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Hurkles can give birth parthenogenetically, but are nevertheless -- or at least this one is -- nongendered. No male hurkles are known to exist
59 lines
1.5 KiB
Ruby
59 lines
1.5 KiB
Ruby
puts " " * 33 + "HURKLE"
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puts " " * 15 + "CREATIVE COMPUTING MORRISTOWN, NEW JERSEY"
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3.times { puts }
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$n = 5
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$g = 10
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puts
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puts "A HURKLE IS HIDING ON A " + $g.to_s + " BY " + $g.to_s + " GRID. HOMEBASE"
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puts "ON THE GRID IS POINT 0,0 IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER,"
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puts "AND ANY POINT ON THE GRID IS DESIGNATED BY A"
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puts "PAIR OF WHOLE NUMBERS SEPERATED BY A COMMA. THE FIRST"
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puts "NUMBER IS THE HORIZONTAL POSITION AND THE SECOND NUMBER"
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puts "IS THE VERTICAL POSITION. YOU MUST TRY TO"
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puts "GUESS THE HURKLE'S GRIDPOINT. YOU GET " + $n.to_s + " TRIES."
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puts "AFTER EACH TRY, I WILL TELL YOU THE APPROXIMATE"
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puts "DIRECTION TO GO TO LOOK FOR THE HURKLE."
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puts
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def main
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loop do
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$a = rand($g).floor
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$b = rand($g).floor
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found = false
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(1..$n).each do |k|
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print "GUESS # " + k.to_s + " "
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print "? "
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x, y = gets.chomp.split(",").map(&:to_i)
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if (x-$a).abs + (y-$b).abs == 0
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you_found_him(k)
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found = true
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break
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end
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say_where_to_go(x, y)
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puts
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end
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if not found
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puts
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puts "SORRY, THAT'S " + $n.to_s + " GUESSES."
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puts "THE HURKLE IS AT " + $a.to_s + "," + $b.to_s
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end
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puts
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puts "LET'S PLAY AGAIN, HURKLE IS HIDING."
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puts
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end
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end
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def you_found_him(k)
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puts
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puts "YOU FOUND IT IN " + k.to_s + " GUESSES!"
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end
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def say_where_to_go(x, y)
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print "GO "
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print y < $b ? "NORTH" : "SOUTH" unless y == $b
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print x < $a ? "EAST" : "WEST" unless x == $a
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puts
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end
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main
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