[erlang-questions] Sunday puzzle - trying to improve my Erlang

[Edwin Fine]

Richard,

Lovely solution! It's stuff like this that helps newcomers to Erlang like
myself to learn how to write better Erlang.

I'm curious, though; what is the reason for writing

Qs = [integer_to_list(S) || S <- [X*X || X <- lists:seq(32,99)]]

instead of

Qs = [integer_to_list(X*X) || X <- lists:seq(32,99)]

?

2008/7/6 Richard Carlsson <richardc@REDACTED>:

> Toby Thain wrote:
>
>> Hi list,
>>
>> I stumbled on this simple 'puzzle'[0] posted some years ago on
>>  comp.lang.tcl (originally to an Icon mailing list).
>>
>> After solving it in Icon[1] and SQL[2] I decided to see what an  Erlang
>> solution would look like. I'm posting here firstly because  other people's
>> solutions would be interesting, and also I'd like to  see how my own
>> solution[3] could be improved.
>>
>> Any takers over the weekend? :-)
>>
>> --Toby
>>
>> [0] http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.tcl/msg/8846d9f7491ba0ba
>> [1] http://telegraphics.com.au/svn/puzzles/trunk/vier-neun/vn.icn
>> [2] http://telegraphics.com.au/svn/puzzles/trunk/vier-neun/Makefile
>> [3] http://telegraphics.com.au/svn/puzzles/trunk/vier-neun/erlang/
>>
>
> Here's my version. Note that it's often better to think in terms of
> stages of list processing (mapreduce etc.), instead of inserting and
> looking up in dictionaries. I tag each generated pair with the E
> element, just to make the list easier to work with later.
>
>    /Richard
>
> %% File: solve.erl
> %% @author Richard Carlsson
>
> -module(solve).
> -export([it/0]).
>
> %% Problem: VIER and NEUN are 4-digit squares; determine distinct V, I,
> %% E, R, N, and U, such that there is a unique solution (VIER,NEUN) for
> %% some particular E.
>
> it() ->
>    Qs = [integer_to_list(S) || S <- [X*X || X <- lists:seq(32,99)]],
>    Ps = [{E,{Vr,Nn}} || [N,E,_U,N]=Nn <- Qs, [_V,_I,E1,_R]=Vr <- Qs,
>                         E =:= E1,
>                         length(ordsets:from_list(Nn++Vr)) =:= 6],
>    D = lists:foldl(fun ({E,_}, D) -> dict:update_counter(E,1,D) end,
>                    dict:new(), Ps),
>    [P || {E,1} <- dict:to_list(D), {E1,P} <- Ps, E=:=E1].
>
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