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Comment by pwdisswordfishy

1 month ago

    >>> "—".replace("—", "\u10EAD\u10EAC")
    'ცDცC'

Behold indeed.

This is really funny and I do feel ashamed for my laziness.

I didn't expect ChatGPT to make such trivial mistake, although, I have no idea which model do they use on the free plan these days.

The correct code is, of course:

    text.replace("—", "\U00010EAD\U00010EAC")

...in case anyone is curious.

  • Curiously enough, after telling it "your code is broken, can you find the mistake?" it was able to correct the code:

        def replace_em_dash(text: str) -> str:
            """
                +-------------------+
                |   ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡° )     |
                +-------------------+
            """
            return text.replace("—", "\U00010EAD\U00010EAC")

    • Might be a good idea in general to throw out a few preventative iterations of "Your code is broken, can you find the mistake?" before you even bother reading its initial output

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