NAME

abc-path-solve - a solver for ABC Path

SYNOPSIS

abc-path-solve /path/to/board

DESCRIPTION

This is a solver for ABC Path ( http://www.brainbashers.com/abcpath.asp ).

FORMAT

Sample boards can be found in the distribution under t/layouts/ .

Here is the description of their formats. The first line should be the magic string ABC Path Solver Layout Version 1: , and the next line should be a row of 7 letters, the first being a hint for the top-left-to-bottom-right perpendicular, the last being a hint for the top-right-to-bottom-left perpendicular and the rest of the letters being vertical hints.

After that, there are 5 rows of horizontal hints being a letter, 5 spaces and another letter. On one of the squares one can put a letter instead of a space, to indicate it must be there.

The last row is another row of vertical hints and perpendicular hints.

Here's an example:

    ABC Path Solver Layout Version 1:
    OWXIBQN
    J    AK
    E     L
    U     F
    Y     P
    R     S
    TVMGCDH

SEE ALSO

http://www.brainbashers.com/abcpath.asp

Games::Solitaire::BlackHole::Solver::App

Games::Solitaire::BlackHole::Solver::Board

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (c) 2011 Shlomi Fish

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

AUTHOR

Shlomi Fish, http://www.shlomifish.org/