Submitted by: Mohammad Sajid Anwar
You are given an integer, $int > 3.
Write a script to generate the Kolakoski Sequence of given length $int and return the count of 1 in the generated sequence. Please follow the wikipedia page for more informations.
Input: $int = 4
Output: 2
(1)(22)(11)(2) => 1221
Input: $int = 5
Output: 3
(1)(22)(11)(2)(1) => 12211
Input: $int = 6
Output: 3
(1)(22)(11)(2)(1)(22) => 122112
Input: $int = 7
Output: 4
(1)(22)(11)(2)(1)(22)(1) => 1221121
Input: $int = 8
Output: 4
(1)(22)(11)(2)(1)(22)(1)(22) => 12211212
Submitted by: Simon Green
It's NFL playoff time. Since the 2020 season, seven teams from each of the league's two conferences (AFC and NFC) qualify for the playoffs based on regular season winning percentage, with a tie-breaking procedure if required. The top team in each conference receives a first-round bye, automatically advancing to the second round.
The following games are played. Some times the games are played in a different order. To make things easier, assume the order is always as below.
Week 1: Wild card playoffs
- Team 1 gets a bye
- Game 1: Team 2 hosts Team 7
- Game 2: Team 3 hosts Team 6
- Game 3: Team 4 hosts Team 5
- Week 2: Divisional playoffs
- Game 4: Team 1 hosts the third seeded winner from the previous week.
- Game 5: The highest seeded winner from the previous week hosts the second seeded winner.
- Week 3: Conference final
- Game 6: The highest seeded winner from the previous week hosts the other winner
You are given a six character string containing only H (home) and A away which has the winner of each game. Which two teams competed in the the conference final and who won?
NFC Conference 2024/5. Teams were Detroit, Philadelphia, Tampa Bay, Los Angeles Rams, Minnesota, Washington and Green Bay. Philadelphia - seeded second - won.
Input: $results = "HAHAHH"
Output: "Team 2 defeated Team 6"
In Week 1, Team 2 (home) won against Team 7, Team 6 (away) defeated Team 3 and Team 4 (home) were victorious over Team 5. This means the second week match ups are Team 1 at home to Team 6, and Team 2 hosted Team 4.
In week 2, Team 6 (away) won against Team 1, while Team 2 (home) beat Team 4. The final week was Team 2 hosting Team 6
In the final week, Team 2 (home) won against Team 6.
AFC Conference 2024/5. Teams were Kansas City, Buffalo, Baltimore, Houston, Los Angeles Charges, Pittsburgh and Denver. Kansas City - seeded first - won.
Input: $results = "HHHHHH"
Output: "Team 1 defeated Team 2"
AFC Conference 2021/2. Teams were Tennessee, Kansas City, Buffalo, Cincinnati, Las Vegas, New England and Pittsburgh. Cincinnati - seeded fourth - won.
Input: $results = "HHHAHA"
Output: "Team 4 defeated Team 2"
NFC Conference 2021/2. Teams were Green Bay, Tampa Bay, Dallas, Los Angeles Rams, Arizona, San Francisco and Philadelphia. The Rams - seeded fourth - won.
Input: $results = "HAHAAH"
Output: "Team 4 defeated Team 6"
NFC Conference 2020/1. Teams were Green Bay, New Orleans, Seattle, Washington, Tampa Bay, Los Angeles Rams and Chicago. Tampa Bay - seeded fifth - won.
Input: $results = "HAAHAA"
Output: "Team 5 defeated Team 1"
Last date to submit the solution 23:59 (UK Time) Sunday 18th January 2026.