Well, it’s been a long time coming, but I finally finished my write-up of the solution to the WordNumbers puzzle.
The WordNumbers puzzle is one of a series of programming challenges posed by ITA Software as part of their hiring process. When I saw the WordNumbers puzzle, the description was so simple, yet when I first started to work on it, I honestly had no idea where to start. But, a couple days, and a couple of key insights later, and I was able to code up a program that yielded the correct answer. However, it turned out that writing a paper describing the solution took a lot longer than writing the actual solution itself!
I’ve omitted my implementation of the solution as well as the actual answer because I don’t want to spoil the puzzle for anyone else. But, for those of you who are dying to know the answer, I hope that my paper points you in the right direction towards implementing the solution on your own.
As always, I welcome any questions, comments or criticisms you may have. If you see any glaring errors and/or omissions, please let me know. It’s been quite a while since I’ve had to write a paper, and this was a tough subject to write on, so please, be kind!
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Hey bud, nice paper and a clever solution.
August 14th, 2008 at 12:15 pm