cws/main_cw02.tex
changeset 445 b73e7ce91c10
parent 428 cdfa6a293453
child 458 d9f8245d0861
--- a/cws/main_cw02.tex	Mon Nov 14 12:04:21 2022 +0000
+++ b/cws/main_cw02.tex	Thu Nov 17 11:34:50 2022 +0000
@@ -213,7 +213,28 @@
 
 where \pcode{secrets} is the list generated under Task 1.
 In all cases above the iscore of the resulting secrets is 0, but this does not need to be the case
-in general.\\
+in general.
+
+\color{red}
+  Note that the template gives as type for \texttt{evil}:
+
+  \begin{center}
+  \texttt{def evil(secrets: List[String], word: String) = ???}  
+  \end{center}
+
+  where the return type is left unspecified. This return type is not needed when
+  functions are not recursive---\texttt{evil} is meant to be just a wrapper that
+  calls \texttt{lowest} with appropriate default arguments and returns whatever
+  \texttt{lowest} returns. Therefore a return type is not needed. But a slightly
+  more accurate template definition for \texttt{evil} is:\medskip\medskip
+
+  \begin{minipage}{1.05\textwidth}
+  \begin{center}
+  \texttt{def evil(secrets: List[String], word: String) : List[String] = ???}  
+  \end{center}
+  \end{minipage}\medskip\medskip
+
+  where also the return type is explicitly given.\\\color{black}
   \mbox{}\hfill [1.5 Marks]
 
 \item[(6)] The secrets generated in Task 5 are the ones with the lowest score
@@ -249,6 +270,14 @@
 rank(frequencies(secrets), "fuzzy") => 4.898735738513722
 \end{lstlisting}
 
+  \color{red}
+  The return type for \texttt{rank} is \texttt{Double}:
+
+  \begin{center}
+  \texttt{def rank(frqs: Map[Char, Double], s: String) : Double = ???}  
+  \end{center}
+  \color{black}
+
   Finally, implement a function \pcode{ranked_evil} that selects from the output of \pcode{evil}
   the string(s) which are highest ranked in evilness.
 
@@ -263,6 +292,14 @@
 This means if the user types in "abbey" then the most evil word to choose as secret is ``whizz'' (according to
 our calculations). This word has a zero \pcode{iscore} and the most obscure letters.
 
+\color{red}
+  The return type for \texttt{ranked\_evil} is \texttt{List[String]}:
+
+  \begin{center}
+  \texttt{def ranked\_evil(secrets: List[String], word: String) : List[String] = ???}  
+  \end{center}
+  \color{black}
+
 %
 %\color{red}
 %\section*{Correction with \texttt{ranked\_evil}}