8, 2020, 8:10 p.m.

You are overestimating humans/beginners, back when I started I thought that you had to get all the lines of input in one input(). It is true that newbies should be trying easy problems ( the basics are everything ) but casuals are naive, they won't know any better to read the whole thing before trying it, no less care about the word "Hard" in the title. It's like youtube where people don't read the description or reddit where people only comment based on the headline. People are probably the dumbest creatures alive so I agree with pink avatar's sentiment of telling people to care less about a joke. Enjoy life

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hewmatt10 commented on Feb. 8, 2020, 4:51 p.m.

Bruh relax bro its just a problem, if you dont wanna do it, do something else. If its too hard for you, go do the one pointers first.

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chessdongdong commented on March 2, 2020, 3:26 a.m.

Bruh, I am saying it on your behalf

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Darcy___Liu commented on Feb. 8, 2020, 4:37 p.m. ← edit 3 →

I agree, the system is far too rigged by the admins. Why must I work hard to solve other problems, when someone with good connections to the elite can easily rely on problems such as https://dmoj.ca/problem/doom2019, https://dmoj.ca/problem/tle18p1, or https://dmoj.ca/problem/therereturnofaplusb for a free $3$ ~3~ points? We must share the knowledge with everyone!

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huanghy1228 commented on Nov. 16, 2020, 5:04 a.m.

Some of the problems are not out there!

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13lack13lood commented on Feb. 8, 2020, 4:35 p.m.

just cuz u cant do it doesn't mean other people can't

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chessdongdong commented on March 2, 2020, 3:27 a.m.

Bruh moment, riddles for code??? AAGHH

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Korjwist commented on Feb. 8, 2020, 4:05 p.m.

lol why are you being so serious... This question is like a riddle and is just intended for fun. Also, if you are a beginner, the title specifically suggests that this problem is hard. You don’t have to criticize the author for creating a question that multiple people already got AC on. Just loosen up.

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chessdongdong commented on March 2, 2020, 3:28 a.m.

I am NOT a beginner, (sort of), check my prof

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Plasmatic commented on March 2, 2020, 1:55 p.m.

Dunning-Kruger Effect

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minkis080415 commented on Dec. 23, 2021, 6:52 a.m.

this guy is a pro

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LanceTheDragonTrainer commented on March 2, 2020, 8:30 a.m.

I am NOT a beginner, (sort of), check my prof

LMAO. You are a beginner.

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harry7557558 commented on March 2, 2020, 7:14 p.m.

You too

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Overseas commented on Jan. 4, 2021, 8:27 p.m.

how you solve it tho, English is killing me lmao

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ryan20070709 commented on Jan. 14, 2020, 3:42 a.m.

How do you do this question(Help plz)

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Korjwist commented on Jan. 10, 2020, 12:50 a.m. ← edited →

Can anyone give a piece of advice on how to approach this question? Is there a trick to this question that I haven't realized?

Edit: Got it...

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SeanJxie commented on Oct. 22, 2019, 2:07 a.m. ← edited →

I (no joke) cannot get this. I've tried FIVE(5) times.

EDIT: I've given up.

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IanHu commented on Oct. 15, 2019, 3:15 a.m.

Confused.

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CheezWhiz commented on July 8, 2019, 7:34 p.m.

why

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slowmomoe commented on May 3, 2019, 8:55 p.m.

This is for sure an AD Hoc question

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wleung_bvg commented on April 28, 2019, 2:33 a.m.

So much for getting serious.