I believe column E is under-constrained; a solution with column E = "YYYY " or "OOOO " passes the tests, but is clearly not what's intended.
Regex Puzzle
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Re: Regex Puzzle
#52I believe column E is under-constrained; a solution with column E = "YYYY " or "OOOO " passes the tests, but is clearly not what's intended.
In the expression in the second row, the 5th character must match the 12th character, which must be R.
Re: Regex Puzzle
#53Worth doing this by hand to exercise your knowledge of regular expressions. My solution (SPOILER): http://imgur.com/a/9iK9J
I'm assuming the solution isn't unique because I found some positions that are under-constrained.
Which positions? I didn't find any that were under-constrained.
Re: Regex Puzzle
#54Worth doing this by hand to exercise your knowledge of regular expressions. My solution (SPOILER): http://imgur.com/a/9iK9J
Ah, but you have underscores where there should be spaces! ;)
Re: Regex Puzzle
#55Nice! At Keplers in Mountain View you can buy version of Scrabble that uses regexes. The designer used to sell it in front of the shop -- he is obviously a programmer.
Re: Regex Puzzle
#56Nice! At Keplers in Mountain View you can buy version of Scrabble that uses regexes. The designer used to sell it in front of the shop -- he is obviously a programmer.
Could I stop by this afternoon and expect it to be in stock or was this a temporary offering?
Re: Regex Puzzle
#57I believe column E is under-constrained; a solution with column E = "YYYY " or "OOOO " passes the tests, but is clearly not what's intended.
Never mind, this was an error in the https://regexcrossword.com/playerpuzzles/595e5542d2433 version, which has a (.) where it should have a \1 in row 2 (thanks to @angry_albatross).
Re: Regex Puzzle
#58Worth doing this by hand to exercise your knowledge of regular expressions. My solution (SPOILER): http://imgur.com/a/9iK9J
I'm assuming the solution isn't unique because I found some positions that are under-constrained.
I only found one column to have multiple solutions, and saved it for last, at which point only one option made sense.
Re: Regex Puzzle
#59Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm assuming the solution isn't unique because I found some positions that are under-constrained.
Which positions? I didn't find any that were under-constrained.
Assuming 0 indexing: row 0 column 4. Constrained by rows 0, 2, 3 where rows 0 and 2 have [^XZVCHFJLQM] and [^\sPQFB] and row 3 has [OYSRU]. All of: O, Y, S, R and U match. Am I missing something?