Well, I've run my old code again (which use regex) and run against some
generated large input. It took more than a minute to complete (that's why I
consider it "failed"). The better solution run under 1 second against the
same input.

On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 9:18 AM, Dhruva Sagar <[email protected]> wrote:

> Yes apparently my solution solved the large input file as well.
> I don't see why it shouldn't.
>
> This is my solution in Ruby : (easiest programming language to understand
> IMO)
>
> filename = ARGV[0]
> input = IO.readlines(filename)
> output = File.new('output', 'w')
>
> L = input[0].split(' ')[0].to_i
> D = input[0].split(' ')[1].to_i
> N = input[0].split(' ')[2].to_i
>
> words = []
> testcases = []
>
> 1.upto(D) do |i|
>   words[i-1] = input[i]
> end
>
> (D+1).upto(D+N) do |i|
>   testcases[i-D-1] = input[i]
>   testcases[i-D-1] = testcases[i-D-1].gsub('(','[').gsub(')',']')
> end
>
> testcases.each_with_index do |t, i|
>   r = Regexp.new(t.to_s)
>   count = 0
>   words.each do |w|
>     count+=1 if !r.match(w).nil?
>   end
>   output.puts "Case ##{i+1}: #{count}\n"
> end
>
> output.close
>
> Thanks & Regards,
> Dhruva Sagar.
>
>
> Charles de 
> Gaulle<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/c/charles_de_gaulle.html> - 
> "The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs."
>
> On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 7:41 AM, Monang Setyawan <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Did your solution pass the large input? I've tried similar approach first
>> but change it to the more appropriate one, since it failed the large input
>> case.
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 8:46 AM, Pedro Henrique Calais <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Yes, they are available on the web site.
>>>
>>> My solution for problem A was just to convert the words to regexs:
>>>
>>> (ab)c(cd) --> [ab]c[cd]
>>>
>>> and then tested the regex against all the vocabulary of the language.
>>>
>>> -- Pedro
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 10:44 PM, Dhruva Sagar <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>
>>>> I finished only problem A for both small & large :(.
>>>> Came close to finishing B, but time ran out.
>>>>
>>>> Is it possible to see others' solutions ? I would love to.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks & Regards,
>>>> Dhruva Sagar.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Pablo 
>>>> Picasso<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/p/pablo_picasso.html> - 
>>>> "Computers are useless. They can only give you answers."
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 6:55 AM, MagicLi <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I finish problem A&B, for problem C, I finish the small input, my
>>>>> program fail the large input. I think there is better algorithm to
>>>>> work it out.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> "Don't worry about what anybody else is going to do. The best way to
>> predict the future is to invent it." - Alan Kay
>>
>>
>>
>
> >
>


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"Don't worry about what anybody else is going to do. The best way to predict
the future is to invent it." - Alan Kay

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