But I don't see how I could improve my algo.
Thanks & Regards,
Dhruva Sagar.


Mike Ditka <http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/mike_ditka.html>  -
"If God had wanted man to play soccer, he wouldn't have given us arms."

On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 1:18 PM, Monang Setyawan <[email protected]> wrote:

> I think the algorithm have more impact than language choice, at least in
> contest like this one.
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 2:42 PM, Dhruva Sagar <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> For the large input, my solution did take long, but it was lesser than a
>> minute in my knowledge. The best solutions are almost always in C/C++
>>
>> Thanks & Regards,
>> Dhruva Sagar.
>>
>>
>> Stephen 
>> Leacock<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/s/stephen_leacock.html> - 
>> "I detest life-insurance agents: they always argue that I shall some day
>> die, which is not so."
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 12:49 PM, Monang Setyawan <[email protected]>wrote:
>>
>>> 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
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> "Don't worry about what anybody else is going to do. The best way to
>>> predict the future is to invent it." - Alan Kay
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> "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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