(Mastermind) puzzle (with 3 digits) -- Elegant (readable) code Sought
Greg Ewing
greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz
Tue Feb 27 23:29:54 EST 2024
On 26/02/24 12:45 pm, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> def score(candidate, answer) :
> return \
> (
> sum(a == b for a, b in zip(candidate, answer)),
> sum
> (
> i != j and a == b
> for i, a in enumerate(candidate)
> for j, b in enumerate(answer)
> )
> )
This is not correct. score((1,1,1), (1,1,2)) gives (2,4). According to
the usual rules of Mastermind, it should be (2, 0).
--
Greg
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