Welcome to the PRACTICE Contest!

Start Up Instructions

1. Click on PC2-Team icon - this will load the competition software. If you close this, you will need to open / run it again
2. Log in:

• Username: team# where # is your team number
• Password: team# where # is your team number (the same as your username)

3. Download the competition sample input and output files from https://github.com/wrightedu/PracticeContest

• Click the green Code button, then click Download as zip

4. Extract the files to somewhere convenient (Desktop is recommended)
5. No internet access is allowed during the competition. If you need to get the files again, summon a judge / room monitor.

Competition Sample Run

1. Click on the pc^2 team icon on the desktop.
2. Sign in with username: team# and password: team#
3. Right now you are logged in to the testing server.
4. When the competition starts, you will NOT need to re log in (hopefully)
5. To test your ability to submit your code solutions to the server, your test challenge is the Parrot problem - see Parrot.pdf to view problem instructions. Use this problem to Test and Submit your solution.

PC^2 - Test

• The "Submit Run" tab contains both Test and Submit
• Select the language of your source code - Java, C, C++, or Python
• In "Main file", select your source code file.
• The Test button will ask for an input file.
• Parrot-Sample contains a sample input (.in) and sample output / answer (.ans) file.
  • All contest problems will have sample inputs and outputs to use to test your program and its output
• When you Test, select the 001.in file in the Parrot-Sample folder.
• Compare your output to the 001.ans file

PC^2 - Submit

• The "Submit Run" tab contains both Test and Submit
• Select the language of your source code - Java, C, C++, or Python
• In "Main file", select your source code file.
• You will await a determination from the judge
  • Determinations are vague to encourage you to use additional test cases.

2025 ACM Programming Contest

• Complete as many questions as you can during the contest.

• All questions require you to read the test data from standard input and write results to standard output; you cannot use any non-contest files for input or output.

• The input to problems may consist of multiple test cases or a single tets case, read the problem statement closely!

• Programming style is not considered in this contest. You are free to code in whatever style you prefer.  Commenting code is not required.

• All communication with the judges will be handled by the PC2 environment.

• Allowed programming languages: C, C++, Java, and Python.

• Java users: remember to call nextLine() on a scanner after reading in an integer when needed.

• All programs will be re-compiled prior to testing with the judges’ data.

• Output must match the sample format exactly. Do not print prompts unless asked to.

• Non-standard libraries cannot be used in your solutions. The Standard Template Library (STL) and string libraries are allowed. The standard Java API is available and can be used, except for those packages that are deemed dangerous by contest officials (e.g., that might generate a security violation)

• Hardcopy reference materials are allowed, but not electronic material. Calculators are fine, but no laptops, phones, USB drives, etc. are allowed.

• No connection to the Internet may be made during the contest. (except the sample data repositories, which should be downloaded immediately so we do not think you are cheating!)

• No access to generative AI tools will be permittied.

• Only one computer may be used per team.

Judges decisions are to be considered final. No cheating will be tolerated.

See you space cowboy ;)