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    Beginners programming challenge #25

    Welcome to the 25th Beginners programming challenge.

    This challenge is known by many different names. It is a logic puzzle that (according to some resources (unverified)) only est. 2% of the worlds population will be able to solve. Well, that assumption was made before computers were doing all the heavy lifting. I would now say that only 2% of programmers would be unable to brute force this puzzle

    Background

    The challenge, should you choose to except it, is to write a solver for the Zebra Puzzle (aka, Einstein's Puzzle, Einstein's Riddle). The program, when run, should print the answer to the 2 questions at the end of the below quoted text.

    Note: You are not expected to parse the text and computationally map out the issue before solving, I assume that you have read the rules and designed a program that, following those rules, and given facts, produces an answer to 2 questions.


    1. There are five houses.
    2. The Englishman lives in the red house.
    3. The Spaniard owns the dog.
    4. Coffee is drunk in the green house.
    5. The Ukrainian drinks tea.
    6. The green house is immediately to the right of the ivory house.
    7. The Old Gold smoker owns snails.
    8. Kools are smoked in the yellow house.
    9. Milk is drunk in the middle house.
    10. The Norwegian lives in the first house.
    11. The man who smokes Chesterfields lives in the house next to the man with the fox.
    12. Kools are smoked in the house next to the house where the horse is kept. [should be "... a house ...", see discussion below]
    13. The Lucky Strike smoker drinks orange juice.
    14. The Japanese smokes Parliaments.
    15. The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.

    Now, who drinks water? Who owns the zebra? In the interest of clarity, it must be added that each of the five houses is painted a different color, and their inhabitants are of different national extractions, own different pets, drink different beverages and smoke different brands of American cigarets [sic]. One other thing: in statement 6, right means your right.
    — Life International, December 17, 1962
    Task

    Write a program that solve the zebra puzzle.
    The program should output the answer to the questions:

    1. Who drinks water?
    2. Who owns the Zebra?



    Cookie points

    Cookie points will be awarded for the following extras

    1. The implementation of more than 1 algorithm for solving this (e.g. One brute force algorithm and 1 logic algorithm.)
    2. Solve these as well - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebra_P...Other_versions


    Disqualified Entries:

    Any overly obfuscated code will be immediately disqualified without account for programmers skill. Please remember that these challenges are for beginners and therefore the code should be easily readable and well commented.

    Any non-beginner entries will not be judged. Please use common sense when posting code examples. Please do not give beginners a copy paste solution before they have had a chance to try this for themselves.


    Assistance:

    If you require any help with this challenge please do not hesitate to come and chat to the development focus group. We have a channel on irc.freenode.net #ubuntu-beginners-dev
    Or you can pm me

    Have fun,
    Happy coding

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    Re: Beginners programming challenge #25

    I don't think anyone will be surprised to see prolog in here.

    Code:
    solve(WaterDrinker, ZebraOwner) :-
        %% There are five houses.
        Street = [[ C1,  N1,  P1,  D1,  S1 ],
                  [ C2,  N2,  P2,  D2,  S2 ],
                  [ C3,  N3,  P3,  D3,  S3 ],
                  [ C4,  N4,  P4,  D4,  S4 ],
                  [ C5,  N5,  P5,  D5,  S5 ]],
    
        %% The Englishman lives in the red house.
        member([red, english, _, _, _], Street),
    
        %% The Spaniard owns the dog.
        member([_, spaniard, dog, _, _], Street),
    
        %% Coffee is drunk in the green house.
        member([green, _, _, coffee, _], Street),
    
        %% The Ukrainian drinks tea.
        member([_, ukranian, _, tea, _], Street),
    
        %% The green house is immediately to the right of the ivory house.
        right_of([green, _, _, _, _], [ivory, _, _, _, _], Street),
        
        %% The Old Gold smoker owns snails.
        member([_, _, snails, _, old_gold], Street),
        
        %% Kools are smoked in the yellow house.
        member([yellow, _, _, _, kools], Street),
        
        %% Milk is drunk in the middle house.
        D3 = milk,
    
        %% The Norwegian lives in the first house.
        N1 = norwegian,
        
        %% The man who smokes Chesterfields lives in the house next to the man with the fox.
        next_to([_, _, _, _, chesterfields], [_, _, fox, _, _], Street),
        
        %% Kools are smoked in the house next to the house where the horse is kept.
        next_to([_, _, _, _, kools], [_, _, horse, _, _], Street),
        
        %% The Lucky Strike smoker drinks orange juice.
        member([_, _, _, orange_juice, lucky_strike], Street),
        
        %% The Japanese smokes Parliaments.
        member([_, japanese, _, _, parliaments], Street),
    
        %% The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
        next_to([blue, _, _, _, _], [_, norwegian, _, _, _], Street),
    
        %% now, solutions:
        member([_, WaterDrinker, _, water, _], Street),
        member([_, ZebraOwner, zebra, _, _], Street).
    
    
    
    right_of(E1, E2, [E2, E1 | _]).
    right_of(E1, E2, [_|T]) :-
        right_of(E1, E2, T).
    
    next_to(E1, E2, L) :-
        right_of(E1, E2, L);
        right_of(E2, E1, L).
    Code:
    ?- solve(Water, Zebra).
    Water = norwegian,
    Zebra = japanese ;
    false.
    Posting code? Use the [code] or [php] tags.
    I don't care, I'm still free. You can't take the sky from me.

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    Re: Beginners programming challenge #25

    My 'brute force' solution in Python (my first programme in this language) with many if and loops. Poor performance but at least it produces the right answers.

    Code in Python:
    PHP Code:
    #!/usr/bin/python 
    '''
            There are five houses.
            The Englishman lives in the red house.
            The Spaniard owns the dog.
            Coffee is drunk in the green house.
            The Ukrainian drinks tea.
            The green house is immediately to the right of the ivory house.
            The Old Gold smoker owns snails.
            Kools are smoked in the yellow house.
            Milk is drunk in the middle house.
            The Norwegian lives in the first house.
            The man who smokes Chesterfields lives in the house next to the man with the fox.
            Kools are smoked in the house next to the house where the horse is kept. [should be "... a house ...", see discussion below]
            The Lucky Strike smoker drinks orange juice.
            The Japanese smokes Parliaments.
            The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
    '''
    numbers = [ "one""two""three""four""five"]
    nationalities = [ "Englishman""Spaniard""Ukrainian""Norwegian""Japanese"]
    colours = ["red""green""ivory""yellow""blue"]
    drinks = ["coffee""tea""milk""orange juice""water"]
    pets = ["dog""snails""fox""horse""zebra"]
    smokes = ["Old Gold""Kools""Chesterfields""Lucky Strike""Parliaments"]

    # breaking up the algorithm in two parts:
    # - first part on row level
    #   these constraints only apply to the fields in a particular house
    class House:
        
    def __init__(selfnumber Nonenationality Nonecolour Nonedrink Nonepet Nonesmoke None):
            
    self.number number
            self
    .nationality nationality
            self
    .colour colour
            self
    .drink drink
            self
    .pet pet
            self
    .smoke smoke
            
        def check_constraints
    (self):
            
    # Englishman lives in red house
            
    if nationalities[0] == self.nationality:
                if 
    colours[0] != self.colour:
                    return 
    False
            
    # red house is owned by Englishman
            
    if colours[0] == self.colour:
                if 
    nationalities[0] != self.nationality:
                    return 
    False
                
            
    # Spaniard owns the dog
            
    if nationalities[1] == self.nationality:
                if 
    pets[0] != self.pet:
                    return 
    False
            
    # dog is owned by Spaniard
            
    if pets[0] == self.pet:
                if 
    nationalities[1] != self.nationality:
                    return 
    False
                
            
    # coffee is drunk in the green house
            
    if drinks[0] == self.drink:
                if 
    colours[1] != self.colour:
                    return 
    False
            
    # in the green house the owner drinks coffee
            
    if colours[1] == self.colour:
                if 
    drinks[0] != self.drink:
                    return 
    False
                
            
    # Ukrainian drinks tea
            
    if nationalities[2] == self.nationality:
                if 
    drinks[1] != self.drink:
                    return 
    False
            
    # tea is drank by Ukrainian
            
    if drinks[1] == self.drink:
                if 
    nationalities[2] != self.nationality:
                    return 
    False
                
            
    # Old Gold smoker owns a snail
            
    if smokes[0] == self.smoke:
                if 
    pets[1] != self.pet:
                    return 
    False
            
    # snail owner smokes Old Gold
            
    if pets[1] == self.pet:
                if 
    smokes[0] != self.smoke:
                    return 
    False
                
            
    # Kools are smoke in the yellow house
            
    if smokes[1] == self.smoke:
                if 
    colours[3] != self.colour:
                    return 
    False
            
    # yellow house owner smokes Kools
            
    if colours[3] == self.colour:
                if 
    smokes[1] != self.smoke:
                    return 
    False
                
            
    # milk is drunk in the middle house
            
    if drinks[2] == self.drink:
                if 
    numbers[2] != self.number:
                    return 
    False
            
    # middle house owner drinks milk
            
    if numbers[2] == self.number:
                if 
    drinks[2] != self.drink:
                    return 
    False
                
            
    # Norwegian lives in the first house
            
    if nationalities[3] == self.nationality:
                if 
    numbers[0] != self.number:
                    return 
    False
            
    # first house in owned by Norwegian
            
    if numbers[0] == self.number:
                if 
    nationalities[3] != self.nationality:
                    return 
    False
            
            
    # Lucky Strike smoker drinks orange juice
            
    if smokes[3] == self.smoke:
                if 
    drinks[3] != self.drink:
                    return 
    False 
            
    # orange juice is drunk by Lucky Strike smoker
            
    if drinks[3] == self.drink:
                if 
    smokes[3] != self.smoke:
                    return 
    False
                
            
    # Japanese smokes Parliaments
            
    if nationalities[4] == self.nationality:
                if 
    smokes[4] != self.smoke:
                    return 
    False
            
    # Parliaments is smoked by Japanese
            
    if smokes[4] == self.smoke:
                if 
    nationalities[4] != self.nationality:
                    return 
    False
                
            
    return True

    #= second part on the sort order level
    #  these constraints only apply to the sorting order of a list of houses numbered from 1 to 5
    class HouseList:
        
    def __init__(selfhouses):
            
    self.houses = []
            for 
    house in houses:
                
    self.houses.append(house)
                
        
    def check_constraints(self):
            
    # there have to be 5 houses
            
    if len(self.houses) != 5:
                return 
    False
            
    else:
                
    # no double values in the list of houses
                
    for i in range(len(self.houses)):
                    for 
    j in range(len(self.houses)):
                        if 
    != j:
                            if 
    self.houses[i].colour == self.houses[j].colour:
                                return 
    False
                            
    if self.houses[i].number == self.houses[j].number:
                                return 
    False
                            
    if self.houses[i].nationality == self.houses[j].nationality:
                                return 
    False
                            
    if self.houses[i].drink == self.houses[j].drink:
                                return 
    False
                            
    if self.houses[i].pet == self.houses[j].pet:
                                return 
    False
                            
    if self.houses[i].smoke == self.houses[j].smoke:
                                return 
    False

                    
    # The green house is immediately to the right of the ivory house.
                    # checking iterator to prevent index out of range errors
                    # colours = ["red", "green", "ivory", "yellow", "blue"]
                    
    if 4:
                        if 
    self.houses[i].colour == colours[2]:
                            if 
    self.houses[i+1].colour != colours[1]:
                                return 
    False
                    
    if == and self.houses[i].colour == colours[2]:
                        return 
    False
                    
    if == and self.houses[i].colour == colours[1]:
                        return 
    False
                    
                    
    # The man who smokes Chesterfields lives in the house next to the man with the fox.
                    # checking iterator to prevent index out of range errors
                    # pets = ["dog", "snails", "fox", "horse", "zebra"]
                    # smokes = ["Old Gold", "Kools", "Chesterfields", "Lucky Strike", "Parliaments"]
                    
    if == 0:
                        if 
    self.houses[i].smoke == smokes[2]:
                            if 
    self.houses[i+1].pet != pets[2]:
                                return 
    False
                        
    if self.houses[i].pet == pets[2]:
                            if 
    self.houses[i+1].smoke != smokes[2]:
                                return 
    False
                    
    if == 4:
                        if 
    self.houses[i].smoke == smokes[2]:
                            if 
    self.houses[i-1].pet != pets[2]:
                                return 
    False
                        
    if self.houses[i].pet == pets[2]:
                            if 
    self.houses[i-1].smoke != smokes[2]:
                                return 
    False
                    
    if 4:
                        if 
    self.houses[i].smoke == smokes[2]:
                            if 
    self.houses[i-1].pet != pets[2] and \
                               
    self.houses[i+1].pet != pets[2]:
                                return 
    False
                        
    if self.houses[i].pet == pets[2]:
                            if 
    self.houses[i-1].smoke != smokes[2] and \
                               
    self.houses[i+1].smoke != smokes[2]:
                                return 
    False
                    
                    
    # Kools are smoked in the house next to the house where the horse is kept. 
                    # checking iterator to prevent index out of range errors
                    # pets = ["dog", "snails", "fox", "horse", "zebra"]
                    # smokes = ["Old Gold", "Kools", "Chesterfields", "Lucky Strike", "Parliaments"]
                    
    if == 0:
                        if 
    self.houses[i].smoke == smokes[1]:
                            if 
    self.houses[i+1].pet != pets[3]:
                                return 
    False
                        
    if self.houses[i].pet == pets[3]:
                            if 
    self.houses[i+1].smoke != smokes[1]:
                                return 
    False
                    
    if == 4:
                        if 
    self.houses[i].smoke == smokes[1]:
                            if 
    self.houses[i-1].pet != pets[3]:
                                return 
    False
                        
    if self.houses[i].pet == pets[3]:
                            if 
    self.houses[i-1].smoke != smokes[1]:
                                return 
    False
                    
    if 4:
                        if 
    self.houses[i].smoke == smokes[1]:
                            if 
    self.houses[i-1].pet != pets[3] and \
                               
    self.houses[i+1].pet != pets[3]:
                                return 
    False
                        
    if self.houses[i].pet == pets[3]:
                            if 
    self.houses[i-1].smoke != smokes[1] and \
                               
    self.houses[i+1].smoke != smokes[1]:
                                return 
    False
                    
                    
    # The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
                    # checking iterator to prevent index out of range errors
                    # nationalities = [ "Englishman", "Spaniard", "Ukrainian", "Norwegian", "Japanese"]
                    # colours = ["red", "green", "ivory", "yellow", "blue"]
                    # since the Norwegian can only live in the first house
                    # the second house has to be blue
                    # this constraint could be simply written as:
                    # if i == 1:
                    #     if self.houses[i].colour != colours[4]:
                    #        return false
                    # long method:
                    
    if == 0:
                        if 
    self.houses[i].nationality == nationalities[3]:
                            if 
    self.houses[i+1].colour != colours[4]:
                                return 
    False
                        
    if self.houses[i].colour == colours[4]:
                            if 
    self.houses[i+1].nationality != nationalities[3]:
                                return 
    False
                    
    if == 4:
                        if 
    self.houses[i].nationality == nationalities[3]:
                            if 
    self.houses[i-1].colour != colours[4]:
                                return 
    False
                        
    if self.houses[i].colour == colours[4]:
                            if 
    self.houses[i-1].nationality != nationalities[3]:
                                return 
    False
                    
    if 4:
                        if 
    self.houses[i].nationality == nationalities[3]:
                            if 
    self.houses[i-1].colour != colours[4] and \
                               
    self.houses[i+1].colour != colours[4]:
                                return 
    False
                        
    if self.houses[i].colour == colours[4]:
                            if 
    self.houses[i-1].nationality != nationalities[3] and \
                               
    self.houses[i+1].nationality != nationalities[3]:
                                return 
    False  
            
    return True
                            
    if __name__ == '__main__':

        
    houses = []
        
    houseLists = []
        print(
    'Generating a list of legal houses according to the constraints...')
        for 
    number in numbers:
            for 
    colour in colours:
                for 
    nationality in nationalities:
                    for 
    pet in pets:
                        for 
    drink in drinks:
                            for 
    smoke in smokes:
                                
    house House(numbernationalitycolourdrinkpetsmoke)
                                if 
    house.check_constraints():
                                    
    houses.append(house)
        print(
    " - number of combinations: " str(len(houses)))
        print(
    "\nGenerating a list of all legal lists of sorted houses according to the contraints...")
        
    # Generate a list of sorted lists. Sorted on the only thing known: house number (1-5)
        # but only add it to the lists if it doesn't fail the constraints in the class HouseList
        
    for house0 in houses:
            if 
    house0.number == numbers[0]:
                for 
    house1 in houses:
                    if 
    house1.number == numbers[1]:
                        for 
    house2 in houses:
                            if 
    house2.number == numbers[2]:
                                for 
    house3 in houses:
                                    if 
    house3.number == numbers[3]:
                                        for 
    house4 in houses:
                                            if 
    house4.number == numbers[4]:
                                                
    houseList HouseList([house0house1house2house3house4])
                                                if 
    houseList.check_constraints():
                                                    print(
    "\n - legal sorted list of houses:")
                                                    for 
    house in houseList.houses:
                                                        print(
    '   - ' +house.number ', ' house.nationality ', ' house.colour ', ' house.drink ', ' house.pet ', ' house.smoke)
                                                    
    houseLists.append(houseList)
                                                    
    # We could break the for loops here, there is only one solution
        
    for houseList in houseLists:
            for 
    house in houseList.houses:
                if 
    house.drink == drinks[4]:
                    print(
    '\nWho drinks water?')
                    print(
    ' - The ' house.nationality ' drinks water')
                if 
    house.pet == pets[4]:
                    print(
    '\nWho owns a zebra?')
                    print(
    ' - The ' house.nationality ' owns a zebra'
    Ouput:
    Code:
    Generating a list of legal houses according to the constraints...
     - number of combinations: 133
    
    Generating a list of all legal lists of sorted houses according to the contraints...
    
     - legal sorted list of houses:
       - one, Norwegian, yellow, water, fox, Kools
       - two, Ukrainian, blue, tea, horse, Chesterfields
       - three, Englishman, red, milk, snails, Old Gold
       - four, Spaniard, ivory, orange juice, dog, Lucky Strike
       - five, Japanese, green, coffee, zebra, Parliaments
    
    Who drinks water?
     - The Norwegian drinks water
    
    Who owns a zebra?
     - The Japanese owns a zebra

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    Re: Beginners programming challenge #25

    Hi guys - sorry for the lack of input from me on this challenge, I've only just had the internet connected at my new place.

    2 entries... maybe this challenge was a bit tricky, I will be judging the entries in the next few days.

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    Re: Beginners programming challenge #25

    Quote Originally Posted by Bodsda View Post
    Hi guys - sorry for the lack of input from me on this challenge, I've only just had the internet connected at my new place.

    2 entries... maybe this challenge was a bit tricky, I will be judging the entries in the next few days.

    Thanks,
    Bodsda
    Ubuntu Beginners Team
    Just spotted this thread . so working on it

    Any one else ?
    Two tin cans are better than an iphone

    http://www.ehow.co.uk/how_2067160_ma...hone.html?cr=1

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    Re: Beginners programming challenge #25

    tclsh it prolog style

    a bit tougher than prolog : needed to sort some of what prolog does
    Code:
    #!/bin/sh
    # the next line restarts using tclsh \
    exec tclsh "$0" "$@"
    
     proc solver {} {
        # from the facts:
        set milk 3      ;#  Milk is drunk in the middle house
        set Norwegian 1 ;#  The Norwegian lives in the first house
        set blue 2      ;#  The Norwegian lives next to the blue house
        # test the statement line by line
        test {Englishman Spaniard Ukrainian Japanese} {2 3 4 5} {
            test {red ivory yellow green} {1 3 4 5} {
                if {$Englishman != $red}      continue        ;#  The Englishman lives in the red house
                test {dog snails fox horse Zebra} {1 2 3 4 5} {
                    if {$Spaniard != $dog} continue        ;#  the Spaniard owns the dog
                    test {tea Coffee orange_juice water} {1 2 4 5} {
                        if {$Ukrainian != $tea}     continue ;#  The Ukrainian drinks tea
                        if {$green != $Coffee} continue ;#  Coffee is drunk in the green house
                        test {Old_Gold Kools "Lucky_Strike" Parliaments Chesterfields} \
                            {1 2 3 4 5} {
                              # rest of statement == and next to
                              if {
                                [next $green $ivory] &&
                                $Old_Gold == $snails && 
                                $yellow == $Kools &&
                                [next $Chesterfields $fox] &&
                                [next $horse $Kools] &&
                                $Lucky_Strike == $orange_juice &&
                                $Japanese == $Parliaments
                              } solve_it
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
     }
    
    # control structure
    
     proc test {atts values body} {
        foreach perm [permute $values] {
            uplevel 1 "assign {$atts} {$perm}; $body"
        }
     }
    
    # set a 1; set b 2; set c 3 , and so on
    
     proc assign {atts values} {
        foreach att $atts value $values {uplevel 1 set $att $value}
     }
    
    # Permutate as said just permutate
    
     proc permute {list {prefix ""}} {
        if {![llength $list]} {return 
    [list $prefix]}
        set res 
    [list]
        set n 0
        foreach e $list {
            eval 
    [list lappend res]\
              [permute [lreplace $list $n $n] [linsert $prefix end $e]]
            incr n
        }
        return $res
     }
    
    #########################
    # sort next to
    
     proc next {x y} {expr {abs($x-$y)==1}}
    ########################################
    # query the results here
    
     proc solve_it {} {
        set res {}
        foreach var [lsort [uplevel 1 info locals]] {
            set val [uplevel 1 set $var]
            if {[string is integer -strict $val]} {
                lappend res 
    [list $var $val]
            }
        }
    
    #################################################################################
    # set query solve here : this challenge required "water" + "zebra" note the lower case
    
     set solve {water zebra}
    
    #################################################################################
     set owns {english spaniard ukrainian norwegian japanese} ;# nationalities taken from statement note lower cases
     set groups {}
     set indexing {1 2 3 4 5}
     set a [lsort -index 1 $res]
     set all [string tolower $a]
    ## un hash next lin to see partly sorted list
    # puts $all
     foreach index $indexing {
        set sort [lsearch -all -inline  $all *$index]
        foreach solves $solve {
            set get [string first $solves $sort]
            if {$get > -1} {
                foreach owner $owns {
                    set ck [string first $owner $sort]
                    if {$ck > -1} {puts "nationality of  $solves = $owner"}
                }
            }
        }
     }
    exit
    ##### there could be more than one solution : try remove EXIT !!!!
     }
    #################
    # MAIN
    #################
    set t [solver]
    results:

    nationality of water = norwegian
    nationality of zebra = japanese
    Last edited by alexfish; March 14th, 2012 at 08:41 PM. Reason: code block ?? on last edit
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    http://www.ehow.co.uk/how_2067160_ma...hone.html?cr=1

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    Re: Beginners programming challenge #25

    This was a tough one to judge. But my decision was swayed by the logical and concise code written by....


    ......
    ......
    ......

    schauerlich

    Congratulations. Your entry almost made me go and start learning prolog
    We hope to see the next challenge from you soon!

    Thanks everyone,
    Bodsda,
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    Wink Re: Beginners programming challenge #25

    I don't Zeeba except from comic pages......

    Had Japaneese friends in L.A., but we didn't call them Japaneese - we just called them friends and people....

    and.....

    you can smoke corned beef
    and you can smoke hash
    but, you can't smoke corned beef hash!
    (thanks Mad Magazine - early 1970's)

    Actually, there have been a lot of these types of logic problems around for years. They used to be standard measure in our computer courses back when I was in college (so you KNOW they've been around a LONG time! ).

    Could I solve one now? I don't think so.....too many years, too much "fun" have gone by.

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    Re: Beginners programming challenge #25

    Quote Originally Posted by Bodsda View Post
    This was a tough one to judge. But my decision was swayed by the logical and concise code written by....


    ......
    ......
    ......

    schauerlich

    Congratulations. Your entry almost made me go and start learning prolog
    We hope to see the next challenge from you soon!

    Thanks everyone,
    Bodsda,
    Ubuntu Beginners Team
    Yay!

    Good news and bad news. Good news, I have an idea for the next challenge. Bad news, it's finals week for me, so the new challenge will have to wait a few days. But I promise it's coming within a week - feel free to PM me to remind me!
    Posting code? Use the [code] or [php] tags.
    I don't care, I'm still free. You can't take the sky from me.

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    Re: Beginners programming challenge #25

    Quote Originally Posted by Bodsda View Post
    This was a tough one to judge. But my decision was swayed by the logical and concise code written by....


    ......
    ......
    ......

    schauerlich

    Congratulations. Your entry almost made me go and start learning prolog
    We hope to see the next challenge from you soon!

    Thanks everyone,
    Bodsda,
    Ubuntu Beginners Team
    This is a cool forum! I remember doing this problem without a computer when I was in middle school (Though, I have some resentment that a computer can easily solve a problem like this.). It's clearly a linear system...

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