Regarding picoCTF2019 general skill - the rockstar lang related problem about ctfs HOT 2 CLOSED

Hi,

I think the language specs have been modified.
Going back to a copy of the specs captured on May 21 2019, I don't see any mention of a hyphen or the "all-consuming" example. Back then, "a six-string" would have been interpreted as "136".
This special case was added at a later stage, probably to make coding easier (or as the specs put it, "so you can use terms like ‘all-consuming’ (13 letters > 3) and ‘power-hungry’ (12 letters > 2) instead of having to think of 12- and 13-letter words").

I would read the examples as:

• ‘all-consuming’ (13 letters -> 3)
• ‘power-hungry’ (12 letters -> 2)

i.e. the right hand side value is after performing the Mod 10 operation.

Therefore, according to today's specs, the answer would be:

10
170

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That makes sense.

Thank you very much for your help. XD

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