File Coverage

lib/Algorithm/MasterMind/Sequential_Alt.pm

Criterion	Covered	Total	%
statement	44	44	100.0
branch	2	2	100.0
condition	3	6	50.0
subroutine	8	8	100.0
pod	2	2	100.0
total	59	62	95.1

package Algorithm::MasterMind::Sequential_Alt;

use warnings;
use strict;
use Carp;

use lib qw(../../lib);

our $VERSION =   sprintf "%d.%03d", q$Revision: 1.3 $ =~ /(\d+)\.(\d+)/g;

use base 'Algorithm::MasterMind';
use Algorithm::Combinatorics qw(variations_with_repetition);

sub initialize {
  my $self = shift;
  my $options = shift || croak "Need options here";
  for my $o ( keys %$options ) {
    $self->{"_$o"} = $options->{$o}
  }
  my @alphabet = @{$self->{'_alphabet'}};
  my @tebahpla = reverse @alphabet;
  $self->{'_engine_fw'} = variations_with_repetition(\@alphabet, $options->{'length'});
  $self->{'_engine_bw'} = variations_with_repetition(\@tebahpla, $options->{'length'});
  $self->{'_current_min'} = $alphabet[0]x$options->{'length'};
  $self->{'_current_max'} = $tebahpla[0]x$options->{'length'};
  $self->{'_direction'} = 1; # Forward, 0 for backwards
}

sub issue_next {
  my $self = shift;
  my $rules =  $self->number_of_rules();
  my ($match, $string);
  do {
    if ( $self->{'_direction'} ) {
      $string = join("",@{$self->{'_engine_fw'}->next});
      $self->{'_current_min'} = $string;
    } else {
      $string = join("",@{$self->{'_engine_bw'}->next});
      $self->{'_current_max'} = $string;
    }
    $match = $self->matches($string);
  } while ( ( $self->{'_current_min'} lt $self->{'_current_max'} )
	    && $match->{'matches'} < $rules );
  $self->{'_direction'} = !$self->{'_direction'};
  return  $self->{'_last'} = $string;
}

"some blacks, 0 white"; # Magic true value required at end of module

__END__