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| From | Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.awk |
| Subject | Re: 100 Random Single Variable Linear Equations |
| Date | 2024-12-06 13:43 +0100 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <viurhe$2bces$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <vits2o$240vr$1@dont-email.me> <vitvta$24sm3$1@dont-email.me> |
Hi Mike,
is my guess correct that you want to create linear equation samples
to be printed (on paper) and solved? Or is it meant as a programming
course sample? - My suggestions depend on being one or the other...
I've learned linear equations to contain an additive term, as in
a x + b = c (i.e. a*x + b == c written as Awk expression),
so I'd have expected the operator to be '+' or '-' (not '*' or '/').
(Otherwise, with a*x * b , you could just calculate a*b first and
a/b respectively, in case of a division a*x / b, before then doing
the single final lhs/rhs operation. The "both sides" procedures
you describe in your introductory comment would be unnecessarily
complicate if you really meant * and / .)
I wonder about the many temporary variables and technical comments;
most don't contribute to legibility or clearness and are unnecessary.
There could be used better naming for the remaining fewer variables.
It could gain from more structuring, like using a 'random' function
for integers to make the random expressions simpler.
Control structure could be simplified, made clearer; do { } while .
Re-iterating over the stored equations is unnecessary, you can just
print them.
(I've added code reflecting these suggestions at the end of my post
in case you'd like to pick an idea or two. I've also changed a few
more details, just in case you wonder about any differences to the
original code.)
Janis
On 06.12.2024 05:51, Mike Sanders wrote:
> Mike Sanders <porkchop@invalid.foo> wrote:
>
>> # algebra.awk: 2024 - Michael Sanders
>> #
>> # usage: awk -f algebra.awk > solve.txt
>>
>> [...]
>
> # subtle tweak: every equation unique (no duplicates)...
>
> BEGIN {
> srand() # seed the random number generator
>
> # keep generating until we have exactly 100 unique equations
> while (u < 100) {
> a = int(rand() * 20) + 1 # random value for 'a' (1 to 20)
> b = int(rand() * 20) + 1 # random value for 'b' (1 to 20)
> c = int(rand() * 50) + 1 # random value for 'c' (1 to 50)
>
> opc = (rand() < 0.5 ? "*" : "/") # random operator
> lhs = sprintf("%dx %s %d", a, opc, b) # left-hand side
> rhs = c # right-hand side
> equ = lhs " = " rhs # full equation
>
> # store equation in array if it doesn't already exist
> if (!(equ in equations)) {
> equations[equ] = 1 # mark element as 'reserved'...
> u++ # increment u for each unique equation
> }
> }
>
> # print equations
> for (e in equations) printf("%03d. %s\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n", ++q, e)
> }
>
> # eof
>
function rnd (n) # n -> 1..n
{
return int(rand() * n) + 1
}
BEGIN {
srand()
while (++serial_number <= 100) {
do {
opc = rand() < 0.5 ? "+" : "-" # choose random operator
equ = sprintf("%d x %c %d = %d", rnd(20), opc, rnd(20),
rnd(50))
} while (equ in equations_store) # avoid duplicates
equations_store [equ] # memorize generated equation
printf("%3d.\t%s\n", serial_number, equ)
}
}
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100 Random Single Variable Linear Equations porkchop@invalid.foo (Mike Sanders) - 2024-12-06 03:46 +0000
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Re: 100 Random Single Variable Linear Equations porkchop@invalid.foo (Mike Sanders) - 2024-12-08 06:40 +0000
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