Hello All! I thought I'd open the following up to discussion.
In most of the solutions, we have something similar to: -lap $_=$F[s/.. / /g/2+$_+3*$&+9*$'-27] (The above is Stephen Turner's) All of the solutions contain an inner expression of the form: 9a + 3b + 1c, (or 3**2 a + 3**1 b + 3**0 c), where a, b, and c correspond to the columns of cards selected. What strikes me as particularly odd is the fact that we all needed to add a certain amount to the above expression, namely @F/2 - 27, where the y-intercept is 27 (or 3**3). I guess my question is this: Is this just a coincidence, the fact that our y-intercept is also a power of 3, and not just any power of the three, but the next in sequence? -Riley (o0lit3) P.s. -My solution: -plaF [EMAIL PROTECTED]/2-/ . (.)/*28+9*$'+3*$1+$&]Why is it that I always forget that I don't need the -F switch when I'm not splitting by anything funny?
