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Typing dollars ($) into an HTML editor gives less dollars than expected
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Description
https://codecombat.com/play/level/wanted-poster
Type <h2>Reward: $$$</h2> on line 37 (or just type $$$ anywhere), you'll get '$$' as the output on the left. If you type $$$$$ you'll get '$$$' as the output, $$$$$$$ will give you '$$$$' etc...
Bug also appears on the Webpage (when you click on the button)
Firefox 50.0
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Research direction
Reproduce the issue at the Wanted Poster level URL by entering the provided dollar sequences on line 37 and in the HTML editor. Trace the editor and webpage button paths to find where dollar characters are transformed; done means the displayed output preserves every dollar in both contexts.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- frontend, web-dev
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100