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Bert Nelse #1 / 19
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OT: Something like an IQ-Test
Hello, I am parsing a file format that I don't know and I haven't been able to find the logic between input and output in this scheme. If anybody has a brain like the guy in "A Beautiful Mind", please let me know. Bert ---------------------- Input: 1-- -2- 3-- Output: "2,3,1" ---------------------- Input: 1-- 2-- 3-- Output: "3,2,1" ---------------------- Input: 1-- 2-- -3- Output: "2,2,2" ---------------------- Input: 1-- -2- --3 Output: "1,3,2" ---------------------- Input: 1-- -2- -3- Output: "1,4,1" ---------------------- ps: All 5 schemes are independ from each other. They are from different files. But they all follow the same logic.
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Tue, 14 Dec 2010 21:36:35 GMT |
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#2 / 19
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OT: Something like an IQ-Test
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Wed, 18 Jun 1902 08:00:00 GMT |
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Hennin #3 / 19
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OT: Something like an IQ-Test
Quote: > Hello, > I am parsing a file format that I don't know and I haven't been able to > find the logic between input and output in this scheme. > If anybody has a brain like the guy in "A Beautiful Mind", please let me > know. > Bert > ---------------------- > Input: > 1-- > -2- > 3-- > Output: "2,3,1" > ---------------------- > Input: > 1-- > 2-- > 3-- > Output: "3,2,1" > ---------------------- > Input: > 1-- > 2-- > -3- > Output: "2,2,2" > ---------------------- > Input: > 1-- > -2- > --3 > Output: "1,3,2" > ---------------------- > Input: > 1-- > -2- > -3- > Output: "1,4,1" > ---------------------- > ps: All 5 schemes are independ from each other. They are from different > files. But they all follow the same logic.
Weird, input of 1,-2,3 give different output!? There must be something else involved. /Henning
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Tue, 14 Dec 2010 22:30:31 GMT |
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dpb #4 / 19
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OT: Something like an IQ-Test
... Quote: > Weird, input of 1,-2,3 give different output!? There must be something else > involved.
Obviously. I don't think -2- means "negative 2" but that the input is positional as well as the numeric value. That is, in -2- both the leading and trailing "-" are significant. Something of the context _might_ be of help here... :) --
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Tue, 14 Dec 2010 22:40:47 GMT |
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Bert Nelse #5 / 19
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OT: Something like an IQ-Test
The "-" are placeholders... Maybe I should have written "[][]2" or something like that.
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Tue, 14 Dec 2010 22:49:52 GMT |
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Bert Nelse #6 / 19
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OT: Something like an IQ-Test
The numerics have a horizontal position. 1-- means that the 1 is in the first of three available positions. -1- means that the 1 is on the 2nd position. --1 means that the 1 is on the 3rd position.
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Tue, 14 Dec 2010 22:51:52 GMT |
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Bert Nelse #7 / 19
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OT: Something like an IQ-Test
The values come from a listbox whose values you can move around with 4 arrows: Up, Down, Left, Right For example you have ---------------------- Group 1 -Group 2 Group 3 which would return in the following "output": 1-- -2- 3-- ---------------------- Group 1 -Group 2 --Group 3 would be 1-- -2- --3 ------------------------ These values are stored in the format I mentioned (see "output"), but this output doesn't follow any rule I could recognize.
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Tue, 14 Dec 2010 22:55:44 GMT |
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#8 / 19
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OT: Something like an IQ-Test
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Wed, 18 Jun 1902 08:00:00 GMT |
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VB M #9 / 19
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OT: Something like an IQ-Test
were released on Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:36:35 +0200 bearing the following fruit: Quote: >Hello, >I am parsing a file format that I don't know and I haven't been able to >find the logic between input and output in this scheme. >If anybody has a brain like the guy in "A Beautiful Mind", please let me >know. >Bert >---------------------- >Input: >1-- >-2- >3-- >Output: "2,3,1" >---------------------- >Input: >1-- >2-- >3-- >Output: "3,2,1" >---------------------- >Input: >1-- >2-- >-3- >Output: "2,2,2" >---------------------- >Input: >1-- >-2- >--3 >Output: "1,3,2" >---------------------- >Input: >1-- >-2- >-3- >Output: "1,4,1" >---------------------- >ps: All 5 schemes are independ from each other. They are from different >files. But they all follow the same logic.
do the numbers 1,2,3,4 mean anything? It might help to know. -- Jan Hyde https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Jan.Hyde
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Tue, 14 Dec 2010 23:32:55 GMT |
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VB M #10 / 19
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OT: Something like an IQ-Test
were released on Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:36:35 +0200 bearing the following fruit: Quote: >Hello, >I am parsing a file format that I don't know and I haven't been able to >find the logic between input and output in this scheme. >If anybody has a brain like the guy in "A Beautiful Mind", please let me >know. >Bert >---------------------- >Input: >1-- >-2- >3-- >Output: "2,3,1" >---------------------- >Input: >1-- >2-- >3-- >Output: "3,2,1" >---------------------- >Input: >1-- >2-- >-3- >Output: "2,2,2" >---------------------- >Input: >1-- >-2- >--3 >Output: "1,3,2" >---------------------- >Input: >1-- >-2- >-3- >Output: "1,4,1" >---------------------- >ps: All 5 schemes are independ from each other. They are from different >files. But they all follow the same logic.
Oh, and you might want to ask over in rec.puzzles, Haven't been there for some time but if anyone can spot a pattern, they guys over there will. -- Jan Hyde https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Jan.Hyde
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Tue, 14 Dec 2010 23:35:07 GMT |
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OT: Something like an IQ-Test
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Wed, 18 Jun 1902 08:00:00 GMT |
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dpb #12 / 19
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OT: Something like an IQ-Test
Quote:
> The values come from a listbox whose values you can move around with 4 > arrows: Up, Down, Left, Right
But do they represent something other than a puzzle??? --
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Wed, 15 Dec 2010 00:46:20 GMT |
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#13 / 19
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OT: Something like an IQ-Test
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Wed, 18 Jun 1902 08:00:00 GMT |
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Bert Nelse #14 / 19
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OT: Something like an IQ-Test
No, the numbers don't mean anything. But all outputs have one thing in common: They all sum up to the same number: 6. So there must be a pattern. Damn... 12 hours and no idea yet.
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Wed, 15 Dec 2010 01:17:41 GMT |
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dpb #15 / 19
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OT: Something like an IQ-Test
Quote:
> No, the numbers don't mean anything. > But all outputs have one thing in common: They all sum up to the same > number: 6. > So there must be a pattern. Damn... 12 hours and no idea yet.
So it is simply a puzzle? You're being too coy by half it seems in describing the full problem/situation unless it is purely and exercise of no utility whatsoever. --
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Wed, 15 Dec 2010 01:22:21 GMT |
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