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diff_by_one.py |
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Donald Knuth, Art of Computer Programming, Volume 4 Facsimile 0 |
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Exercise #28 |
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Find pairs of SGB word vectors that differ by +/-1 in each component. |
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""" |
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from get_words import get_words |
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def gen_variations(word,fragment,depth,variations): |
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""" |
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Recursive backtracking method to assemble strings |
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differing by +/-1 at each position |
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""" |
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if depth==5: |
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variations.add(fragment) |
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else: |
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# make a choice |
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fragment_p1 = fragment + chr(ord(word[depth])+1) |
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fragment_m1 = fragment + chr(ord(word[depth])-1) |
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for new_fragment in [fragment_p1,fragment_m1]: |
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gen_variations(word,new_fragment,depth+1,variations) |
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def get_all_variations(word): |
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""" |
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Return all possible words that differ |
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from `word` by +/-1 in each index. |
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This does not include `word` in the |
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variations. |
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""" |
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word_variations = set() |
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gen_variations(word,'',0,word_variations) |
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word_variations = list(word_variations) |
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return word_variations |
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def main(): |
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""" |
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Find pairs of SGB word vectors that differ by +/-1 in each component. |
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To do this, iterate through each word, |
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generate the 32 possible candidate matchings, |
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and if they exist, add the pair to a set. |
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""" |
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# words is a hash table (unsorted) |
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words = get_words() |
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#words = words[:1000] |
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words = set(get_words()) |
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# List of string tuples |
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off_by_one = set() |
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# Iterate over every word |
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for iw,word in enumerate(words): |
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# Generate all 2^5 = 32 possible candidate |
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# matches for this word (total 185k strings) |
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all_vars = get_all_variations(word) |
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for word_var in all_vars: |
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# O(1) check if this variation exists |
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# in the five letter words set |
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if word_var in words: |
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# Found a new (unordered) pair |
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if word<word_var: |
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left=word |
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right=word_var |
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else: |
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left=word_var |
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right=word |
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off_by_one.add((left,right)) |
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off_by_one = list(off_by_one) |
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off_by_one.sort() |
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for o in off_by_one: |
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print("{:s} {:s}".format(o[0],o[1])) |
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print("Found {0:d} pairs of words that differ by +/-1 in each component.".format(len(off_by_one))) |
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if __name__=="__main__": |
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main() |
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