Re^3: One for the weekend: challenge

BrowserUk,
I also read the rules incorrectly because of the following example:

04824: 0 Torf
04824: 0 fort
04824: 0 Tor 4
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The last solution is what lead me astray. If it had read:

As you work left to right, if at any point a word can be inserted - using a digit is illegal and at no point can two digits be adjacent

I would have understood much better. In any event, my solution is buggy and produces incorrect results. Since it seems like you were after approaches, I believe mine is interesting because of the unrestricted integer partitions. I have no interest at this point in making it a correct solution.

Cheers - L~R

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Re^4: One for the weekend: challenge by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Jun 01, 2008 at 14:06 UTC
I have no interest at this point in making it a correct solution. That's a real shame, but the primary part of the challenge is 'meeting the spec'. Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice. "Too many [] have been sedated by an oppressive environment of political correctness and risk aversion."	[reply]

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Re^4: One for the weekend: challenge
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Jun 01, 2008 at 14:06 UTC

I have no interest at this point in making it a correct solution.

That's a real shame, but the primary part of the challenge is 'meeting the spec'.

Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.

"Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".

In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.

"Too many [] have been sedated by an oppressive environment of political correctness and risk aversion."

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