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README.md
Einstein's Riddle
I got this fantastic riddle from yiyun at RubyLearningChina.com.
The post is: Riddle by Einstein Cool! B-)
It inspired me so much to try!
The Riddle
Look at this.
*01. The Englishman lives in the red house.
-02. The Swede keeps dogs.
-03. The Dane drinks tea.
*04. The green house is just to the left of the white one.
*05. The owner of the green house drinks coffee.
-06. The Pall Mall smoker keeps birds.
*07. The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhills.
*08. The man in the center house drinks milk.
*09. The Norwegian lives in the first house.
10. The Blend smoker has a neighbor who keeps cats.
-11. The man who smokes Blue Masters drinks bier.
*12. The man who keeps horses lives next to the Dunhill smoker.
-13. The German smokes Prince.
*14. The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
15. The Blend smoker has a neighbor who drinks water.
THE QUESTION: WHO OWNS THE FISH?
Things
house colors : red, blue, green, yellow, white
nationalities : English, Swede, Dane, Norweign, German
drinks : tea, coffee, milk, water, bier
cigarettes : Dunhill, PallMall, Blend, BlueMaster, Prince
pets : dog, bird, cat, horse, fish
At First
I thought my pc could evaluate all cases,
C:\>irb
irb(main):001:0> a = 5*4*3*2*1
=> 120
irb(main):002:0> a*a*a*a*a
=> 24883200000
OMG! Can't!
as far as possible
From 01, 04, 05, 07, 08, 09, 12, 14.
Considered by myself with a pencil and a paper. Then I got the following:
yellow Norweign ***** Dunhill *****
blue ***** ***** ***** horse
red English milk ***** *****
green ***** coffee ***** *****
white ***** ***** ***** *****
Facts 1
From 02, 03, 06, 11, 13.
Swede, dog
Dane, tea
PallMall, bird
BlueMaster, bier
German, Prince
Facts 2
From 10, 15.
house[cat] + 1 == Blend or house[cat] - 1 == Blend
house[water] + 1 == Blend or house[water] - 1 == Blend
Okay, now, I can code. :-D Look at this.
Output
[[["yellow", "Norweign", "water", "Dunhill", "cat"],
["blue", "Dane", "tea", "Blend", "horse"],
["red", "English", "milk", "PallMall", "bird"],
["green", "German", "coffee", "Prince", "fish"],
["white", "Swede", "bier", "BlueMaster", "dog"]]]
Yay! :-D
Answer
Look at this.







