# ds1000 / 781

- taskset: [ds1000](https://harnessreport.com/tasks/ds1000.md)
- difficulty: 
- category: 
- language: 
- runnable from the site: no
- agent timeout: 1800s

## Results by harness

_none yet_

## Instruction

```
# 781: DS-1000 Task

## Prompt
Problem:
I'm searching for examples of using scipy.optimize.line_search. I do not really understand how this function works with multivariable functions. I wrote a simple example
import scipy as sp
import scipy.optimize
def test_func(x):
    return (x[0])**2+(x[1])**2

def test_grad(x):
    return [2*x[0],2*x[1]]

sp.optimize.line_search(test_func,test_grad,[1.8,1.7],[-1.0,-1.0])
And I've got
File "D:\Anaconda2\lib\site-packages\scipy\optimize\linesearch.py", line 259, in phi
return f(xk + alpha * pk, *args)
TypeError: can't multiply sequence by non-int of type 'float'
The result should be the alpha value of line_search
A:
<code>
import scipy
import scipy.optimize
import numpy as np
def test_func(x):
    return (x[0])**2+(x[1])**2

def test_grad(x):
    return [2*x[0],2*x[1]]
starting_point = [1.8, 1.7]
direction = [-1, -1]
</code>
result = ... # put solution in this variable
BEGIN SOLUTION
<code>

## What to do
- Edit `solution/solution.py` so the code passes the DS-1000 tests.
- Do not access the internet or install new packages; required libraries are preinstalled in the Docker image.
- Run tests locally via `bash tests/test.sh`.

## Notes
- Keep the variable names/signatures implied by the prompt/code_context.
- The evaluator uses the original DS-1000 `code_context` (`test_execution` / `test_string`).
```
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