Keep in mind that this kata is not tagged as a performance kata. It is not calling for code to be tuned/optimized. This solution runs more than fast enough to finish within the 12 seconds that codewars allows.

Had this been an actual performance kata, I would have tuned my approach until it finished the test cases in the allowed time.

I suggest creating a performance variant of this kata if you're interested in taking it there. The problem sizes for this kata is currently limited to 26 letters. You'd want to mark the new kata with a performance tag and test and include tests that would keep naive or unoptimized solutions from finishing within Codewars' 12 second limit.

Probably one of the most round-about ways. Clever nonetheless!

Very clever!

Thanks, @akar-0. I guessed as much.

How come you don't get this one?

Error: A value of type 'num' can't be returned from a function with return type 'int'

How come you don't get Error: A value of type 'num' can't be returned from a function with return type 'int'?

Could you explain why you omitted the type declaration List<int> arr in the function argument?

Why the instruction to multiply "in order"?

I found the instruction to multiply "in order" rather odd because by the commutative property of multiplication, sorting the elements does not change the final result.

Thanks for including all of these options. Insightful.

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Hi,
I only managed to solve this Kata with using eval(), but I learned a lot from others' solutions.

You can read why it is not a good thing to use eval() here:
Here: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/eval

"Never use eval()!
eval() is a dangerous function, which executes the code it's passed with the privileges of the caller. If you run eval() with a string that could be affected by a malicious party, you may end up running malicious code on the user's machine with the permissions of your webpage / extension. More importantly, a third-party code can see the scope in which eval() was invoked, which can lead to possible attacks in ways to which the similar Function is not susceptible. "

Fantastic challenge!

Haha! Did any of us not try eval?