--- 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}}