Re: Inputing vectors into a scrabble-esque game

For purposes of maintenance and code validation the @letter initialization code may be better written:

my @letters =
    ('a') x 9, ('b') x 2, ('c') x 2, ('d') x 4, ('e') x 12, ('f') x 2,
    ('g') x 4, ('h') x 2, ('i') x 9, ('j') x 1, ('k') x 1, ('l') x 4, 
+('m') x 2,
    ('n') x 6, ('o') x 8, ('p') x 2, ('q') x 1, ('r') x 6, ('s') x 4, 
+('t') x 6,
    ('u') x 4, ('v') x 2, ('w') x 2, ('x') x 1, ('y') x 2, ('z') x 1;
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and of course you should always use strictures.

Optimising for fewest key strokes only makes sense transmitting to Pluto or beyond

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Re^2: Inputing vectors into a scrabble-esque game by johngg (Canon) on Nov 02, 2019 at 16:40 UTC
Perhaps you can save some fiddly typing map'ing the product of two source arrays to produce the `@letters` array. It doesn't look quite as straightforward but might be less prone to typos. `use 5.026; use warnings; my @letters = do { my @chars = ( q{a} .. q{z} ); my @counts = ( 9, 2, 2, 4, 12, 2, 4, 2, 9, 1, 1, 4, 2, 6, 8, 2, 1, 6, 4, 6, 4, 2, 2, 1, 2, 1 ); map { ( $chars[ $_ ] ) x $counts[ $_ ] } 0 .. 25; }; say join q{}, @letters;` [download] Produces:- `aaaaaaaaabbccddddeeeeeeeeeeeeffgggghhiiiiiiiiijkllllmmnnnnnnoooooooopp +qrrrrrrssssttttttuuuuvvwwxyyz` [download] I hope this is of interest. Cheers, JohnGG	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: Inputing vectors into a scrabble-esque game by GrandFather (Saint) on Nov 03, 2019 at 10:03 UTC
But way less verifiable with a quick look. Keystrokes are much less important than understanding. The long winded suggestion I made is easy to understand even if you don't speak Perl and is easy to check. Anything that breaks the obvious one to one visual mapping between the letter and its repeat count is a step backwards for maintainability and easy understanding. Optimising for fewest key strokes only makes sense transmitting to Pluto or beyond	[reply]