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

[Edwin Fine]

On Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 5:39 PM, Richard Carlsson <richardc@REDACTED> wrote:

> Edwin Fine wrote:
>
>> 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)]
>>
>
> None whatsoever. The person responsible should be keelhauled.
> Oh, right... Sorry.
>
> It's just a remnant of a refactoring. I started out working on
> lists on the form [S div 1000, ..., S rem 10], but realized that
> I could just use the lists of character codes instead. But I
> didn't tidy up after changing to integer_to_list(S). Improved
> version attached.


Oh, thank goodness!!  I thought it was some expert optimization or technique
that I just couldn't understand :)


>    /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 (given the choice of E) there exists a
> %% unique solution (VIER,NEUN).
>
> it() ->
>    Qs = [integer_to_list(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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