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from operator import itemgetter | |
def limit_search_space(space, pattern, bad_char): | |
# _ for unknown character | |
index = 0 | |
# filter by symbols | |
for char in pattern: | |
if char != '_': | |
space = [word for word in space if word[index] == char] | |
else: | |
space = [word for word in space if word[index] != bad_char] | |
index += 1 | |
return space | |
def get_occurrences(space): | |
occ = dict() | |
for word in space: | |
for char in word: | |
if char in occ: | |
occ[char] += 1 | |
else: | |
occ[char] = 1 | |
return sorted(occ.items(), key=itemgetter(1), reverse=True) | |
# Get word length and dictionary | |
word_length = int(input("Which length has your word? ")) | |
dictionary = open("/usr/share/dict/words") | |
# create search space with common length | |
search_space = set([word.strip().lower() for word in dictionary if not word.strip().endswith("'s") and len(word.strip()) == word_length]) | |
dictionary.close() | |
# create word pattern | |
pattern = ['_' for i in range(word_length)] | |
bad_character = None # character which is banned for the next iteration | |
guessed_characters = set() # solved characters | |
while len(search_space) > 1: | |
#print("Guessed characters:", guessed_characters) | |
possible_guesses = get_occurrences(search_space) | |
first_guess = None | |
# Search for possible guess | |
for guess in possible_guesses: | |
if guess[0] not in guessed_characters: | |
first_guess = guess[0] | |
break | |
# Print guess | |
print("Guessing", first_guess) | |
guessed_characters.add(first_guess) | |
solved_pots = input("Solved pots: ").split(",") | |
for pot in solved_pots: | |
p = int(pot) | |
if p == -1: | |
bad_character = first_guess | |
break | |
pattern[p] = first_guess | |
print("New guessing pattern", pattern) | |
# Limit and create new search space | |
search_space = limit_search_space(search_space, pattern, bad_character) | |
if len(search_space) == 1: | |
print("Your word is", search_space[0]) | |
else: | |
print("I don't know your word.") |
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