(Ethan Schauder)
Unfortunately, the spectral seamstress has lost her special needle, “golden/\needle” in an endless pile of “hay”, “chaff”, and“straw”! To make matters worse, the wicked warthog, a mortal enemy of the special seamstress, has scattered several decoy “golden/\needle” throughout the haystack.
Luckily, the real “golden/\needle” can be differentiated from the decoys due to the fact it changes the otherwise randomly assorted “hay”, “chaff”, and“straw” around it into a recognizable pattern. The pattern extends for 100 items on either side of the “golden/\needle”.
Find the “golden/\needle” in the .txt file attached to help out the spectral seamstress and complete the challenge! (Submissions must be sent via email to ETHAN SCHAUDER and should include the line number of the special “golden/\needle” as well as a screenshot of your code)
Objective: The “golden/\needle” is hidden in the text document “haystack.txt”. Try to find it using the information above. Please contact one of the CSC officers if you have any questions.