C track, Eliud's Eggs Instructions error

armahillo · March 8, 2025, 6:07pm

In the instructions, it says that:

 _ _ _ _ _ _ _
|0|0|0|1|0|0|0|
Decimal number on the display
16

Actual eggs in the coop
1

“decimal number in display” should be 8. The value 16 would be if the binary representation was “0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0”

BNAndras · March 8, 2025, 6:40pm

Related to Incorrect base 10 value in eliuds-eggs example 2.

I didn’t get around to making a PR though.

armahillo · March 8, 2025, 7:04pm

Just submitted a PR: :)

github.com/exercism/c

Corrects the instructions so that the binary representation is accurate

exercism:main ← armahillo:eliuds-eggs-correction

opened 07:03PM - 08 Mar 25 UTC

armahillo

+1 -1

In the existing instructions, it indicates that the word 0000 1000 in binary wou…ld be 16 in decimal. This is incorrect. The correct value for that word is 8. Since the binary representation is also in an SVG, it is easier to just change the decimal value. The solution is unchanged with this value, but understanding the binary representation is key to solving the exercise.

IsaacG · March 8, 2025, 7:23pm

I believe the issue is in the problem specs. The problem spec should be updated then tracks should be synced from the problem spec. Track files should not be manually modified; they should be synced.