Re: GC9XA5N 3 counties 3000' split challenge

Hello. The challenge request for this cache is:
For each of any 3 counties, find a pair of geocaches in the same county that have a difference in elevation of at least 3000'. They can be any type, difficulty, and terrain, and found any date. The three pairs do have to be in different counties. The 3 counties can be any you want in any state.

I tried building this challenge before and was advised that 'This request needs a script extension' and that it would likely have to be jpavlik building the extension. I was on a time budget to finish something so I went with a different challenge for that geocache (GC9TJ1R). Here is the conversation: https://project-gc.com/forum/read?11,62208,62208#msg-62208

This still needs a script extention

https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC9XA5N/70322

This is absolutely fantastic! Thank you for the awesome challenge checker. It works for both positive and negative tests.

Hello Olalb. I was too hasty and didn't run enough tests. The checker worked for the few I did but my reviewer found some odd inconsistencies. Here's their (Ice&Wind's) experience in playing with the checker:


Hi,

This challenge concept and cache location look okay but I'm seeing strange, inaccurate, results from the checker.

For example, for user jcar the checker shows one qualifying cache:
United States-Oregon-Wasco County (OR)
920m (3018') between GC6049 and GCVGYW.

Here are some others that qualify but aren't shown:
United States-Washington-Kittitas County
5725' between GCGA1N and GC489H8

United States-Washington-Okanogan County
4780' between GC131C and GC1QRMC

United States-Washington-Chelan County
5023' between GC1D8 and GC273E6

Another example: User The Leprechauns, checker shows 2 qualifying caches but again they have more:

United States-Colorado-Park County (CO)
1128m (3700') between GC3Q21E and GC2E2AF.

United States-Colorado-Boulder County (CO)
1549m (5082') between GC5N3CM and GC2EE6P.

Here is one that qualifies but isn't listed:
United States-Washington-King County
5341' between GCGY9C and GC49HR7

I post all challenge caches in the reviewer forum for feedback and the comments I got were that the checker output could be more helpful. If no pairs are found it should say so and it should list all qualifying pairs not just the first 3. These two points are both optional, the real problem is that the checker is not providing accurate results and needs to be corrected.

I've temporarily disabled this listing to remove it from the active review queue while you have the checker fixed. When you're ready please resubmit for review.

Thanks.

Ice and Wind
Geocaching.com Volunteer Reviewer

1. Added some minor output.
2. Seems pointless to show more than the required (it shows the configurable required, not always 3). Added it for script output, but kept log output at the required number so there isn't a wall of text for those that have traveled a lot.
3. Sorting function returned bad data (didn't cast to int), should be fixed now.

Wow, that did it. It is really nice to have the extra output beyond what is required. Thank you for fixing it Olalb.