Is it isosceles?
- O(1) · Trivial
- Free
- Python
- JavaScript
- lists
- conditionals
- booleans
Problem
A triangle is isosceles if at least two of its sides are the same length. Write a function that takes a list with the three sides and returns true if that triangle is isosceles, and false if it isn't. With 5, 5 and 8 you return true, because two sides match. With 6, 7 and 8 you return false: all three are different.
Before comparing, check that the triangle exists. Every side has to be shorter than the other two together: with 1, 1 and 3 the two short sides can't reach the long one, so there is no triangle there and you return false, even though two sides are the same. And if one side is exactly as long as the other two together, like 2, 2 and 4, the three of them lie flat in a straight line: no triangle either.
Two more notes: a triangle with all three sides equal is isosceles too, because "at least two" includes three, and the sides may come with decimals. Three of them always arrive, and always positive.
Examples
First two sides are equal
[4, 4, 3] → true
All three sides are different
[2, 3, 4] → false
Two equal sides, but no triangle
[1, 1, 3] → false
Besides these, the challenge has hidden tests that are revealed when you submit your solution.
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Python
def is_isosceles(sides):
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