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Re:The Toughest Developer Puzzle Ever by lancet on Tuesday July 07, 2009 @11:33AM (#691648)
Does anyone have additional hints for #27?
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Re:The Toughest Developer Puzzle Ever by suprafarq on Tuesday July 07, 2009 @05:48PM (#692627)
The important hint is "Take the first one each time"...

Ask yourself why there is a period in the first column all by itself.

The "distance" comment has something to do with a word formula.

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Re:The Toughest Developer Puzzle Ever by js1 on Saturday July 11, 2009 @11:32PM (#699773)
A word formula damn...

I found the answer on that page, but I still don't get it, between what you say and the relationship with that algorithm.

http://php.net/manual/en/function.similar-text.php

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