Valid but nonstandard codes

[wangyi041228]

Here'are two code:
CEBAGAICAIUTSBYBAQARWHA7EQ2DUAQCAEBAIOACAECCOKYBAIAQEMJX
CEBAGAICAIUTSBYBAQARWHA7EQ2DUAQCAECCOKYCAEBAIOABAIAQEMJX

The 2nd code doesn't meet the standard but LoR and all code sites support it. If you import the code in LoR then share it, the game generates the 2nd code, not the standard one.

[zofrex]

As a library implementer I'm curious - what's non-standard about the second code? I see that the ordering of the set/faction lists within in the two copies list is different, but I don't understand why the first ordering is more correct than the second.

[Billzabob]

@zofrex If you look at step 3 in the README it specifies an ordering:

The set/faction lists are ordered by increasing length. The contents of the set/faction lists are ordered alphanumerically.

[wangyi041228]

As a library implementer I'm curious - what's non-standard about the second code? I see that the ordering of the set/faction lists within in the two copies list is different, but I don't understand why the first ordering is more correct than the second.

Since LoR game client doesn't make a imported deck standard, a SAME deck has more than 1 code at servers. Rioters might underestimate certian data of decks. As a player and analyst, I need to make every code standard before data processing.

[zofrex]

@Billzabob I don't see an ordering specified for equal-length set/faction lists though?

The set/faction lists are ordered by increasing length

They are, here - the ones in different orders in each code are the same length.

The contents of the set/faction lists are ordered alphanumerically.

The contents of the set/faction lists are ordered exactly the same in both of the two codes given.

@wangyi041228 yes, you do need to normalise them for that. Maybe you could make a request that there should be a canonical ordering, but I think currently both codes you gave meet the standard. It's a rather under-specified standard (not a criticism, just an observation) so there's multiple ways to create codes that are, as far as I know, equally correct.

[Billzabob]

@zofrex Oh I see what you mean. I can't remember but I believe I checked that at one point and they are ordered a specific way if the lengths are the same. You are correct that it's not documented though so it's ambiguous and different implementations probably do different things.