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25 Feb 2010 06:08:47 pm by MrXuj
I've been playing with my calc for a bit now, and I'm getting the hang of it, a bit more at least. Several days ago I was shown a puzzle called a Futoshiki, and it's a wonderful thing, in my opinion. However, as I am in possession of a calculator capable of executing programs, I thought why not make a program that solves these things? I've been trying for the past two days, without any luck. I'm currently using matrices with 1 as > and 2 as <, and it's not going so well. So I was wondering if anyone could help me out? Or could this count as one of those brainteasers?

25 Feb 2010 06:20:20 pm by Bhaliar
So you want to make a program that will solve them or a program that will create them and you solve them? As a side note, it looks like sudoku, but with constraints.

25 Feb 2010 06:32:35 pm by MrXuj
The program I'm looking for is the solver itself. And yes, it's somewhat like a sudoku with the 3x3 squares replaced with > and < as additional requirements besides the [1..2..n] numbers.

26 Feb 2010 12:25:39 am by Bhaliar
Well my first idea would be to assign variables to each box. assign the given #'s then solve. A block of check like if the first row then 2nd then 3rd, then colmns, then diagonal. It would put numbers in an reassign them until the codes are succesful.

26 Feb 2010 07:35:51 am by calcdude84se
I might be misunderstanding what you said, but that sounds a lot like brute-forcing. It might be more efficient to solve it in a logical manner similar to how a person would do it, but the implementation would be complicated. (To get an idea, look at some of the better basic sudoku solvers)

26 Feb 2010 04:01:52 pm by Bhaliar
It does seem like brute forcing, but there would be a difference. When it puts the nubers in it would perform a check that looks for any similair nubers. Say you wanted to put a 5 in. It would check diagonally, then vertically for a 5.

01 Mar 2010 09:35:40 am by kinkoa
i have never heard of futoshiki so good luck i think it looks interesting tho

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