in reply to Challenge: Mystery Word Puzzle
Sloppy code in places probably, but it does the job. Returned values are:use strict; use warnings; my (%l, @a, $bad, $w); my @w = ('bumps','seams','domes','shake','pokes','dukes'); for (@w) { $l{$_} = () for (split //, $_); } permute(5, '', \@a, sort keys %l); for $w (@a) { $bad = 0; for (@w) { if (both($_, $w) != 2) { $bad = 1; last; } } if (!$bad) { print "$w\n"; } } sub permute { my ($d, $w, $a, @l) = @_; if (!--$d) { push @$a, $w.$_ for @l; } else { permute($d, $w.$l[$_], $a, @l[($_+1)..$#l]) for (0..($#l-$d +)); } } sub both { my ($w1, $w2) = @_; my %l; my $c = 0; $l{$_} = () for split //, $w1; for (split //, $w2) { $l{$_} = 1 if exists $l{$_}; } for (values %l) { $c++ if $_; } return $c; }
Problem is, I can't see a way to arrange any of these into an english word, unless I'm missing a possibility on the first set. Obviously, some of the letters have to be used twice, or letters not in any of the original words have to be allowed. Back to the drawing board :\abdep abeou adkmp akmou
EDIT: Ohhh, you changed the puzzle. Time to see if I can get this one to work...
Nope, doesn't work with the new puzzle either. I'd delete my post at this point, but I should leave it here in case someone can gain insight from my mistakes.
|
---|
Replies are listed 'Best First'. | |
---|---|
Re^2: Challenge: Mystery Word Puzzle
by Limbic~Region (Chancellor) on Jan 12, 2005 at 21:01 UTC |