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Pierre-Normand
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dunno if there is an easier way to do this (excl bruteforcing)
partial spoiler space
vbery long-winded explanation follows
assume CO are wrong
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bhunders
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How do you brute force this in Excel? Do you program a macro or use the solver?
[Very long-winded (but cunning) explanantion snipped] :^)
It is.
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KlSwena
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In this case excl = excluding
I could probably find some way to do it on excel - but I would not bother, it would take all the fun away. I was spurred on to do this one by hand by Mark Tilfords excellent solution to last weeks ( ko ok).
Bearing in mind the number of coders and programmers in this group (of which I am not one) a better problem for them would not be to answer the New Scientist Enigma but to provide the most elegent and aesthetically pleasing code that can solve it.
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Matthew Newell
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Javid
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Ahh. I should have twigged at the unusual spelling. Sorry.
FYI, the next 4 Enigmas look to me like they do not lend themselves to programmed solutions. Even though I do enjoy the challenge of programming a solution I find I get way more satisfaction from nutting out the solutions by hand (as is probably the composer's intention).
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