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data/tracks/objective-c/exercises/perfect-numbers/README.md

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+# Perfect Numbers
+
+Determine if a number is perfect, abundant, or deficient based on
+Nicomachus' (60 - 120 CE) classification scheme for natural numbers.
+
+The Greek mathematician [Nicomachus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicomachus) devised a classification scheme for natural numbers, identifying each as belonging uniquely to the categories of **perfect**, **abundant**, or **deficient** based on their [aliquot sum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aliquot_sum). The aliquot sum is defined as the sum of the factors of a number not including the number itself. For example, the aliquot sum of 15 is (1 + 3 + 5) = 9
+
+- **Perfect**: aliquot sum = number 
+  - 6 is a perfect number because (1 + 2 + 3) = 6
+  - 28 is a perfect number because (1 + 2 + 4 + 7 + 14) = 28
+- **Abundant**: aliquot sum > number
+  - 12 is an abundant number because (1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 6) = 16
+  - 24 is an abundant number because (1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 6 + 8 + 12) = 36
+- **Deficient**: aliquot sum < number
+  - 8 is a deficient number because (1 + 2 + 4) = 7
+  - Prime numbers are deficient
+  
+Implement a way to determine whether a given number is **perfect**. Depending on your language track, you may also need to implement a way to determine whether a given number is **abundant** or **deficient**.
+
+## Setup
+
+There are two different methods of getting set up to run the tests with Objective-C:
+
+- Create an Xcode project with a test target which will run the tests.
+- Use the ruby gem `objc` as a test runner utility.
+
+Both are described in more detail here: http://exercism.io/languages/objective-c
+
+
+### Submitting Exercises
+
+When submitting an exercise, make sure your solution file is in the same directory as the test code.
+
+For example, if you're submitting `Bob.m` for the Bob exercise, the submit command would be something like `exercism submit <path_to_exercism_dir>/objective-c/bob/Bob.m`.
+
+## Source
+
+Taken from Chapter 2 of Functional Thinking by Neal Ford. [http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920029687.do](http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920029687.do)
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.

data/tracks/objective-c/exercises/phone-number/README.md

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+# Phone Number
+
+Clean up user-entered phone numbers so that they can be sent SMS messages.
+
+The **North American Numbering Plan (NANP)** is a telephone numbering system used by many countries in North America like the United States, Canada or Bermuda. All NANP-countries share the same international country code: `1`.
+
+NANP numbers are ten-digit numbers consisting of a three-digit Numbering Plan Area code, commonly known as *area code*, followed by a seven-digit local number. The first three digits of the local number represent the *exchange code*, followed by the unique four-digit number which is the *subscriber number*.
+
+
+The format is usually represented as
+```
+(NXX)-NXX-XXXX
+```
+where `N` is any digit from 2 through 9 and `X` is any digit from 0 through 9.
+
+Your task is to clean up differently formated telephone numbers by removing punctuation and the country code (1) if present.
+
+For example, the inputs
+- `+1 (613)-995-0253`
+- `613-995-0253`
+- `1 613 995 0253`
+- `613.995.0253`
+
+should all produce the output
+
+`6139950253`
+
+**Note:** As this exercise only deals with telephone numbers used in NANP-countries, only 1 is considered a valid country code.
+
+## Setup
+
+There are two different methods of getting set up to run the tests with Objective-C:
+
+- Create an Xcode project with a test target which will run the tests.
+- Use the ruby gem `objc` as a test runner utility.
+
+Both are described in more detail here: http://exercism.io/languages/objective-c
+
+
+### Submitting Exercises
+
+When submitting an exercise, make sure your solution file is in the same directory as the test code.
+
+For example, if you're submitting `Bob.m` for the Bob exercise, the submit command would be something like `exercism submit <path_to_exercism_dir>/objective-c/bob/Bob.m`.
+
+## Source
+
+Event Manager by JumpstartLab [http://tutorials.jumpstartlab.com/projects/eventmanager.html](http://tutorials.jumpstartlab.com/projects/eventmanager.html)
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.

data/tracks/objective-c/exercises/raindrops/README.md

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+# Raindrops
+
+Convert a number to a string, the contents of which depend on the number's factors.
+
+- If the number has 3 as a factor, output 'Pling'.
+- If the number has 5 as a factor, output 'Plang'.
+- If the number has 7 as a factor, output 'Plong'.
+- If the number does not have 3, 5, or 7 as a factor,
+  just pass the number's digits straight through.
+
+## Examples
+
+- 28's factors are 1, 2, 4, **7**, 14, 28.
+  - In raindrop-speak, this would be a simple "Plong".
+- 30's factors are 1, 2, **3**, **5**, 6, 10, 15, 30.
+  - In raindrop-speak, this would be a "PlingPlang".
+- 34 has four factors: 1, 2, 17, and 34.
+  - In raindrop-speak, this would be "34".
+
+## Setup
+
+There are two different methods of getting set up to run the tests with Objective-C:
+
+- Create an Xcode project with a test target which will run the tests.
+- Use the ruby gem `objc` as a test runner utility.
+
+Both are described in more detail here: http://exercism.io/languages/objective-c
+
+
+### Submitting Exercises
+
+When submitting an exercise, make sure your solution file is in the same directory as the test code.
+
+For example, if you're submitting `Bob.m` for the Bob exercise, the submit command would be something like `exercism submit <path_to_exercism_dir>/objective-c/bob/Bob.m`.
+
+## Source
+
+A variation on a famous interview question intended to weed out potential candidates. [http://jumpstartlab.com](http://jumpstartlab.com)
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.

data/tracks/objective-c/exercises/rna-transcription/README.md

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+# Rna Transcription
+
+Given a DNA strand, return its RNA complement (per RNA transcription).
+
+Both DNA and RNA strands are a sequence of nucleotides.
+
+The four nucleotides found in DNA are adenine (**A**), cytosine (**C**),
+guanine (**G**) and thymine (**T**).
+
+The four nucleotides found in RNA are adenine (**A**), cytosine (**C**),
+guanine (**G**) and uracil (**U**).
+
+Given a DNA strand, its transcribed RNA strand is formed by replacing
+each nucleotide with its complement:
+
+* `G` -> `C`
+* `C` -> `G`
+* `T` -> `A`
+* `A` -> `U`
+
+## Setup
+
+There are two different methods of getting set up to run the tests with Objective-C:
+
+- Create an Xcode project with a test target which will run the tests.
+- Use the ruby gem `objc` as a test runner utility.
+
+Both are described in more detail here: http://exercism.io/languages/objective-c
+
+
+### Submitting Exercises
+
+When submitting an exercise, make sure your solution file is in the same directory as the test code.
+
+For example, if you're submitting `Bob.m` for the Bob exercise, the submit command would be something like `exercism submit <path_to_exercism_dir>/objective-c/bob/Bob.m`.
+
+## Source
+
+Rosalind [http://rosalind.info/problems/rna](http://rosalind.info/problems/rna)
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.

data/tracks/objective-c/exercises/robot-name/README.md

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+# Robot Name
+
+Manage robot factory settings.
+
+When robots come off the factory floor, they have no name.
+
+The first time you boot them up, a random name is generated in the format
+of two uppercase letters followed by three digits, such as RX837 or BC811.
+
+Every once in a while we need to reset a robot to its factory settings,
+which means that their name gets wiped. The next time you ask, it will
+respond with a new random name.
+
+The names must be random: they should not follow a predictable sequence.
+Random names means a risk of collisions. Your solution must ensure that
+every existing robot has a unique name.
+
+## Setup
+
+There are two different methods of getting set up to run the tests with Objective-C:
+
+- Create an Xcode project with a test target which will run the tests.
+- Use the ruby gem `objc` as a test runner utility.
+
+Both are described in more detail here: http://exercism.io/languages/objective-c
+
+
+### Submitting Exercises
+
+When submitting an exercise, make sure your solution file is in the same directory as the test code.
+
+For example, if you're submitting `Bob.m` for the Bob exercise, the submit command would be something like `exercism submit <path_to_exercism_dir>/objective-c/bob/Bob.m`.
+
+## Source
+
+A debugging session with Paul Blackwell at gSchool. [http://gschool.it](http://gschool.it)
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.

data/tracks/objective-c/exercises/roman-numerals/README.md

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+# Roman Numerals
+
+Write a function to convert from normal numbers to Roman Numerals.
+
+The Romans were a clever bunch. They conquered most of Europe and ruled
+it for hundreds of years. They invented concrete and straight roads and
+even bikinis. One thing they never discovered though was the number
+zero. This made writing and dating extensive histories of their exploits
+slightly more challenging, but the system of numbers they came up with
+is still in use today. For example the BBC uses Roman numerals to date
+their programmes.
+
+The Romans wrote numbers using letters - I, V, X, L, C, D, M. (notice
+these letters have lots of straight lines and are hence easy to hack
+into stone tablets).
+
+```
+ 1  => I
+10  => X
+ 7  => VII
+```
+
+There is no need to be able to convert numbers larger than about 3000.
+(The Romans themselves didn't tend to go any higher)
+
+Wikipedia says: Modern Roman numerals ... are written by expressing each
+digit separately starting with the left most digit and skipping any
+digit with a value of zero.
+
+To see this in practice, consider the example of 1990.
+
+In Roman numerals 1990 is MCMXC:
+
+1000=M
+900=CM
+90=XC
+
+2008 is written as MMVIII:
+
+2000=MM
+8=VIII
+
+See also: http://www.novaroma.org/via_romana/numbers.html
+
+## Setup
+
+There are two different methods of getting set up to run the tests with Objective-C:
+
+- Create an Xcode project with a test target which will run the tests.
+- Use the ruby gem `objc` as a test runner utility.
+
+Both are described in more detail here: http://exercism.io/languages/objective-c
+
+
+### Submitting Exercises
+
+When submitting an exercise, make sure your solution file is in the same directory as the test code.
+
+For example, if you're submitting `Bob.m` for the Bob exercise, the submit command would be something like `exercism submit <path_to_exercism_dir>/objective-c/bob/Bob.m`.
+
+## Source
+
+The Roman Numeral Kata [http://codingdojo.org/cgi-bin/index.pl?KataRomanNumerals](http://codingdojo.org/cgi-bin/index.pl?KataRomanNumerals)
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.

data/tracks/objective-c/exercises/run-length-encoding/README.md

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+# Run Length Encoding
+
+Implement run-length encoding and decoding.
+
+Run-length encoding (RLE) is a simple form of data compression, where runs
+(consecutive data elements) are replaced by just one data value and count.
+
+For example we can represent the original 53 characters with only 13.
+
+```
+"WWWWWWWWWWWWBWWWWWWWWWWWWBBBWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWB"  ->  "12WB12W3B24WB"
+```
+
+RLE allows the original data to be perfectly reconstructed from
+the compressed data, which makes it a lossless data compression.
+
+```
+"AABCCCDEEEE"  ->  "2AB3CD4E"  ->  "AABCCCDEEEE"
+```
+
+For simplicity, you can assume that the unencoded string will only contain
+the letters A through Z (either lower or upper case) and whitespace. This way 
+data to be encoded will never contain any numbers and numbers inside data to 
+be decoded always represent the count for the following character.
+
+## Setup
+
+There are two different methods of getting set up to run the tests with Objective-C:
+
+- Create an Xcode project with a test target which will run the tests.
+- Use the ruby gem `objc` as a test runner utility.
+
+Both are described in more detail here: http://exercism.io/languages/objective-c
+
+
+### Submitting Exercises
+
+When submitting an exercise, make sure your solution file is in the same directory as the test code.
+
+For example, if you're submitting `Bob.m` for the Bob exercise, the submit command would be something like `exercism submit <path_to_exercism_dir>/objective-c/bob/Bob.m`.
+
+## Source
+
+Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Run-length_encoding](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Run-length_encoding)
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.

data/tracks/objective-c/exercises/scrabble-score/README.md

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+# Scrabble Score
+
+Given a word, compute the scrabble score for that word.
+
+## Letter Values
+
+You'll need these:
+
+```plain
+Letter                           Value
+A, E, I, O, U, L, N, R, S, T       1
+D, G                               2
+B, C, M, P                         3
+F, H, V, W, Y                      4
+K                                  5
+J, X                               8
+Q, Z                               10
+```
+
+## Examples
+"cabbage" should be scored as worth 14 points:
+
+- 3 points for C
+- 1 point for A, twice
+- 3 points for B, twice
+- 2 points for G
+- 1 point for E
+
+And to total:
+
+- `3 + 2*1 + 2*3 + 2 + 1`
+- = `3 + 2 + 6 + 3`
+- = `5 + 9`
+- = 14
+
+## Extensions
+- You can play a double or a triple letter.
+- You can play a double or a triple word.
+
+## Setup
+
+There are two different methods of getting set up to run the tests with Objective-C:
+
+- Create an Xcode project with a test target which will run the tests.
+- Use the ruby gem `objc` as a test runner utility.
+
+Both are described in more detail here: http://exercism.io/languages/objective-c
+
+
+### Submitting Exercises
+
+When submitting an exercise, make sure your solution file is in the same directory as the test code.
+
+For example, if you're submitting `Bob.m` for the Bob exercise, the submit command would be something like `exercism submit <path_to_exercism_dir>/objective-c/bob/Bob.m`.
+
+## Source
+
+Inspired by the Extreme Startup game [https://github.com/rchatley/extreme_startup](https://github.com/rchatley/extreme_startup)
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.

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+# Secret Handshake
+
+> There are 10 types of people in the world: Those who understand
+> binary, and those who don't.
+
+You and your fellow cohort of those in the "know" when it comes to
+binary decide to come up with a secret "handshake".
+
+```
+1 = wink
+10 = double blink
+100 = close your eyes
+1000 = jump
+
+
+10000 = Reverse the order of the operations in the secret handshake.
+```
+
+Given a decimal number, convert it to the appropriate sequence of events for a secret handshake.
+
+Here's a couple of examples:
+
+Given the input 3, the function would return the array
+["wink", "double blink"] because 3 is 11 in binary.
+
+Given the input 19, the function would return the array
+["double blink", "wink"] because 19 is 10011 in binary.
+Notice that the addition of 16 (10000 in binary)
+has caused the array to be reversed.
+
+## Setup
+
+There are two different methods of getting set up to run the tests with Objective-C:
+
+- Create an Xcode project with a test target which will run the tests.
+- Use the ruby gem `objc` as a test runner utility.
+
+Both are described in more detail here: http://exercism.io/languages/objective-c
+
+
+### Submitting Exercises
+
+When submitting an exercise, make sure your solution file is in the same directory as the test code.
+
+For example, if you're submitting `Bob.m` for the Bob exercise, the submit command would be something like `exercism submit <path_to_exercism_dir>/objective-c/bob/Bob.m`.
+
+## Source
+
+Bert, in Mary Poppins [http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0011238/quotes](http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0011238/quotes)
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.

data/tracks/objective-c/exercises/sieve/README.md

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+# Sieve
+
+Use the Sieve of Eratosthenes to find all the primes from 2 up to a given
+number.
+
+The Sieve of Eratosthenes is a simple, ancient algorithm for finding all
+prime numbers up to any given limit. It does so by iteratively marking as
+composite (i.e. not prime) the multiples of each prime,
+starting with the multiples of 2.
+
+Create your range, starting at two and continuing up to and including the given limit. (i.e. [2, limit])
+
+The algorithm consists of repeating the following over and over:
+
+- take the next available unmarked number in your list (it is prime)
+- mark all the multiples of that number (they are not prime)
+
+Repeat until you have processed each number in your range.
+
+When the algorithm terminates, all the numbers in the list that have not
+been marked are prime.
+
+The wikipedia article has a useful graphic that explains the algorithm:
+https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sieve_of_Eratosthenes
+
+Notice that this is a very specific algorithm, and the tests don't check
+that you've implemented the algorithm, only that you've come up with the
+correct list of primes.
+
+## Setup
+
+There are two different methods of getting set up to run the tests with Objective-C:
+
+- Create an Xcode project with a test target which will run the tests.
+- Use the ruby gem `objc` as a test runner utility.
+
+Both are described in more detail here: http://exercism.io/languages/objective-c
+
+
+### Submitting Exercises
+
+When submitting an exercise, make sure your solution file is in the same directory as the test code.
+
+For example, if you're submitting `Bob.m` for the Bob exercise, the submit command would be something like `exercism submit <path_to_exercism_dir>/objective-c/bob/Bob.m`.
+
+## Source
+
+Sieve of Eratosthenes at Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sieve_of_Eratosthenes](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sieve_of_Eratosthenes)
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.

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+# Space Age
+
+Given an age in seconds, calculate how old someone would be on:
+
+   - Earth: orbital period 365.25 Earth days, or 31557600 seconds
+   - Mercury: orbital period 0.2408467 Earth years
+   - Venus: orbital period 0.61519726 Earth years
+   - Mars: orbital period 1.8808158 Earth years
+   - Jupiter: orbital period 11.862615 Earth years
+   - Saturn: orbital period 29.447498 Earth years
+   - Uranus: orbital period 84.016846 Earth years
+   - Neptune: orbital period 164.79132 Earth years
+
+So if you were told someone were 1,000,000,000 seconds old, you should
+be able to say that they're 31 Earth-years old.
+
+If you're wondering why Pluto didn't make the cut, go watch [this
+youtube video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_2gbGXzFbs).
+
+## Setup
+
+There are two different methods of getting set up to run the tests with Objective-C:
+
+- Create an Xcode project with a test target which will run the tests.
+- Use the ruby gem `objc` as a test runner utility.
+
+Both are described in more detail here: http://exercism.io/languages/objective-c
+
+
+### Submitting Exercises
+
+When submitting an exercise, make sure your solution file is in the same directory as the test code.
+
+For example, if you're submitting `Bob.m` for the Bob exercise, the submit command would be something like `exercism submit <path_to_exercism_dir>/objective-c/bob/Bob.m`.
+
+## Source
+
+Partially inspired by Chapter 1 in Chris Pine's online Learn to Program tutorial. [http://pine.fm/LearnToProgram/?Chapter=01](http://pine.fm/LearnToProgram/?Chapter=01)
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.

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+# Sublist
+
+Given two lists determine if the first list is contained within the second
+list, if the second list is contained within the first list, if both lists are
+contained within each other or if none of these are true.
+
+Specifically, a list A is a sublist of list B if by dropping 0 or more elements
+from the front of B and 0 or more elements from the back of B you get a list
+that's completely equal to A.
+
+Examples:
+
+ * A = [1, 2, 3], B = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5], A is a sublist of B
+ * A = [3, 4, 5], B = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5], A is a sublist of B
+ * A = [3, 4], B = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5], A is a sublist of B
+ * A = [1, 2, 3], B = [1, 2, 3], A is equal to B
+ * A = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5], B = [2, 3, 4], A is a superlist of B
+ * A = [1, 2, 4], B = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5], A is not a superlist of, sublist of or equal to B
+
+## Setup
+
+There are two different methods of getting set up to run the tests with Objective-C:
+
+- Create an Xcode project with a test target which will run the tests.
+- Use the ruby gem `objc` as a test runner utility.
+
+Both are described in more detail here: http://exercism.io/languages/objective-c
+
+
+### Submitting Exercises
+
+When submitting an exercise, make sure your solution file is in the same directory as the test code.
+
+For example, if you're submitting `Bob.m` for the Bob exercise, the submit command would be something like `exercism submit <path_to_exercism_dir>/objective-c/bob/Bob.m`.
+
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.

data/tracks/objective-c/exercises/sum-of-multiples/README.md

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+# Sum Of Multiples
+
+Given a number, find the sum of all the multiples of particular numbers up to
+but not including that number.
+
+If we list all the natural numbers up to but not including 20 that are
+multiples of either 3 or 5, we get 3, 5, 6 and 9, 10, 12, 15, and 18.
+
+The sum of these multiples is 78.
+
+Given a number, find the sum of the multiples of a given set of numbers,
+up to but not including that number.
+
+## Setup
+
+There are two different methods of getting set up to run the tests with Objective-C:
+
+- Create an Xcode project with a test target which will run the tests.
+- Use the ruby gem `objc` as a test runner utility.
+
+Both are described in more detail here: http://exercism.io/languages/objective-c
+
+
+### Submitting Exercises
+
+When submitting an exercise, make sure your solution file is in the same directory as the test code.
+
+For example, if you're submitting `Bob.m` for the Bob exercise, the submit command would be something like `exercism submit <path_to_exercism_dir>/objective-c/bob/Bob.m`.
+
+## Source
+
+A variation on Problem 1 at Project Euler [http://projecteuler.net/problem=1](http://projecteuler.net/problem=1)
+
+## Submitting Incomplete Solutions
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.