The problems.txt file consists of text versions of the problems found on the Project Euler website. Since some of the problems contain content that is difficult to represent in a plain text format (images, LaTeX-formatted mathematical equations, etc.), it's probably better to make sure each problem has been seen at least one time by a biological set of eyes. Here are the guidelines for the format of the file:
- Each problem begins with a line in the format
Problem n, wherenis the number of the problem, followed directly by a divider line composed of=characters of equal width to the preceeding line. - Leave one empty line after the divider line.
- Keep the width of each line to 74 characters maximum.
- Align centered text with the 74 character width in mind.
- If the problem links to a resource, ensure that the file exists in the data/resources directory and update resources.json appropriately.
- If the problem contains an image, use the format
[Image: image name]. - Leave two empty lines after the final line of the problem text.
- In addition, the problem text itself should never contain two consecutive empty lines, as this indicates to the script that the the problem has finished being read.
I've probably made countless coding faux pas given my level of experience, so any improvements to the codebase are graciously welcomed as well.