The change is that it now saves the results for each CD to both the screen and the results file. An example results file is part of the package. I also added some calculations that will display the time the script needed to run. I willnot show the start date/time, the end date/time and the duration as part of the scoring part.
The goal of the KiXGolf tournament has not changed. It is still about optimizing for least keystrokes.
The only reason I put the 'loop 100 times' into the code is to deter the use of a brute-force approach. Though the 'brute-force approach' is defimitely a valid one, I don't see it as a challenge to just create a couple of FOR loops. be creative!
I already gave one hint for a potentially powerful algorithm for this type of problem. If eerybody wished, I could spell out the method(s) that could be used. However, you would still have to code it.
So far, I've already seen one solution posted which fulfills the requirements, namely it produced a list of song indices for each CD with each CD having a total length of <45 and it did finish in time. And Patrick did't even use the fastest computer for this
I would also recommend to run your tests with just one loop and/or just one CD.
[ 11. March 2003, 16:12: Message edited by: sealeopard ]
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