RosettaCodeData/Task/Cheryls-birthday/Lua/cheryls-birthday.lua
2023-07-01 13:44:08 -04:00

71 lines
2 KiB
Lua

-- Cheryl's Birthday in Lua 6/15/2020 db
local function Date(mon,day)
return { mon=mon, day=day, valid=true }
end
local choices = {
Date("May", 15), Date("May", 16), Date("May", 19),
Date("June", 17), Date("June", 18),
Date("July", 14), Date("July", 16),
Date("August", 14), Date("August", 15), Date("August", 17)
}
local function apply(t, f)
for k, v in ipairs(t) do
f(k, v)
end
end
local function filter(t, f)
local result = {}
for k, v in ipairs(t) do
if f(k, v) then
result[#result+1] = v
end
end
return result
end
local function map(t, f)
local result = {}
for k, v in ipairs(t) do
result[#result+1] = f(k, v)
end
return result
end
local function count(t) return #t end
local function isvalid(k, v) return v.valid end
local function invalidate(k, v) v.valid = false end
local function remaining() return filter(choices, isvalid) end
local function listValidChoices()
print(" " .. table.concat(map(remaining(), function(k, v) return v.mon .. " " .. v.day end), ", "))
print()
end
print("Cheryl offers these ten choices:")
listValidChoices()
print("1) Albert knows that Bernard also cannot yet know, so cannot be a month with a unique day, leaving:")
apply(remaining(), function(k, v)
if count(filter(choices, function(k2, v2) return v.day==v2.day end)) == 1 then
apply(filter(remaining(), function(k2, v2) return v.mon==v2.mon end), invalidate)
end
end)
listValidChoices()
print("2) After Albert's revelation, Bernard now knows, so day must be unique, leaving:")
apply(remaining(), function(k, v)
local subset = filter(remaining(), function(k2, v2) return v.day==v2.day end)
if count(subset) > 1 then apply(subset, invalidate) end
end)
listValidChoices()
print("3) After Bernard's revelation, Albert now knows, so month must be unique, leaving only:")
apply(remaining(), function(k, v)
local subset = filter(remaining(), function(k2, v2) return v.mon==v2.mon end)
if count(subset) > 1 then apply(subset, invalidate) end
end)
listValidChoices()