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[[Scramble]] Group Project | |||
== Morning Exercises == | |||
Based on Exercise 10.8 in [[Think Python]] | |||
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Latest revision as of 14:46, 2 December 2008
Afternoon
Scramble Group Project
Morning Exercises
Based on Exercise 10.8 in Think Python
def makewordlist ():
ret = []
for line in open("words.txt"):
word = line.strip()
ret.append(word)
return ret
allwords = makewordlist()
# find word pairs
# FOR EVERY WORD
# FLIP THE WORD
# CHECK IF FLIPPED WORD IS IN WORDLIST
def find_bisect (wordlist, seekword):
bot = 0
top = len(wordlist)
count = 0
lastword = None
while True:
count += 1
mid = bot + ((top - bot) / 2)
curword = wordlist[mid]
#print "checking item[", mid, "] = ", curword
if (curword == seekword):
#print "found in", count, "iterations"
return True
elif (curword < seekword):
bot = mid
else:
top = mid
if curword == lastword:
return False
lastword = wordlist[mid]
# if you're checking what you just checked,
# time to stop
# if it takes more than 18 times stop
#word = "geeblosx"
#print word, find_bisect(allwords, word)
#word = "tomato"
#print word, find_bisect(allwords, word)
#import sys
#sys.exit()
for word in allwords:
# flip the word
# print "checking", word
flip = word[::-1]
# is flip a word
# if flip in allwords:
if find_bisect(allwords, flip):
print "found a word pair", word, flip
#for w in allwords:
## print " checking", w
#if w == flip:
#print "found a word pair", word, flip
#break