RosettaCodeData/Task/24-game-Solve/Tcl/24-game-solve.tcl
2023-07-01 13:44:08 -04:00

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Tcl

package require struct::list
# Encoding the various expression trees that are possible
set patterns {
{((A x B) y C) z D}
{(A x (B y C)) z D}
{(A x B) y (C z D)}
{A x ((B y C) z D)}
{A x (B y (C z D))}
}
# Encoding the various permutations of digits
set permutations [struct::list map [struct::list permutations {a b c d}] \
{apply {v {lassign $v a b c d; list A $a B $b C $c D $d}}}]
# The permitted operations
set operations {+ - * /}
# Given a list of four integers (precondition not checked!)
# return a list of solutions to the 24 game using those four integers.
proc find24GameSolutions {values} {
global operations patterns permutations
set found {}
# For each possible structure with numbers at the leaves...
foreach pattern $patterns {
foreach permutation $permutations {
set p [string map [subst {
a [lindex $values 0].0
b [lindex $values 1].0
c [lindex $values 2].0
d [lindex $values 3].0
}] [string map $permutation $pattern]]
# For each possible structure with operators at the branches...
foreach x $operations {
foreach y $operations {
foreach z $operations {
set e [string map [subst {x $x y $y z $z}] $p]
# Try to evaluate (div-zero is an issue!) and add it to
# the result if it is 24
catch {
if {[expr $e] == 24.0} {
lappend found [string map {.0 {}} $e]
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
return $found
}
# Wrap the solution finder into a player
proc print24GameSolutionFor {values} {
set found [lsort -unique [find24GameSolutions $values]]
if {![llength $found]} {
puts "No solution possible"
} else {
puts "Total [llength $found] solutions (may include logical duplicates)"
puts "First solution: [lindex $found 0]"
}
}
print24GameSolutionFor $argv