Problem 66. Find the two-word state names

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Given a list of states, remove all the states that have two-word names.

 s1 = 'Alabama Montana North Carolina Vermont Nevada';

then

 s2 = 'Alabama Montana  Vermont Nevada';

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Jake McIvor on 26 Jan 2012

The test function has some incorrect values: Nebraska and Nevada are incorrectly removed, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota and West Virginia are incorrectly left in.

Ned Gulley on 26 Jan 2012

I've fixed the problem and you're now the leader. Sorry about that!

Richard Zapor on 3 Jun 2012

A second test case is needed for this problem. 'New York Nevada' should suffice.

Ned Gulley on 5 Jun 2012

I added another test, similar to the one suggested. Thanks for the comment Richard!

RST on 28 Aug 2015

I keep getting 'inappropriate content' errors.

HH on 27 Sep 2015

"Remove inappropriate content" error...

XuanRong Pan on 13 Jul 2019

What is " two_word name"??

Sanzhar Askaruly on 11 Aug 2019

if i would grasp all regexp possibilities in depth.. makes me cry

Willion Bird on 22 Nov 2019

What do this problem mean ?

David Motson on 10 Jan 2020

@Cody Team, does this need to be a Cody Challenge? It's a pretty rubbish problem

Rik on 13 Jan 2021

I would vote for removal from this list as well. There is even another one about US states... This is so infuriating and repetitive I almost resorted to echoing assert.

Marco Riani on 3 Jan 2022

I too would vote for removal from this list.
I can understand strtrim but not that in the solution there must be exactly the same amount of (say) 7 spaces between two consecutive words.

Mahmut Burak Cinar on 11 Jan 2023

Terrible test cases. Terrible. Lazy and slumpy test cases. Needed to reverse engineer to get the problem done. Test cases need to be adjusted.

Brandon on 14 Jun 2023

Worked first try, size 12, good problem

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