package ChessNot; use strict; use warnings; $|++; my %is_row = map { $_ => 1 } ( 1 .. 8 ); my %is_col = do { my $i = 1; map { $_ => $i++ } ( 'a' .. 'h' ) }; my %is_piece = ( P => 'Pawn', B => 'Bishop', N => 'Knight', R => 'Rook', Q => 'Queen', K => 'King', ); sub parse { my $move = shift; my @parse = split //, $move; my ($row, $col); my $piece = 'Pawn'; my $action = 'moves to'; my $have_capture = 0; my $start_row; my $start_col; my $check = ''; while (my $elem = pop @parse) { $is_row{ $elem } && do { ($row ? $start_row : $row) = $elem; next; }; $is_col{ $elem } && do { ($col ? $start_col : $col) = $is_col{ $elem }; next; }; $is_piece{ $elem } && do { $piece = $is_piece{ $elem }; next; }; $elem eq 'x' && do { $action = 'captures'; $have_capture = 1; next; }; $elem eq '+' && do { $check .= $check ? 'mate' : ', check'; next; }; } my $start_piece = ''; if ($start_row || $start_col) { $start_piece = join ', ', map { $_ || '?' } $start_row, $start_col; $start_piece = "($start_piece) "; } return "$piece ${start_piece}$action ($row, $col)$check"; } 1; __END__