From 426a68b992c3ffe5e227dc79c77a641567790ade Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Erik Schierboom Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2024 22:14:31 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] meetup: sync (#2480) * Sync the `meetup` exercise's docs with the latest data. * Sync the `meetup` exercise's metadata with the latest data. --- .../practice/meetup/.docs/instructions.md | 35 +++++-------------- .../practice/meetup/.docs/introduction.md | 29 +++++++++++++++ exercises/practice/meetup/.meta/config.json | 1 - 3 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-) create mode 100644 exercises/practice/meetup/.docs/introduction.md diff --git a/exercises/practice/meetup/.docs/instructions.md b/exercises/practice/meetup/.docs/instructions.md index 0694ef583c..000de2fd12 100644 --- a/exercises/practice/meetup/.docs/instructions.md +++ b/exercises/practice/meetup/.docs/instructions.md @@ -1,11 +1,10 @@ # Instructions -Recurring monthly meetups are generally scheduled on the given weekday of a given week each month. -In this exercise you will be given the recurring schedule, along with a month and year, and then asked to find the exact date of the meetup. +Your task is to find the exact date of a meetup, given a month, year, weekday and week. -For example a meetup might be scheduled on the _first Monday_ of every month. -You might then be asked to find the date that this meetup will happen in January 2018. -In other words, you need to determine the date of the first Monday of January 2018. +There are five week values to consider: `first`, `second`, `third`, `fourth`, `last`, `teenth`. + +For example, you might be asked to find the date for the meetup on the first Monday in January 2018 (January 1, 2018). Similarly, you might be asked to find: @@ -13,29 +12,13 @@ Similarly, you might be asked to find: - the teenth Wednesday of May 2020 (May 13, 2020) - the fourth Sunday of July 2021 (July 25, 2021) - the last Thursday of November 2022 (November 24, 2022) +- the teenth Saturday of August 1953 (August 15, 1953) -The descriptors you are expected to process are: `first`, `second`, `third`, `fourth`, `last`, `teenth`. - -Note that descriptor `teenth` is a made-up word. - -It refers to the seven numbers that end in '-teen' in English: 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, and 19. -But general descriptions of dates use ordinal numbers, e.g. the _first_ Monday, the _third_ Tuesday. - -For the numbers ending in '-teen', that becomes: - -- 13th (thirteenth) -- 14th (fourteenth) -- 15th (fifteenth) -- 16th (sixteenth) -- 17th (seventeenth) -- 18th (eighteenth) -- 19th (nineteenth) +## Teenth -So there are seven numbers ending in '-teen'. -And there are also seven weekdays (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday). -Therefore, it is guaranteed that each day of the week (Monday, Tuesday, ...) will have exactly one numbered day ending with "teen" each month. +The teenth week refers to the seven days in a month that end in '-teenth' (13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th). -If asked to find the teenth Saturday of August, 1953 (or, alternately the "Saturteenth" of August, 1953), we need to look at the calendar for August 1953: +If asked to find the teenth Saturday of August, 1953, we check its calendar: ```plaintext August 1953 @@ -48,4 +31,4 @@ Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 30 31 ``` -The Saturday that has a number ending in '-teen' is August 15, 1953. +From this we find that the teenth Saturday is August 15, 1953. diff --git a/exercises/practice/meetup/.docs/introduction.md b/exercises/practice/meetup/.docs/introduction.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..29170ef1fd --- /dev/null +++ b/exercises/practice/meetup/.docs/introduction.md @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +# Introduction + +Every month, your partner meets up with their best friend. +Both of them have very busy schedules, making it challenging to find a suitable date! +Given your own busy schedule, your partner always double-checks potential meetup dates with you: + +- "Can I meet up on the first Friday of next month?" +- "What about the third Wednesday?" +- "Maybe the last Sunday?" + +In this month's call, your partner asked you this question: + +- "I'd like to meet up on the teenth Thursday; is that okay?" + +Confused, you ask what a "teenth" day is. +Your partner explains that a teenth day, a concept they made up, refers to the days in a month that end in '-teenth': + +- 13th (thirteenth) +- 14th (fourteenth) +- 15th (fifteenth) +- 16th (sixteenth) +- 17th (seventeenth) +- 18th (eighteenth) +- 19th (nineteenth) + +As there are also seven weekdays, it is guaranteed that each day of the week has _exactly one_ teenth day each month. + +Now that you understand the concept of a teenth day, you check your calendar. +You don't have anything planned on the teenth Thursday, so you happily confirm the date with your partner. diff --git a/exercises/practice/meetup/.meta/config.json b/exercises/practice/meetup/.meta/config.json index 456c39b95b..ad9b0a5cbd 100644 --- a/exercises/practice/meetup/.meta/config.json +++ b/exercises/practice/meetup/.meta/config.json @@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ }, "blurb": "Calculate the date of meetups.", "source": "Jeremy Hinegardner mentioned a Boulder meetup that happens on the Wednesteenth of every month", - "source_url": "http://www.copiousfreetime.org/", "custom": { "version.tests.compatibility": "jest-27", "flag.tests.task-per-describe": false,