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Re: Coolest Python recipe of all time

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[Steven D'Aprano]:
> As written, amb is just a brute-force solver using more magic than is
> good for any code, but it's fun to play with.

With a small change in API, much of the magic isn't needed.

from itertools import product

def amb(func, *argument_ranges):
    for args in product(*argument_ranges):
        if func(*args):
            print(args)

amb(lambda a,b,c,d: 5*a+10*b+20*c+50*d == 45,
    range(3, 21),   # number of 5 cent coins
    range(11),      # number of 10 cent coins
    range(6),       # number of 20 cent coins
    range(3),       # number of 50 cent coins
)

def test(a, b, c, d):
    s = "The %s brown %s jumped over the %s %s." % (a, b, c, d)
    num_vowels = sum(s.count(c) for c in 'aeiou')
    return num_vowels in (12, 18, 19)

amb(test,
    ['quick', 'slow', 'hungry', 'wise-old'],
    ['fox', 'hare', 'turtle', 'kangaroo'],
    ['lazy', 'stupid', 'sleepy', 'confused'],
    ['dog', 'aardvark', 'sloth', 'wombat'],
)

amb(lambda x, y, z: x*x + y*y == z*z,
    range(1, 11),
    range(1, 11),
    range(1, 11),
)


Raymond

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        Re: Coolest Python recipe of all time Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2011-05-03 02:00 -0400
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            Re: Coolest Python recipe of all time Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2011-05-03 11:49 -0400
            Re: Coolest Python recipe of all time Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> - 2011-05-03 09:32 -0700
            Re: Coolest Python recipe of all time geremy condra <debatem1@gmail.com> - 2011-05-03 09:51 -0700
        Re: Coolest Python recipe of all time Stefan Behnel <stefan_ml@behnel.de> - 2011-05-03 08:23 +0200
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  Re: Coolest Python recipe of all time Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-05-06 16:59 +0000
    Re: Coolest Python recipe of all time geremy condra <debatem1@gmail.com> - 2011-05-06 10:43 -0700
    Re: Coolest Python recipe of all time Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2011-05-06 12:36 -0600
      Re: Coolest Python recipe of all time Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-05-07 08:29 +0000
        Re: Coolest Python recipe of all time Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2011-05-07 08:54 -0600
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