RosettaCodeData/Task/Odd-word-problem/Bracmat/odd-word-problem.bracmat
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( ( odd-word
= dothis doother forward backward
. ( forward
= ch
. fil$:?ch
& put$!ch
& ( low$!ch:~<a:~>z&forward$
| !ch:~"."
)
)
& ( backward
= ch
. fil$:?ch
& ( low$!ch:~<a:~>z
& backward$() (put$!ch&) { This reduces to the return value of backwards$()}
| '(.put$($ch)&$ch:~".") { Macro, evaluates to a function with actual ch. }
)
)
& fil$(!arg,r)
& ((=forward$).(=(backward$)$))
: (?dothis.?doother)
& whl
' ( !(dothis.)
& (!doother.!dothis):(?dothis.?doother)
)
& (fil$(,SET,-1)|) { This is how a file is closed: seek the impossible. }
)
& put$("what,is,the;meaning,of:life.","life.txt",NEW)
& put$("we,are;not,in,kansas;any,more.","kansas.txt",NEW)
& odd-word$"life.txt"
& put$\n
& odd-word$"kansas.txt" { Real file, as Bracmat cannot read a single character from stdin. }
);