to clarify.. would you say the realtions are as follows:
···
==
=
<=
!=
<
or are you thinking of just a specifc subset?
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: A puzzle
From: "Bill Guindon" <agorilla@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, March 08, 2005 2:27 pm
To: "ruby-talk ML" <ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org>
given 5 variables... incoming, minimium, current, maximum, reserve
produce a text file that shows every possible map of the variable relations.
Something along the lines of this:
minimum < current < hidden = incoming = reserve
For cases such as the above that have two or more equal variables, the
names should be sorted alphabetically, and duplicates removed:
keep: minimum < current < hidden = incoming = reserve
drop: minimum < current < incoming = hidden = reserve
drop: minimum < current < incoming = reserve = hidden
etc.
btw, if you think this is quiz worthy, don't post possible answers --
but feel free to send "solutions" or suggestions to me off list.
--
Bill Guindon (aka aGorilla)
to clarify.. would you say the realtions are as follows:
==
>=
<=
!=
<
>
or are you thinking of just a specifc subset?
It's essentially a sort with grouping on equals. Which seemed to me
to limit the relations to < or =
some further examples:
minimum < current < hidden = incoming < reserve
hidden = incoming = reserve < minimum = current
incoming = hidden < minimum = current < reserve
···
On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 04:39:11 +0900, Jason Bailey <azrael@demonlords.net> wrote:
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: A puzzle
> From: "Bill Guindon" <agorilla@gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, March 08, 2005 2:27 pm
> To: "ruby-talk ML" <ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org>
>
> given 5 variables... incoming, minimium, current, maximum, reserve
>
> produce a text file that shows every possible map of the variable relations.
>
> Something along the lines of this:
>
> minimum < current < hidden = incoming = reserve
>
> For cases such as the above that have two or more equal variables, the
> names should be sorted alphabetically, and duplicates removed:
>
> keep: minimum < current < hidden = incoming = reserve
>
> drop: minimum < current < incoming = hidden = reserve
> drop: minimum < current < incoming = reserve = hidden
> etc.
>
> btw, if you think this is quiz worthy, don't post possible answers --
> but feel free to send "solutions" or suggestions to me off list.
>
> --
> Bill Guindon (aka aGorilla)
--
Bill Guindon (aka aGorilla)