Elevator Riddle- Propel78

Posted on October 6, 2023 by propel78
  1. I press the UP Button on the 6th floor of and office building going to the 10th floor but someone pressed the DOWN Button on the 8th floor.
  2. The UP Button in response to me lights up but the Down Arrow is light up on the elevator meaning it is going down.
  3. The elevator goes Down to the bottom floor where the person from the 8th floor wanted to go.
  4. The elevator doors open on the 1st floor and more people got in the elevator where many different floors were selected on the inside of the elevator .
  5. The UP Arrow on the 6th floor is now lit up but on the way up the elevator stop at floor 3 and the 5th floor because people press the UP button inside the elevator and once the elevator got to that floor that light would go out.
  6. The elevator gets to the 6th floor and the light goes out and the door open I step inside the elevator and I press the 8 Button inside the elevator to go up top that floor.
  7. Then the doors close and the elevator proceeds to go UP to the 8th floor when I get the 8th floor the 8 Button light goes out and the doors open so I can enter the floor and go on with what I was doing.
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1 Response to Elevator Riddle- Propel78

  1. davidbdale's avatar davidbdale says:
    November 19, 2023 at 6:43 am

    I like so much of what is going on here, Propel. Your use of examples is compelling and helps a HUMAN reader understand how the elevator operates. But the post is supposed to provide INSTRUCTIONS to the ELEVATOR (who is your reader here. Yes, the elevator reads your instructions and follows them.)

    That assignment reads very differently, right?

    1. I press the UP Button on the 6th floor of and office building going to the 10th floor but someone pressed the DOWN Button on the 8th floor.

    In response to any CALL button, PROCEED to that floor and OPEN the doors.

    2. The UP Button in response to me lights up but the Down Arrow is light up on the elevator meaning it is going down.

    You have three modes: AT REST, GOING UP, GOING DOWN.

    3. The elevator goes Down to the bottom floor where the person from the 8th floor wanted to go.

    When you are GOING DOWN, IGNORE any GOING UP requests.

    See what I mean?

    Provisionally graded out of gratitude for your contribution to the project and your effort. You may still earn a Regrade by transforming your descriptions of elevator operations into INSTRUCTIONS written for the elevator (as if the Elevator were your reader and needed to be told how to operate).

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