The structures are important. Consider die 1 and die 2. Possible words with die 1 on the left will be different from die 2 on the left. Once all possibilities are found, you must remove duplicate words.
Words" are created from all 6 letters which can be spilled from a handful of the dice. And once tossed, they can be arranged in any order. I'd be surprised if you get many "real" words. Vowels and consonants do not matter. Let me know if there are more issues you don't understand. Linda -----Original Message----- From: programming-boun...@jsoftware.com [mailto:programming-boun...@jsoftware.com] On Behalf Of Ric Sherlock Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2012 12:08 PM To: Programming forum Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] Challenge 12 Spill 'n Spell, Compute 'n Tell Hi Linda, I'm a bit confused... Is the point to putting the letters onto a pattern for a dice just to help represent the idea of choosing one of 6 letters at random to new programmers or are we supposed to use these structures in our answers? What are the the rules for word formation? RIKPOG and MAAWEE don't appear to be actual words so can the words be any combination of 6 letters or do there have to be some combination of vowels and consonants? On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 3:20 AM, Linda Alvord <lindaalv...@verizon.net> wrote: > Challenge 12 Spill 'n Spell, Compute 'n Tell PLEASE DO NOT RESPOND > UNTIL > 6 /21/2012 12 am EST > > > In 1974 I "drew" patterns for six cubes by hand, and then prepared an > APL challenge that I "dittoed" and mailed to maybe 30 people who I > knew who were using the language at that time. > > I think it was the only challenge which NO ONE answered. > > So here is the new revised J version which I will send to anyone on > the planet who might be interested. Here are the same cubes with the > same letters (facilitated by J): > > a=: (<"0) 4 3$' T AII D P ' > b=: (<"0) 4 3$' S OCN L M ' > c=: (<"0) 4 3$' A QRA B Z ' > d=: (<"0) 4 3$' J KUI E E ' > e=: (<"0) 4 3$' H IFV W X ' > f=: (<"0) 4 3$' E GEY E E ' > g=: (4 3$' ') > (<a),(<b),(<c),,(<d),(<e),(<f) > --------T-------T-------T-------T-------T-------┐ > │--T-T-┐│--T-T-┐│--T-T-┐│--T-T-┐│--T-T-┐│--T-T-┐│ > ││ │T│ │││ │S│ │││ │A│ │││ │J│ │││ │H│ │││ │E│ ││ > │+-+-+-+│+-+-+-+│+-+-+-+│+-+-+-+│+-+-+-+│+-+-+-+│ > ││A│I│I│││O│C│N│││Q│R│A│││K│U│I│││I│F│V│││G│E│Y││ > │+-+-+-+│+-+-+-+│+-+-+-+│+-+-+-+│+-+-+-+│+-+-+-+│ > ││ │D│ │││ │L│ │││ │B│ │││ │E│ │││ │W│ │││ │E│ ││ > │+-+-+-+│+-+-+-+│+-+-+-+│+-+-+-+│+-+-+-+│+-+-+-+│ > ││ │P│ │││ │M│ │││ │Z│ │││ │E│ │││ │X│ │││ │E│ ││ > │L-+-+--│L-+-+--│L-+-+--│L-+-+--│L-+-+--│L-+-+--│ > L-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------- > > These are the patterns for six "dice". Each one shows the faces which > if cut and folded would form a cube. > > Now consider rolling the dice and forming a word like: > > RIKPOG or MAAWEE > > (These were my original words and I liked MAAWEE so much I made a > folder for all the odds 'n ends of mathematical stuff I didn't know > what to do > with.) > > First create a 10 6 shape of 10 unique words. (old version-make two > words) > > Second part is to assume you receive 1 cent for each unique word you > can create, how much can you possibly receive. (this part is new) > > 'til summer when time for play begins. > > Linda > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
