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  • 11 Nov 17 at 8:11 pm #32400
    Anonymous
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    I completed part 5A but didn’t modify the spaces (so that the letters were in blocks of 5) and got 70-80%, I later inserted the spaces, and only spaces and I got 100%, I have looked in the forums and have seen that spaces don’t count (apparently) but spaces counted for me in that challenge. Have I done something wrong or is there something wrong with the answer checking?

    (I haven’t put in any punctuation, so I know that doesn’t count)

    12 Nov 17 at 12:16 pm #32420
    Anonymous
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    I’ve checked, and with me, spaces don’t matter – both answers were deemed correct.

    12 Nov 17 at 12:22 pm #32429
    Anonymous
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    I think that the rules mean white space as in line breaks, e.g from Challenge 0:

    Dearest Harry,
    It has been…

    and

    Dearest Harry, (note the line break below)

    It has been…

    are the same whereas Dearest Harry and DearestHarry are not.

    12 Nov 17 at 12:23 pm #32442
    Anonymous
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    Spaces and line breaks don’t make a difference, only alphabetical characters.

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