Re:Solving a "Layton Puzzle" with Prolog
by a_e_k on Wednesday April 09, 2025 @04:35AM
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It was fun to try to golf this a bit with Z3Py. I'm not an expert at writing for Z3, so it might be possible to do better, but here is a solution in 7 lines:
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almost-one-liner (though it will give you the full model):
import z3; z3.solve([z3.Sum([ord(a) == z3.Int(f"k{i}") for i, a in enumerate(r[0])]) == r[1] for r in [("bbababbabb", 7), ("baaababaaa", 5), ("baaabbbaba", 3), ("bbaaabbaaa", z3.Int("x"))]])
Re:Solving a "Layton Puzzle" with Prolog
by happyhacks on Wednesday April 09, 2025 @07:10AM
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my take - more writeup style for people new to z3
https://happyhacks.bearblog.dev/solving-a-layton-puzzle-with...