[Resolved] Continent/Country combination checkers
June 20, 2022 12:23PM
Hi,
apart from the recently posted checker request that contained a fizzy grid as part of the challenge I'd also like to create challenge caches that "only" have continent/country requirements:

Bronze version: 3 Continents, 3-2-1 countries, i.e. find caches in 3 different continents, with at least
- 3 different countries on one continent,
- 2 different countries on a second continent and
- 1 country on a third continent

Silver version: 4 Continents, 4-3-2-1 countries, i.e. find caches in 4 different continents, with at least
- 4 different countries on one continent,
- 3 different countries on a second continent,
- 2 different countries on a third continent and
- 1 country on a fourth continent

Gold version: 5 Continents, 5-4-3-2-1 countries, i.e. find caches in 5 different continents, with at least
- 5 different countries on one continent,
- 4 different countries on a second continent,
- 3 different countries on a third continent,
- 2 different countries on a fourth continent and
- 1 country on a fifth continent

Platin version: 6 Continents, 6-5-4-3-2-1 countries, i.e. find caches in 6 different continents, with at least
- 6 different countries on one continent,
- 5 different countries on a second continent,
- 4 different countries on a third continent,
- 3 different countries on a fourth continent,
- 2 different countries on a fifth continent and
- 1 country on a sixth continent

While the Platin version may be really hard to achieve I thought of still requesting for it as it may not be too complicated coding for it if/once the Bronze/Silver/Gold versions are available?!

Many thanks,
Daniel aka. InQbuS
Re: Continent/Country combination checkers
June 20, 2022 07:24PM
I mark this topic as a new script required because there is no existing script which can handle all the criteria
Re: Continent/Country combination checkers
June 20, 2022 07:25PM
Cheers
Re: Continent/Country combination checkers
June 22, 2022 05:00PM
One thing to add - Locationless Caches should be disallowed for these Challenges, but all other types (also Earthcaches/Virtuals) are allowed.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/22/2022 05:00PM by InQbuS. (view changes)
Re: Continent/Country combination checkers
June 26, 2022 04:05PM
do you have gc-codes for these checkers?
Re: Continent/Country combination checkers
June 26, 2022 05:15PM
Apologies, do I need released Geocaches for this? I was planning to wait till the Checkers are available. Please let me know if unreleased GC Codes suffice.
Re: Continent/Country combination checkers
June 26, 2022 05:33PM
we need to attach the gccodes for the cache to those for the checker before it is published. the unreleased gc codes from the draft pages are fine :)
Re: Continent/Country combination checkers
June 26, 2022 08:53PM
Thanks, and here you go :-)

Bronze version GC9WH20: 3 Continents, 3-2-1 countries, i.e. find caches in 3 different continents, with at least
- 3 different countries on one continent,
- 2 different countries on a second continent and
- 1 country on a third continent

Silver version GC9WH22: 4 Continents, 4-3-2-1 countries, i.e. find caches in 4 different continents, with at least
- 4 different countries on one continent,
- 3 different countries on a second continent,
- 2 different countries on a third continent and
- 1 country on a fourth continent

Gold version GC9WH25: 5 Continents, 5-4-3-2-1 countries, i.e. find caches in 5 different continents, with at least
- 5 different countries on one continent,
- 4 different countries on a second continent,
- 3 different countries on a third continent,
- 2 different countries on a fourth continent and
- 1 country on a fifth continent

Platin version GC9WH2A: 6 Continents, 6-5-4-3-2-1 countries, i.e. find caches in 6 different continents, with at least
- 6 different countries on one continent,
- 5 different countries on a second continent,
- 4 different countries on a third continent,
- 3 different countries on a fourth continent,
- 2 different countries on a fifth continent and
- 1 country on a sixth continent
Re: Continent/Country combination checkers
June 27, 2022 12:37PM
Here is a checker for the first cache:
https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC9WH20/69748
It is the only existing script which can check, although the output isnt amazing. Please say if this is good for you and if so I'll make the others.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/27/2022 12:37PM by DrAcorn. (view changes)
Re: Continent/Country combination checkers
June 27, 2022 12:57PM
Thanks, this does what it is supposed to do so I am happy with that :-)
Re: Continent/Country combination checkers
June 27, 2022 01:04PM
Just wondered - does this exclude locationless caches?
Re: Continent/Country combination checkers
June 27, 2022 01:54PM
Here are the other checkers then:
Silver: https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC9WH22/69750
Gold: https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC9WH25/69751
Platin: https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC9WH2A/69752
They do now all exclude locationless caches.
Re: Continent/Country combination checkers
June 27, 2022 02:36PM
Brilliant!
Many, many thanks for your great help with this :-)

There's one strange thing though - some of the output statements seems incorrect even though the check works fine - example for GC9WH2A (looks similar for GC9WH22 and GC9WH25 for checks 4, 5 and 6):

There were 6 continents. 6 were required.
Completed criteria 1
This is fine.

There were 6 continents. 5 were required.
Completed criteria 2
This is fine

There were 4 continents. 4 were required.
Completed criteria 3
This is fine

There were 6 continents. 3 were required.
Completed criteria 4
This one should have checked how many continents there were with at least four countries. While I've only got three continents with four countries, the result tells me that there were six continents which fulfilled the criteria even though just three were required.

There were 6 continents. 2 were required.
Completed criteria 5
This one should have checked how many continents there were with at least five countries. While I've only got two continents with five countries, the result tells me that there were six continents which fulfilled the criteria even though just three were required.

There were 6 continents. 1 were required.
Completed criteria 6
This one should have checked how many continents there were with at least six countries. While I've only got one continent with six countries, the result tells me that there were six continents which fulfilled the criteria even though just three were required.
Re: Continent/Country combination checkers
June 27, 2022 03:05PM
Well spotted - error on my part. Turns out it would help if i could read when copying stuff!!
Re: Continent/Country combination checkers
June 27, 2022 04:18PM
Thanks a lot again, now the output looks good :-)
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