January Easy '18 RATED CONTEST
Challenge OverOPENS AT: Jan 01, 2018, 10:30 AM
CLOSES ON: Jan 01, 2018, 01:30 PM
DURATION: 3h
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HackerEarth is running a short, 3-hour contest on 1st January, 2018. There will be 5 algorithmic problems for competitive coding beginners.
This is a rated contest and open for all, however, only beginners (i.e. Programmer's with a rating of 1600 or less before the challenge starts) will be eligible for prizes and t-shirts.
- First prize: $100 Amazon gift card
- First runners up: $75 Amazon gift card
- Second runners up: $50 Amazon gift card
Notes
- In order to be able to claim your prizes, your HackerEarth profile must be more than 50% complete. Giving your location details is mandatory to be eligible for prizes.
- The prizes will be disbursed in the first week of February 2018.
- Once the challenge is over, ratings will be updated in each programmer's user profile after 5 days.
- Easy challenges are held on the 1st of every month.
GUIDELINES
- For the programming questions in the test, you need to choose one language from the given list and attempt.
- All inputs for the programming problem are from STDIN and outpu...
FAQs
Where is the challenge happening? The challenge is completely online. After the start date/time, you can go to the challenge page and start participating in the challenge.
... moreWhere is the challenge happening? The challenge is completely online. After the start date/time, you can go to the challenge page and start participating in the challenge.
What type of problems will be there in the contest? There will be algorithmic programming problems in the contest. You are supposed to write code in the online code editor associated with each programming problem and submit the solution. You can submit as many solutions to a problem as you want.
Where and how can I submit my codes? You can submit your solution on the problem page itself. Go through the solution guide to see how to write the solution and submit your codes.
What programming languages can I use to solve the problems? Go through the Judge Environment page to check all the programming languages you can use to solve the problems.
What errors can I get while solving the problems? Go through the Judge Environment page to check all the possible errors you can get while solving the problems.
Do I have to solve the problems in any particular order? You can answer the problems in any order you like. Within the time period of the challenge, you can read all of them at the start and solve them in the order of your choice.
How many times can I submit solution for a particular problem? You can submit as many times as you want. The submission which won't get accepted will add 20 minutes to the Total Time Taken in the Leader-board.
What other resources can I use? You're welcome to use any documents written before the contest started, including web pages. However, discussing Challenge problems with other contestants, or anyone else, during the challenge is not allowed. You can also use online compilers like codetable to write, run and test your codes but make sure that other contestants don't have access to your code. As a contestant, you are responsible for making sure others don't access the code that you submit. If you use codetable, make sure to mark your submission "private" (not secret)".
