I haven't tried it but sharing the link for others

https://code.google.com/codejam/contest/2994486/dashboard

Sounds similar to http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levenshtein_distance but
with different rules and with a list of strings
On May 3, 2014 3:27 PM, "Raul Miller" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Is anyone participating in the google code jam?
>
> My approach to the "The Repeater" problem was marked incorrect, and
> I'm not seeing where I went wrong.
>
> (I think it's ok to share code after the round is over - the rules ask
> us to not share code during the round, but it is over now, and there's
> no way anyone can take advantage of my code any longer - even if it
> were "correct".)
>
> Briefly, my approach looked like this:
>
> segments=: 1,2~:/\]
> runs=: +/\@segments
> uniq=:runs {./. ]
> counts=: #/.~@runs
>
> result=:3 :0
>   if. 1<#~.uniq&.> y do. 'Felga Won' return. end.
>   +/13 :'<./+/|-/~ y'"1]|: counts&> y
> )
>
> which performed correctly on these test cases:
>
>    result 'mmaw';'maw'
>    result 'gcj';'cj'
>    result 'aaabbb';'ab';'aabb'
>    result 'abc';'abc'
>    result 'aabc';'abbc';'abcc'
>
> Now, a possible issue has to do with an ambiguity in the rules. The rules
> were:
>
>      * Select any character in any of the strings and repeat it (add
> another instance of this character exactly after it). For example, in
> a single move Omar can change "abc" to "abbc" (by repeating the
> character 'b').
>
> and
>
>      * Select any two adjacent and identical characters in any of the
> strings, and delete one of them. For example, in a single move Omar
> can change "abbc" to "abc" (delete one of the 'b' characters), but
> can't convert it to "bbc".
>
> Anyways, it's probably something silly which I did wrong (it usually
> is), but if someone else here is participating and got the small data
> set correct, I would like to compare notes to see where I went wrong.
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> Raul
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