/**
 * Given a list of elements, update the elements at the specified range [startIndex, stopIndex)
 * with the given value. The element at stopIndex will not be updated.
 *
 * @param elements A list of elements to be updated.
 * @param startIndex The starting index (inclusive) of the range to be updated.
 * @param stopIndex The stopping index (exclusive) of the range to be updated.
 * @param value The value to be assigned to the elements in the range.
 * @return The updated list of elements.
 *
 * Example:
 * updateFaultyElements(listOf('A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E', 'F'), 1, 4, 'X')
 * Output: ['A', 'X', 'X', 'X', 'E', 'F']
 */
fun updateFaultyElements(elements: MutableList<String>, startIndex: Int, stopIndex: Int, value: String): List<String> {

    for (i in startIndex until stopIndex) {
        elements[i] = value
    }
    return elements
}
/**
 * Given a list of elements, update the elements at the specified range [startIndex, stopIndex)
 * with the given value. The element at stopIndex will not be updated.
 *
 * @param elements A list of elements to be updated.
 * @param startIndex The starting index (inclusive) of the range to be updated.
 * @param stopIndex The stopping index (exclusive) of the range to be updated.
 * @param value The value to be assigned to the elements in the range.
 * @return The updated list of elements.
 *
 * Example:
 * updateFaultyElements(listOf('A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E', 'F'), 1, 4, 'X')
 * Output: ['A', 'X', 'X', 'X', 'E', 'F']
 */
fun updateFaultyElements(elements: MutableList<String>, startIndex: Int, stopIndex: Int, value: String): List<String> {
/**
 * Given a list of elements, update the elements at the specified range [startIndex, stopIndex)
 * with the given value. The element at stopIndex will not be updated.
 *
 * @param elements A list of elements to be updated.
 * @param startIndex The starting index (inclusive) of the range to be updated.
 * @param stopIndex The stopping index (exclusive) of the range to be updated.
 * @param value The value to be assigned to the elements in the range.
 * @return The updated list of elements.
 *
 * Example:
 * updateFaultyElements(listOf('A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E', 'F'), 1, 4, 'X')
 * Output: ['A', 'X', 'X', 'X', 'E', 'F']
 */
fun updateFaultyElements(elements: MutableList<String>, startIndex: Int, stopIndex: Int, value: String): List<String> {

    for (i in startIndex until stopIndex) {
        elements[i] = value
    }
    return elements
}