All your base

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//What is wrong with the following solution for all your base problem
HELP!!!

def toDigits_(s):
# import ipdb; ipdb.set_trace()
if (len(s)) < 3:
return “10”
nl = []
countval = {}
if s[0].isnumeric():
nl.append(s[0])
else:
nl.append(1)
if not s[1].isnumeric():
nl.append(0)
else:
nl.append(s[1])
i = 2
c = 2
while i < len(s):
if s[i].isnumeric():
nl.append(s[i])
else:
if s[i] in countval:
nl.append(countval[s[i]])
else:
countval[s[i]] = c
nl.append(countval[s[i]])
c = c+1
i = i+1
return “”.join(str(el) for el in nl)

def calcVal(s):
val = 0
# import ipdb; ipdb.set_trace()
base = int(max(s)) + 1
for i in range(len(s)):
# print(s[i])
val = val + int(s[i])*(base ** (len(s)-1-i))
return val

def main():
t = int(input())
for i in range(t):
input_str = input()
val = calcVal(toDigits_(input_str))
print(f"Case #{i+1}: {val}")

main()

2

Better to link to your solution code, especially since you don’t know how to quote code on the discussion board: https://www.codechef.com/viewsolution/19923326

You seem to be believing digits in the alien code. The examples in the challenge specifically show that you should not believe that any alien symbol given has a familiar meaning; only that similar symbols have similar meanings (and, conveniently, the aliens are using left-to-right place notation in a fixed base).