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torpid kestrel Jan 5, 2023, 12:30 AM

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soo uh I've been trying to solve this problem but I can't realllly do it
so basically what I have is a bunch of answers and letters
letters can be arranged in a way to form an answer
but not all answers can be reached from the letters
furthermore (the part I'm having trouble with) letters have types (three of them to be exact) and I have to make it so that I can specify how much letters of the type (for example, three of type B and three of type C)
it has to give me the answers that can be reached and can be made with the specified numbers of types
what I'm doing currently is unexplainable broken stuff that almost works but fails because it fails to do the types part correctly

dim violet Jan 5, 2023, 12:31 AM

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show what you've tried. give sample input/output. do some work before asking for help.

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is it a homework problem?

torpid kestrel Jan 5, 2023, 12:40 AM

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no

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I have done work

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just that it's just some super big mess that I think I should approach differently from start

dim violet Jan 5, 2023, 12:42 AM

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show sample input/output

torpid kestrel Jan 5, 2023, 12:42 AM

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if there are answers aaaaa bbbbb ccccc

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and letters 3Ca 3Cb 3Cc 3Ba 3Bb 3Bc

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I should be able to choose the type of the letter (the uppercase) and how much of the type

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so if I choose 3C 2B

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it could be all aaaaa bbbbb ccccc

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since 3 C and 2 B types can be arranged into any of those

dim violet Jan 5, 2023, 12:45 AM

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ya, I'm lost.

leaden pawn Jan 5, 2023, 10:15 AM

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@torpid kestrel Is this correct?

torpid kestrel Jan 5, 2023, 10:16 AM

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not exactly

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if I add the number of the types

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then yes

leaden pawn Jan 5, 2023, 10:18 AM

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Rephrase your initila question then and please try to use technical terms not "bunch of letters" etc^^°

torpid kestrel Jan 5, 2023, 10:19 AM

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multiple answers

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multiple types of letters

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I choose which types of letters

leaden pawn Jan 5, 2023, 10:19 AM

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that's not even a full sentence :/

torpid kestrel Jan 5, 2023, 10:20 AM

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and how much of the types

leaden pawn Jan 5, 2023, 10:20 AM

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Please rephrase your question from beginning to end, in full sentences :/

torpid kestrel Jan 5, 2023, 10:22 AM

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there are multiple answers and there are multiple letters with a few types they can be in
input is the number of types (for example, two of type A and three of type B)
and output is the answers that can be made

leaden pawn Jan 5, 2023, 10:24 AM

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@torpid kestrel If you would see this question on the internet, would you think that this is a "good phrased question" that anyone can understand?

torpid kestrel Jan 5, 2023, 10:25 AM

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well I can't really explain it

leaden pawn Jan 5, 2023, 10:25 AM

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torpid kestrel well I can't really explain it

that's your first problem to solve then. If you cannot explain it, you most likely haven't fully understood the problem/question yourself and so nobody can help you.

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Read your excercise/homework/task again, carefully, google words you don't understand, and make sure you fully understand it.

torpid kestrel Jan 5, 2023, 10:26 AM

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uhhhh

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it's not really that kind of thing

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it's my own project

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so I have all the ideas in my head

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I just don';t know what way to explain it

leaden pawn Jan 5, 2023, 10:27 AM

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then explain what you are doing in your project, what you want to do in your current specific case and what your plan in your head looks like

torpid kestrel Jan 5, 2023, 10:29 AM

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alright give me a bit of time

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my project is a puzzle/game solver
the game has answers (which are words from a dictionary) which I have an access to a copy
and in the game, there are letters, which I can use in order to basically "craft" words
the letters have types, and combining different types yields different results (specifically A, B, and C)
what my project aims to do is the user can tell it to find answers that are possible to be made with how many of each type of letters it must be made with

leaden pawn Jan 5, 2023, 10:52 AM

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can you give an example? i have a better understanding now but it's still hard to understand. maybe some screenshot from the UI would help?

torpid kestrel Jan 5, 2023, 11:27 AM

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oh alright

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I couldn't see

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something like this

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blue is type B and gray is type C

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basically this would be a result from 2×C and 1×B

dim violet Jan 5, 2023, 5:01 PM

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I still don't follow. what is the significance of the colors/types? how on earth does 2C + 1B = "why"?

torpid kestrel Jan 6, 2023, 2:45 AM

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as you can see on the top

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that's the order I selected "why"

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and h is of type B

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and w and y is of type C

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so one type B and two type C can form "why"

untold stag Jan 7, 2023, 3:09 PM

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torpid kestrel as you can see on the top

This doesn't explain the significance, this just explains what you're showing. What is the process behind the types?

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What makes W and Y type C? Are you getting these from some list?

torpid kestrel Jan 8, 2023, 2:06 AM

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don't you see the color

dim violet Jan 8, 2023, 2:15 AM

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why is it blue? is it:

start with 1 grey blank, 1 blue blank, 1 grey blank
pick from letters at the bottom: 1 blue h (must be in the middle spot), 3 grey h's, 3 grey w's, and 1 grey y?

torpid kestrel Jan 8, 2023, 7:50 AM

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blue is type B

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gray is type C

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the order doesn't matter

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