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hi all,
on http://www.powerbasic.com/support/pb...ad.php?t=23134
i posted a simple math game. you must enter 6 numbers (range 1-100) and
a target number (range say 100-2000).
the mission is to calculate the target number, using the 6
numbers (or less) and using the math operators +,-,*,/.
needless to say that this little program does that for you..
an example:
numbers: 1 2 3 4 5 10 target number: 100
a possible solution is: (((2*4)*(3+10))-(5-1)) = 100
i know there are too many brackets shown but that's the way the
program generates them and it is not mathematically wrong.
by the way, this program uses all 6 numbers...
in stead of coming up with a complicated algorithm (which probably would
not be efficient...) i did it the quick and dirty way: generating random
combinations and checking to see how close they come to the desired result.
i was amazed to see how quickly the program comes up with a solution, atleast
if one exists...that's powerbasic for ya!
wrote it just for fun...
kind regards
eddy
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[email protected]
[this message has been edited by eddy van esch (edited september 13, 2001).]
on http://www.powerbasic.com/support/pb...ad.php?t=23134
i posted a simple math game. you must enter 6 numbers (range 1-100) and
a target number (range say 100-2000).
the mission is to calculate the target number, using the 6
numbers (or less) and using the math operators +,-,*,/.
needless to say that this little program does that for you..
an example:
numbers: 1 2 3 4 5 10 target number: 100
a possible solution is: (((2*4)*(3+10))-(5-1)) = 100
i know there are too many brackets shown but that's the way the
program generates them and it is not mathematically wrong.
by the way, this program uses all 6 numbers...
in stead of coming up with a complicated algorithm (which probably would
not be efficient...) i did it the quick and dirty way: generating random
combinations and checking to see how close they come to the desired result.
i was amazed to see how quickly the program comes up with a solution, atleast
if one exists...that's powerbasic for ya!
wrote it just for fun...
kind regards
eddy
------------------
[email protected]
[this message has been edited by eddy van esch (edited september 13, 2001).]
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