What's New - August 2016[Home]
August 3, 2016: Here's a "Word
Attribute Puzzle Solver" which uses predefined rules to apply
predefined "letter sets" to a given set of phrases (names in the left
column this
case) with unknown common
characteristics. Rules could include attributes of the words or letters
such as syllables, alphabetical order, alphabetical letter position,
vowel/consonant categories, letter shapes, or ???. The objective is to find a rule/letter set
combination which applies to all of those phrases and to a single
phrase in a second list of solution candidates. I peeked at the backside
of this calendar page to get the solution and coded the appropriate rule for
this puzzle, but the program might provide a
platform for me to do better with future puzzles of this type.
August 29, 2016: Either the projects are getting
harder, I'm getting busier with non-coding projects, or I'm just getting
slower with age. Probably all three. In any event, here's a puzzle
from the August 11 Mensa Calendar page that occupied a couple of hours a day for
the past 2 weeks: Mind Your ABCDs
requires placing those 4 letters in a 5x5 grid with the number of each letter in
each row and column as specified in this diagram. There is an added
restriction that the same letter cannot appear in two adjacent cells the the
same row or column. The program allows user play with counts updated as
letters are placed. There's also a Solve button that was the fun part of
creating the project. |
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