Update docs (#403)

exercises/practice/acronym/.docs/instructions.md

@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ Punctuation is handled as follows: hyphens are word separators (like whitespace)
 
 For example:
 
-|Input|Output|
-|-|-|
-|As Soon As Possible|ASAP|
-|Liquid-crystal display|LCD|
-|Thank George It's Friday!|TGIF|
+| Input                     | Output |
+| ------------------------- | ------ |
+| As Soon As Possible       | ASAP   |
+| Liquid-crystal display    | LCD    |
+| Thank George It's Friday! | TGIF   |

exercises/practice/all-your-base/.docs/instructions.md

@@ -14,20 +14,20 @@ Given a number in base **a**, represented as a sequence of digits, convert it to
 
 In positional notation, a number in base **b** can be understood as a linear combination of powers of **b**.
 
-The number 42, *in base 10*, means:
+The number 42, _in base 10_, means:
 
 `(4 * 10^1) + (2 * 10^0)`
 
-The number 101010, *in base 2*, means:
+The number 101010, _in base 2_, means:
 
 `(1 * 2^5) + (0 * 2^4) + (1 * 2^3) + (0 * 2^2) + (1 * 2^1) + (0 * 2^0)`
 
-The number 1120, *in base 3*, means:
+The number 1120, _in base 3_, means:
 
 `(1 * 3^3) + (1 * 3^2) + (2 * 3^1) + (0 * 3^0)`
 
 I think you got the idea!
 
-*Yes. Those three numbers above are exactly the same. Congratulations!*
+_Yes. Those three numbers above are exactly the same. Congratulations!_
 
 [positional-notation]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positional_notation

exercises/practice/allergies/.docs/instructions.md

@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@ Now, given just that score of 34, your program should be able to say:
 - Whether Tom is allergic to any one of those allergens listed above.
 - All the allergens Tom is allergic to.
 
-Note: a given score may include allergens **not** listed above (i.e.  allergens that score 256, 512, 1024, etc.).
+Note: a given score may include allergens **not** listed above (i.e. allergens that score 256, 512, 1024, etc.).
 Your program should ignore those components of the score.
 For example, if the allergy score is 257, your program should only report the eggs (1) allergy.

exercises/practice/binary-search/.docs/instructions.md

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Binary search only works when a list has been sorted.
 
 The algorithm looks like this:
 
-- Find the middle element of a *sorted* list and compare it with the item we're looking for.
+- Find the middle element of a _sorted_ list and compare it with the item we're looking for.
 - If the middle element is our item, then we're done!
 - If the middle element is greater than our item, we can eliminate that element and all the elements **after** it.
 - If the middle element is less than our item, we can eliminate that element and all the elements **before** it.

exercises/practice/binary/.docs/instructions.md

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ A number 23 in base 10 notation can be understood as a linear combination of pow
 - The rightmost digit gets multiplied by 10^0 = 1
 - The next number gets multiplied by 10^1 = 10
 - ...
-- The *n*th number gets multiplied by 10^*(n-1)*.
+- The nth number gets multiplied by 10^_(n-1)_.
 - All these values are summed.
 
 So: `23 => 2*10^1 + 3*10^0 => 2*10 + 3*1 = 23 base 10`

exercises/practice/bowling/.docs/instructions.md

@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ There are three cases for the tabulation of a frame.
 
 Here is a three frame example:
 
-| Frame 1         | Frame 2       | Frame 3                |
-| :-------------: |:-------------:| :---------------------:|
-| X (strike)      | 5/ (spare)    | 9 0 (open frame)       |
+|  Frame 1   |  Frame 2   |     Frame 3      |
+| :--------: | :--------: | :--------------: |
+| X (strike) | 5/ (spare) | 9 0 (open frame) |
 
 Frame 1 is (10 + 5 + 5) = 20
 

exercises/practice/circular-buffer/.docs/instructions.md

@@ -4,39 +4,55 @@ A circular buffer, cyclic buffer or ring buffer is a data structure that uses a
 
 A circular buffer first starts empty and of some predefined length.
 For example, this is a 7-element buffer:
-<!-- prettier-ignore -->
-    [ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ]
+
+```text
+[ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ]
+```
 
 Assume that a 1 is written into the middle of the buffer (exact starting location does not matter in a circular buffer):
-<!-- prettier-ignore -->
-    [ ][ ][ ][1][ ][ ][ ]
+
+```text
+[ ][ ][ ][1][ ][ ][ ]
+```
 
 Then assume that two more elements are added — 2 & 3 — which get appended after the 1:
-<!-- prettier-ignore -->
-    [ ][ ][ ][1][2][3][ ]
+
+```text
+[ ][ ][ ][1][2][3][ ]
+```
 
 If two elements are then removed from the buffer, the oldest values inside the buffer are removed.
 The two elements removed, in this case, are 1 & 2, leaving the buffer with just a 3:
-<!-- prettier-ignore -->
-    [ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][3][ ]
+
+```text
+[ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][3][ ]
+```
 
 If the buffer has 7 elements then it is completely full:
-<!-- prettier-ignore -->
-    [5][6][7][8][9][3][4]
+
+```text
+[5][6][7][8][9][3][4]
+```
 
 When the buffer is full an error will be raised, alerting the client that further writes are blocked until a slot becomes free.
 
 When the buffer is full, the client can opt to overwrite the oldest data with a forced write.
 In this case, two more elements — A & B — are added and they overwrite the 3 & 4:
-<!-- prettier-ignore -->
-    [5][6][7][8][9][A][B]
+
+```text
+[5][6][7][8][9][A][B]
+```
 
 3 & 4 have been replaced by A & B making 5 now the oldest data in the buffer.
 Finally, if two elements are removed then what would be returned is 5 & 6 yielding the buffer:
-<!-- prettier-ignore -->
-    [ ][ ][7][8][9][A][B]
+
+```text
+[ ][ ][7][8][9][A][B]
+```
 
 Because there is space available, if the client again uses overwrite to store C & D then the space where 5 & 6 were stored previously will be used not the location of 7 & 8.
 7 is still the oldest element and the buffer is once again full.
-<!-- prettier-ignore -->
-    [C][D][7][8][9][A][B]
+
+```text
+[C][D][7][8][9][A][B]
+```

exercises/practice/isogram/.docs/instructions.md

@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ Examples of isograms:
 - downstream
 - six-year-old
 
-The word *isograms*, however, is not an isogram, because the s repeats.
+The word _isograms_, however, is not an isogram, because the s repeats.

exercises/practice/list-ops/.docs/instructions.md

@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ Implement a series of basic list operations, without using existing functions.
 
 The precise number and names of the operations to be implemented will be track dependent to avoid conflicts with existing names, but the general operations you will implement include:
 
-- `append` (*given two lists, add all items in the second list to the end of the first list*);
-- `concatenate` (*given a series of lists, combine all items in all lists into one flattened list*);
-- `filter` (*given a predicate and a list, return the list of all items for which `predicate(item)` is True*);
-- `length` (*given a list, return the total number of items within it*);
-- `map` (*given a function and a list, return the list of the results of applying `function(item)` on all items*);
-- `foldl` (*given a function, a list, and initial accumulator, fold (reduce) each item into the accumulator from the left*);
-- `foldr` (*given a function, a list, and an initial accumulator, fold (reduce) each item into the accumulator from the right*);
-- `reverse` (*given a list, return a list with all the original items, but in reversed order*).
+- `append` (_given two lists, add all items in the second list to the end of the first list_);
+- `concatenate` (_given a series of lists, combine all items in all lists into one flattened list_);
+- `filter` (_given a predicate and a list, return the list of all items for which `predicate(item)` is True_);
+- `length` (_given a list, return the total number of items within it_);
+- `map` (_given a function and a list, return the list of the results of applying `function(item)` on all items_);
+- `foldl` (_given a function, a list, and initial accumulator, fold (reduce) each item into the accumulator from the left_);
+- `foldr` (_given a function, a list, and an initial accumulator, fold (reduce) each item into the accumulator from the right_);
+- `reverse` (_given a list, return a list with all the original items, but in reversed order_).
 
 Note, the ordering in which arguments are passed to the fold functions (`foldl`, `foldr`) is significant.

exercises/practice/octal/.docs/instructions.md

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ as a linear combination of powers of 10:
 - The rightmost digit gets multiplied by 10^0 = 1
 - The next number gets multiplied by 10^1 = 10
 - ...
-- The *n*th number gets multiplied by 10^*(n-1)*.
+- The nth number gets multiplied by 10^_(n-1)_.
 - All these values are summed.
 
 So:

exercises/practice/perfect-numbers/.docs/instructions.md

@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 # Instructions
 
-Determine if a number is perfect, abundant, or deficient based on
-Nicomachus' (60 - 120 CE) classification scheme for positive integers.
+Determine if a number is perfect, abundant, or deficient based on Nicomachus' (60 - 120 CE) classification scheme for positive integers.
 
 The Greek mathematician [Nicomachus][nicomachus] devised a classification scheme for positive integers, identifying each as belonging uniquely to the categories of **perfect**, **abundant**, or **deficient** based on their [aliquot sum][aliquot-sum].
 The aliquot sum is defined as the sum of the factors of a number not including the number itself.
-For example, the aliquot sum of 15 is (1 + 3 + 5) = 9
+For example, the aliquot sum of `15` is `1 + 3 + 5 = 9`.
 
 - **Perfect**: aliquot sum = number
   - 6 is a perfect number because (1 + 2 + 3) = 6

exercises/practice/phone-number/.docs/instructions.md

@@ -5,18 +5,20 @@ Clean up user-entered phone numbers so that they can be sent SMS messages.
 The **North American Numbering Plan (NANP)** is a telephone numbering system used by many countries in North America like the United States, Canada or Bermuda.
 All NANP-countries share the same international country code: `1`.
 
-NANP numbers are ten-digit numbers consisting of a three-digit Numbering Plan Area code, commonly known as *area code*, followed by a seven-digit local number.
-The first three digits of the local number represent the *exchange code*, followed by the unique four-digit number which is the *subscriber number*.
+NANP numbers are ten-digit numbers consisting of a three-digit Numbering Plan Area code, commonly known as _area code_, followed by a seven-digit local number.
+The first three digits of the local number represent the _exchange code_, followed by the unique four-digit number which is the _subscriber number_.
 
 The format is usually represented as
 
 ```text
-(NXX)-NXX-XXXX
+NXX NXX-XXXX
 ```
 
 where `N` is any digit from 2 through 9 and `X` is any digit from 0 through 9.
 
-Your task is to clean up differently formatted telephone numbers by removing punctuation and the country code (1) if present.
+Sometimes they also have the country code (represented as `1` or `+1`) prefixed.
+
+Your task is to clean up differently formatted telephone numbers by removing punctuation and the country code if present.
 
 For example, the inputs
 

exercises/practice/protein-translation/.docs/instructions.md

@@ -29,16 +29,16 @@ Note the stop codon `"UAA"` terminates the translation and the final methionine
 
 Below are the codons and resulting Amino Acids needed for the exercise.
 
-Codon                 | Protein
-:---                  | :---
-AUG                   | Methionine
-UUU, UUC              | Phenylalanine
-UUA, UUG              | Leucine
-UCU, UCC, UCA, UCG    | Serine
-UAU, UAC              | Tyrosine
-UGU, UGC              | Cysteine
-UGG                   | Tryptophan
-UAA, UAG, UGA         | STOP
+| Codon              | Protein       |
+| :----------------- | :------------ |
+| AUG                | Methionine    |
+| UUU, UUC           | Phenylalanine |
+| UUA, UUG           | Leucine       |
+| UCU, UCC, UCA, UCG | Serine        |
+| UAU, UAC           | Tyrosine      |
+| UGU, UGC           | Cysteine      |
+| UGG                | Tryptophan    |
+| UAA, UAG, UGA      | STOP          |
 
 Learn more about [protein translation on Wikipedia][protein-translation].
 

exercises/practice/series/.docs/instructions.md

@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@ And the following 4-digit series:
 
 And if you ask for a 6-digit series from a 5-digit string, you deserve whatever you get.
 
-Note that these series are only required to occupy *adjacent positions* in the input;
-the digits need not be *numerically consecutive*.
+Note that these series are only required to occupy _adjacent positions_ in the input;
+the digits need not be _numerically consecutive_.