The program can be modified readily to guess numbers which can have duplicate digits. See the essay now. http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Essays/moo
----- Original Message ----- From: Björn Helgason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, December 18, 2007 3:47 Subject: [Jgeneral] Mastermind To: General forum <[email protected]> > My daughter wanted to look at games and I looked in jsoftware > for mastermind > and found moo > > She tried it and said it did not work so I tested it and sure > enough it > looked like it did not work always but on closer inspection it > was we that > gave wrong clues so no wonder it did not give right answer. > > Also to note is that the numbers you think of must be distinct. > > So moo is working as designed and quite interesting. > > Would it make a much difference to allow the numbers to be repeted? > > Using 7 numbers seems to be the limit to use > > Everyone who has played mastermind knows how frustrating it is > to be given > wrong clues. > Using moo is a good way of showing the kids what happens if > wrong clues are > given and you do not need to suffer. > J does the suffering for you. > > I think I looked briefly at moo a way back but I guess I did not > pay too > much attention to it. > It is actually good. > Would be interesting to have graphics front end on it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
