Problem 325. 2 b | ~ 2 b

Created by Alan Chalker

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Given a string input, output true if there are 2 b's in it, false if otherwise
Examples:
'Macbeth' -> false 'Publius Cornelius Dolabella' -> true
Note: sometimes it's the littlest things that matter....

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AMITAVA BISWAS on 28 Feb 2012

this is a great problem iff delivered as audio but not as video...

AMITAVA BISWAS on 28 Feb 2012

Liked it, emphasizes the old advice - examine the exam first, answer the exam later ...

David Young on 29 Feb 2012

But B is not the same as b!

Richard Zapor on 1 May 2012

The default call routine has numbers "2" but the check routine expects "two" to be the function call name.

Jan Orwat on 4 Aug 2013

I'm just curious, cause the description doesn't specify it clearly (and there is no test for this): what the output should be when input has more than two b's?

Anupam Agarwal on 17 Oct 2014

filename cannot start with a number.

Varoujan on 5 Jul 2015

Tricky problem - fools the solver with the function name...

Michael Jarboe on 6 Sep 2018

FUNCTION NAME STARTS WITH A NUMBER! BLAH! CHANGE 2--> two

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