Re: Replacing string with its length in Regex

This smells a bit of being homework, but here's my answer:

sub template {
  return join ',', map length($_), shift =~ /(X+)/g;
}
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Re: Re: Replacing string with its length in Regex by Brovnik (Hermit) on Jul 27, 2001 at 23:07 UTC
Not homework honest. It is part of a Nonogram Solver/manipulator. This sub is part of the file loader. I know that nonogram solvers have been given as homework in other places, and I wrote one in C++ some time ago, but thought I would rebuild it in Perl for fun. This site gives more on Nonograms (also know as Paint by Numbers). -- Brovnik	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: Replacing string with its length in Regex by Everlasting God (Beadle) on Jul 28, 2001 at 00:17 UTC
Wow, so there is a name for the puzzles in picross! I take it the idea is to generate the number hints to a puzzle from an ascii bitmap? 'The fickle fascination of and Everlasting God' - Billy Corgan, The Smashing Pumpkins	[reply]