Haskell Quiz/Word Blender/Solution Sjanssen
< Haskell Quiz | Word Blender
import qualified Data.ByteString.Char8 as B
import System.Random
import Data.List
import Data.Char
-- Given sorted lists 'xs' and 'ys', 'subset xs ys' tests whether xs
-- is a subset of ys
subset [] _ = True
subset _ [] = False
subset (x:xs) (y:ys) = case compare x y of
EQ -> subset xs ys
LT -> False
GT -> subset (x:xs) ys
valid w = B.length w >= 3 && B.length w <= 6 && B.all isAlpha w
uniq = map head . group
main = do
f <- B.readFile "/usr/share/dict/words"
let ws = filter valid . B.lines . B.map toUpper $ f
sixes = filter (\x -> B.length x == 6) ws
i <- randomRIO (0, length sixes - 1)
let seed = sort . B.unpack $ sixes !! i
putStrLn "Letters: "
putStrLn seed
putStrLn ""
putStrLn "Solutions: "
mapM_ B.putStrLn $ filter (\w -> subset (sort . B.unpack $ w) seed) ws