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Re: Mancala Strategy

• Posted by Undetermined origin c/o LISTSERV administrator Aug 12, 2000
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ck lester wrote:

> Can somebody translate the C program at the following page into EUPHORIA:
>
> http://lrcwww.epfl.ch/cours-java/adv-strat/node4.html
>
> It's a program that analyzes moves for the game Mancala.
>
> Thanks!
> ck
>
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I've attached my version. It's untested, since I've forgotten how to play
mancala. Note that positions on the board start at 1 instead of 0.

Jeff Fielding

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 name="mancala.ex"
Content-Disposition: inline;
 filename="mancala.ex"

constant invalid = 0, again = 1, done = 2
function play(sequence b, integer me, integer you, integer here)
    integer i, left
    if not b[me+here] then
        return {invalid}
    end if
    left = b[me+here]
    b[me+here] = 0
    while left do
        if i = 15 then
            i = 1
        end if
        if i = you+6 then
            i = me
        end if
        b[i] += 1
        left -= 1
        i += 1
    end while
    i -= 1
    if i = me+6 then
        return {again, b}
    end if
    if i > me and i < me+6 and b[i] = 1 then
        b[me+6] += b[6-1-(i-me)+you]
        b[6-1-(i-me)+you] = 0
    end if
    return {done, b}
end function
function move(sequence b, integer me, integer you, integer level)
    sequence v, temp
    integer value, best
    integer max, t
    max = b[me+6]-b[you+6]
    if not level then
        return {max, 0}
    end if
    best = -1
    for i = 1 to 6 do
        temp = play(b,me,you,i)
        t = temp[1]
        if t = again then
            v = temp[2]
            temp = move(v, me, you, level)
            best = temp[1]
            value = temp[2]
        elsif t = done then
            v = temp[2]
            temp = move(v, you, me, level-1)
            best = temp[1]
            value = -temp[2]
        end if
        if t != invalid then
            if best = -1 or value > max then
                best = i
                max = value
            end if
        end if
    end for
    return {max,best}
end function

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