Challenge overview
Hello and welcome to the challenge!
The management of the customer service department has introduced a new way to reward employees. Employees will receive bonuses based on the number of smiles they have received in e-mails from customers. You are given the task of writing an application supporting a new reward strategy.
Write a code which will count all smiles in the given string. Every smile consists of:
- eyes -
:or; - mouth -
Dor) - opionally nose -
~or-
Examples
- valid smiles:
:) :-) :D ;~) - invalid smiles:
;( ;-| :> :3
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