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JoseACJr
Posted Tuesday, August 14, 2012 5:59 AM


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..although I have been wrong,

Good question!
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Dana Medley
Posted Tuesday, August 14, 2012 6:41 AM


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I almost fell prey to the wording of the question, but after reading it twice I realized my original answers were incorrect. Thank you for the great question.


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Posted Tuesday, August 14, 2012 6:43 AM


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Excellent question. I particularly like questions, like this one, that highlight areas where the behavior is not as one might think, or is different than you might find in other languages. These are the gotchas that you have to know. Thanks!

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Posted Tuesday, August 14, 2012 6:49 AM


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Good back to basics question... I'm glad I had my morning coffee first or I would have missed the 1/True bit. :)


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Posted Tuesday, August 14, 2012 7:33 AM
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davoscollective (8/14/2012)
Ack! I can explain why the 32%.

I read the question and thought the trick was about the numbers that weren't 1 or 0 and went ahead and ticked all the boxes knowing they would all be inserted.

... but not all as True.

Doh!

My fault for not answering it carefully.



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I should know better than to answer before my first cup of coffee...
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WayneS
Posted Tuesday, August 14, 2012 7:34 AM


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One of the things that I'm trying to learn is to write better QotD questions. It looks like most that have responded here about missing it have acknowledged not reading the question carefully. So, how could this question have been written better?

(The only thing that I can think of is to have bolded the "as a true / 1 value".)

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Posted Tuesday, August 14, 2012 7:35 AM


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Jan.Sundbye (8/14/2012)
Good one. Once again I fell right into the trap. Must remember to RTFQ / RTFS (Read the **** Question / Statement)


Jan,

I was trying to not have a "trap". What about this question do you consider to have been a trap? (I'm trying to get better at writing these QotD's).

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Posted Tuesday, August 14, 2012 7:37 AM


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Dana Medley (8/14/2012)
I almost fell prey to the wording of the question, but after reading it twice I realized my original answers were incorrect. Thank you for the great question.


Dana,

I'm curious about the "I almost fell prey to the wording of the question" - what was there in this question that got you feeling this way? (I'm trying to get better at writing these QotD's).

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Nice question!
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Posted Tuesday, August 14, 2012 7:48 AM


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WayneS (8/14/2012)
One of the things that I'm trying to learn is to write better QotD questions. It looks like most that have responded here about missing it have acknowledged not reading the question carefully. So, how could this question have been written better?

(The only thing that I can think of is to have bolded the "as a true / 1 value".)


Hi Wayne,

I see nothing wrong with this question. As long as you take the time to read the entire question, I fail to see how one could misunderstand it.
Maybe people who misread the question were only flying over the text and making assumptions on what the question is?

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